Marcher dans le sable is a 2000 album recorded by French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 singer Gérald De Palmas

Gérald De Palmas

Gérald De Palmas is a French singer.-Early life:His father was a land surveyor from Britanny, France and his mother was a French teacher from Réunion. At the age of 10, De Palmas' family left Réunion, to live in Aix-en-Provence, France...

. It was his third studio album, and his most successful in terms of sales. It reached number two in France and in Belgium (Wallonia) and remained for almost two years on the chart. The album was awarded 'French album of the year' at the 2002 NRJ Music Awards

NRJ Music Awards

The NRJ Music Awards, created in 2000 by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1 takes place every year in mid-January at Cannes as the opening of MIDEM...

 and allowed De Palmas to win a Victoire de la Musique, the same year, in the category 'Male group or artist of the year'. It provided three singles : "J'en rêve encore

J'en rêve encore

"J'en rêve encore" is a 2000 pop / rock song recorded by French singer-songwriter Gérald De Palmas. It was the first single from his third album Marcher dans le sable on which it appears as second track and was released on 6 November 2000. It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and composed by...

" was the most successful (#7 in France, #4 in Belgium Wallonia), followed by the two moderate hits "Une seule vie (marcher dans le sable)" and "Tomber" (respectively #30 and #35 in France).

Track listing

1. "Une seule vie (marcher dans le sable)" De Palmas — 3:07
2. "J'en rêve encore
   J'en rêve encore
   "J'en rêve encore" is a 2000 pop / rock song recorded by French singer-songwriter Gérald De Palmas. It was the first single from his third album Marcher dans le sable on which it appears as second track and was released on 6 November 2000. It was written by Jean-Jacques Goldman and composed by...
   
   " De Palmas / Jean-Jacques Goldman
   Jean-Jacques Goldman
   Jean-Jacques Goldman is a Grammy Awards-winning French singer-songwriter. He is hugely popular in the French-speaking world, and since 2003 was the second-highest-grossing French living pop singer, after Johnny Hallyday.- Biography :...
   
   — 4:01
3. "Tomber" De Palmas / Maxime Le Forestier
   Maxime Le Forestier
   Maxime Le Forestier is a French singer.He was born in Paris to an English father and a French mother who had lived in England. He had two older sisters, Anne and Catherine....
   
   — 3:22
4. "Regarde-moi bien en face" De Palmas — 3:21
5. "Tellement" De Palmas — 3:49
6. "Tu finiras toute seule" De Palmas — 3:35
7. "Rien à faire ensemble" De Palmas — 3:36
8. "Déjà" De Palmas — 3:21
9. "Je te pardonne" De Palmas — 3:05
10. "Le gouffre" De Palmas / Nativel — 2:38
11. "Trop tard" De Palmas — 3:35
12. "Si tu veux" De Palmas — 4:48
13. "Déjà" (acoustic) De Palmas — 6:19

+ Bonus
DVD

1. "J'en rêve encore"
2. "Une seule vie (marcher dans le sable)"
3. "Tomber"

Source : Allmusic.

Credits and personnel

• Acoustic guitar, dobro, arranger, programming, vocals : Gerald De Palmas
• Bass : Bernard Viguie and Gerald De Palmas
• Keyboards : David Berland, Gérald de Palmas and Pete Gordeno
• Drums : Amaury Blanchard
• Electric guitar : Pascal B. Carmen and Sébastien Chouard
• Musical direction : Chiquito
• Photography : Bernard Benant

Release history

Date	Label	Region	Format	Catalog
2001	Polydor	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	543973
2004	Polygram International
2006	Universal			9841283
2008	Polydor			9819260

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium	Platinum	March 11, 2002	50,000
France	Diamond	2002	1,000,000	1,309,500

Charts

Chart (2000/02)	Peak position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	2
French SNEP Albums Chart	2
Swiss Albums Chart	28

End of year chart (2001)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	5
French Albums Chart	6
End of year chart (2002)	Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart	27
French Albums Chart	19