La Tournée des grands espaces

La Tournée des grands espaces (The wide spaces tour) is the fourth live album by Alain Bashung, issued in 2004 on Barclay Records. It documents the 2003-2004 tour which followed the album L'Imprudence.

La Tournée des grands espaces
Live album by
Released2004
RecordedEssentially at the Coopérative de Mai in Tourzel-Ronzières
At the Studio Plus XXX, Paris (mixing)
At the Studio Metropolis, London (mastering)
GenreFrench rock, alternative rock
LabelBarclay Records, Universal Music Group
ProducerAnne Lamy
Alain Bashung chronology
Cantique des cantiques
(2002)
La Tournée des grands espaces
(2004)
La Ballade de Calamity Jane
(2006)

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The scene of the Tournée des Grands Espaces tour was a metallic slope inclined towards the audience, Alain Bashung singing in the center, with the musicians surrounding him.

The tour was produced by Garance productions (Laurent Castanié), and directed by Vincent Boussard and Alain Poisson. The general direction was done by Jean-François Meinadier and the technical direction by François Lepaysan. Some European rock critics consider this to be one of the best live albums in the history of French music.

Reception

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In 2012 the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 58th greatest live album ever (out of 100).[1]

Track listing

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CD 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tel"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Mobile in Motion5:03
2."Je me dore"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Ludovic Bource4:22
3."Faites monter"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Ludovic Bource4:28
4."La nuit je mens"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Les Valentins4:43
5."Sommes-nous"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:40
6."Aucun express"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:42
7."Le Dimanche à Tchernobyl"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Ludovic Bource / Mobile in Motion4:11
8."L'Irréel"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Mobile in Motion / Ludovic Bource / Jean Lamoot3:12
9."Mes prisons"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:44
10."Fantaisie militaire"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:52
11."Volontaire"Serge Gainsbourg / Alain Bashung - Alain Bashung3:00
12."Étrange été"Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:30
13."Légère éclaircie"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung3:39
14."Bombez !"Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:08
15."What's in a Bird"Alain Bashung / Pascal Jacquemin - Alain Bashung3:58
16."Mes bras"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Mobile in Motion6:37
CD 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Elvire"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:51
2."J'passe pour une caravane"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:49
3."Osez Joséphine"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:09
4."Les Grands Voyageurs"Jean Fauque / Laurent Petitgand - Alain Bashung3:52
5."Samuel Hall"Olivier Cadiot - Rodolphe Burger5:50
6."Vertige de l'amour"Boris Bergman - Alain Bashung3:21
7."2043"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung3:44
8."Faisons envie (duet with Chloé Mons)"Christophe Miossec / Alain Bashung - Alain Bashung / Mobile in Motion3:42
9."Cantique des cantiques (duet with Chloé Mons)"Olivier Cadiot - Rodolphe Burger7:35
10."Madame rêve"Pierre Grillet - Alain Bashung5:11
11."Ma petite entreprise"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung4:09
12."Martine boude"Alain Bashung / Serge Gainsbourg - Alain Bashung5:22
13."Bijou, bijou"Boris Bergman / Daniel Tardieu - Alain Bashung6:29
14."Angora"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung2:26
15."Malaxe"Alain Bashung / Jean Fauque - Alain Bashung / Les Valentins6:51

Personnel

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Musicians

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Production

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  • Bob Coke: recording, mixing.
  • Pierrick Devin: mixing.
  • Ian Cooper: mastering.
  • Anne Lamy: executive production.
  • Lawrens Brunel, Juliette Roizard: production and promotion assistants.
  • Mathieu Zazzo, Dominique Gonzalez-Forestier, Don Kent: booklet photos.

Reception

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  1. ^ Magazine Rolling Stone, special issue of August 2012. Rolling Stone. August 2012.