Le Chemin ("The Way") is a 2003 album recorded by French pop-rock act Kyo. It was released on January 13, 2003, and achieved huge success in France and Belgium (Wallonia), where it was respectively #2 and #1. This album, entirely composed by the band, remains to date its most successful one. There is also an edition including a DVD.

Le Chemin
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 13, 2003
RecordedFrance, 2003
GenrePop, rock
Length41:56
LabelZomba, EMI Music
Kyo chronology
Kyo
(2001)
Le Chemin
(2003)
300 Lésions
(2004)
Singles from Le Chemin
  1. "Le Chemin"
    Released: November 2002
  2. "Dernière danse"
    Released: April 2003
  3. "Je cours"
    Released: September 2003
  4. "Je saigne encore"
    Released: January 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

It stayed on the charts for 65 weeks in Belgium, 98 weeks in France and 79 weeks in Switzerland. It provided four top 20 singles in France and Belgium : "Le Chemin" (#12 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Dernière danse" (#6 in France, #4 in Belgium, #14 in Switzerland), "Je cours" (#20 in France, #8 in Belgium, #41 in Switzerland) and "Je saigne encore" (#13 in France, #12 in Belgium, #39 in Switzerland).

The album was awarded 'Francophone album of the year' at the 2004 NRJ Music Awards.

Track listing

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  1. "Le Chemin" (duet with Sita) — 3:31
  2. "Je cours" — 3:01
  3. "Dernière danse" — 3:48
  4. "Tout envoyer en l'air" — 3:12
  5. "Chaque seconde" — 3:50
  6. "Comment te dire" — 4:44
  7. "Je saigne encore" — 4:02
  8. "Je te vends mon âme" — 3:31
  9. "Pardonné" — 3:36
  10. "Sur nos lèvres" — 4:05
  11. "Tout reste à faire" — 4:56

Source : Allmusic.[2]

Personnel and credits

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  • Vocals by Benoit Poher and Fabien Dubos
  • Guitar : Nicolas Chassagne and Florian Dubos
  • Drums by Fabien Dubos
  • Bass : Laurent Vernerey
  • Choir arrangement : Jean Francois Berger
  • Assistant : Elise Chambeyron
  • Programming by Matthew Vaughan and Nicolas Chassagne
  • Sampling by Nicolas Chassagne
  • Mastering : Ian Cooper
  • Mixing by Francois Delabriere
  • Engineered by Hubert Decottignies and Francois Delabriere
  • Photography : Marco De La Rosa
  • Produced by François Delabrière

Releases

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Date Label Country Format Catalog
January 2003 BMG / Jive Belgium, France, Switzerland CD 653329
October 2003 EMI Music 79224722

Certifications and sales

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Country Certification Date Sales certified Physical sales
Belgium[3] Platinum March 28, 2004 50,000
France[4] Diamond March 3, 2004 1,000,000 999,200[5]
Switzerland[6] Platinum 2003 40,000

Charts

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References

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  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Le Chemin, track listing Allmusic.com (November 28, 2008)
  3. ^ Belgian certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  4. ^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)
  5. ^ Chart trajectories and sales of various albums in French Albums Chart Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  6. ^ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com Archived 2010-01-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  7. ^ Le Chemin, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  8. ^ Le Chemin, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  9. ^ Le Chemin, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  10. ^ 2003 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  11. ^ 2003 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-05-13 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  12. ^ 2003 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2004-02-04 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  13. ^ 2004 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-11-14 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  14. ^ 2004 Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 28, 2008)
  15. ^ 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved November 23, 2008)