Zest of
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Zest of is a 2008 album recorded by French pop
singer Zazie
. It was her first best of and her tenth album overall. It was released on 17 November 2008 digitally and under physical formats and achieved success in francophone countries. It provided a sole single, "FM Air" (a pun in French-language with "éphémère"), which was #8 in France and #19 in Belgium (Wallonia).
, Made in Love
, La Zizanie
, Rodéo
and Totem. It includes in live a song from Made in Live and four others from the singer's later tour, Totem Tour, plus the duets with Axel Bauer
and Pascal Obispo
which didn't appear on Zazie's studio albums.
It also contains two new songs, "FM Air", available in six versions released in a collector vinyle (limited edition) and the song "Un peu beaucoup".
The best-of was available in two versions : astandard editions (two CD), and the collector edition (2 CD + DVD, in a set box).
The album went straight to number-one in France (compilations chart) and remained at this position for seven weeks. It also debuted atop in Belgium and remained for 14 weeks in the top ten. It was much less successful in Switzerland, staying for only nine weeks on the chart.
Pop music
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singer Zazie
Zazie
Zazie is a French singer and songwriter. Zazie co-produces all her albums.-Early life:...
. It was her first best of and her tenth album overall. It was released on 17 November 2008 digitally and under physical formats and achieved success in francophone countries. It provided a sole single, "FM Air" (a pun in French-language with "éphémère"), which was #8 in France and #19 in Belgium (Wallonia).
Description and chart performances
It contains 36 songs from Zazie's six studio albums, Je, tu, ils, ZenZen (Zazie album)
Zen is a 1995 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her second studio album and was released on 7 January 1995. The album achieved success in francophone countries and provided five singles : "Larsen" , "Zen" and "Un point c'est toi" .-Recording:The vast majority of the...
, Made in Love
Made in Love
Made in Love is a 1998 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her third studio album and was released on 11 May 1998. It achieved success in francophone countries, although it was not as so successful as Zazie's next albums...
, La Zizanie
La Zizanie
La Zizanie is a 2001 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her fourth studio album and her fifth album overall. It was released on 16 October 2001 and achieved success in francophone countries...
, Rodéo
Rodéo (album)
Rodéo is a 2004 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her fifth studio album and her seventh album overall. It was released on 22 November 2004 and achieved success in francophone countries...
and Totem. It includes in live a song from Made in Live and four others from the singer's later tour, Totem Tour, plus the duets with Axel Bauer
Axel Bauer
Axel Bauer is a French singer.In 2001, his duet with French singer Zazie, "À ma place", reached number four on the French charts.-Biography:...
and Pascal Obispo
Pascal Obispo
Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer/songwriter.Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990, Le long du fleuve. With his second album, Plus que tout au monde, selling over 2 million albums, his songs became a popular success...
which didn't appear on Zazie's studio albums.
It also contains two new songs, "FM Air", available in six versions released in a collector vinyle (limited edition) and the song "Un peu beaucoup".
The best-of was available in two versions : astandard editions (two CD), and the collector edition (2 CD + DVD, in a set box).
The album went straight to number-one in France (compilations chart) and remained at this position for seven weeks. It also debuted atop in Belgium and remained for 14 weeks in the top ten. It was much less successful in Switzerland, staying for only nine weeks on the chart.
CD 1
| Title | Length | From album |
|---|---|---|
| "FM Air" | 3:27 | Zest of |
| "Je suis un homme Je suis un homme "Je suis un homme" is a 2007 pop song recorded by French singer Zazie. It was the second single from her sixth studio album Totem and was released in early October 2007... " |
4:08 | Totem |
| "Des rails" | 3:04 | Totem |
| "Duo" (duet with Paolo Nutini Paolo Nutini Paolo Giovanni Nutini is a Scottish singer, songwriter and musician from Paisley. His father is of Italian descent, from Barga, Tuscany, although both his parents are Scottish, his family having been in Scotland for three generations.... ) |
3:10 | Totem |
| "Flower Power" | 2:51 | Totem |
| "Ça" | 3:16 | Totem |
| "J'étais là" (2007 live, duet with Diam's Diam's Diam's is a French-language rap artist of French and Greek Cypriot origin. Her family moved to Essonne in 1984.... ) |
3:36 | Totem |
| "Rodéo" | 3:31 | Rodéo Rodéo (album) Rodéo is a 2004 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her fifth studio album and her seventh album overall. It was released on 22 November 2004 and achieved success in francophone countries... |
| "Toc toc toc" | 3:28 | Rodéo |
| "La dolce vita" | 4:32 | Rodéo |
| "Un peu beaucoup" | 2:55 | Zest of |
| "J'arrive" | 4:32 | Rodéo |
| "Oui" (2007 live) | 5:05 | Rodéo |
| "On éteint" (2007 live) | 4:43 | La Zizanie La Zizanie La Zizanie is a 2001 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her fourth studio album and her fifth album overall. It was released on 16 October 2001 and achieved success in francophone countries... |
| "Aux armes citoyennes" | 4:41 | La Zizanie |
| "Adam & Yves" | 4:38 | La Zizanie |
| "Si j'étais moi" (2007 live) | 5:55 | La Zizanie |
| "Rue de la paix" | 4:16 | La Zizanie |
| "Sur toi" | 4:06 | La Zizanie |
CD 2
| Title | Length | From album |
|---|---|---|
| "À ma place À ma place "À ma place" is a 2001 pop song recorded as a duet by French singers Zazie and Axel Bauer. It was the second single off Bauer's album Personne n'est parfait and was released on 7 May 2001. It became a smash hit in France and Belgium where it reached the top five.-Song information:The song was... " (with Axel Bauer Axel Bauer Axel Bauer is a French singer.In 2001, his duet with French singer Zazie, "À ma place", reached number four on the French charts.-Biography:... ) |
5:49 | Personne n'est parfait |
| "Chanson d'ami" | 4:33 | Made in Love Made in Love Made in Love is a 1998 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her third studio album and was released on 11 May 1998. It achieved success in francophone countries, although it was not as so successful as Zazie's next albums... |
| "Tout le monde" (replicant remix) | 4:46 | Made in Love |
| "La preuve par trois" | 5:29 | Made in Love |
| "Cyber" (live Tour des Anges) | 4:24 | "Made in Live" |
| "Tous des anges" | 5:17 | Made in Love |
| "Ça fait mal et ça fait rien" | 4:27 | Made in Love |
| "Les meilleurs ennemis" (duet with Pascal Obispo Pascal Obispo Pascal Michel Obispo is a French singer/songwriter.Pascal Obispo started singing in 1980. He got his first record deal in 1990, Le long du fleuve. With his second album, Plus que tout au monde, selling over 2 million albums, his songs became a popular success... ) |
3:31 | Superflu |
| "J'envoie valser" | 3:28 | Zen Zen (Zazie album) Zen is a 1995 album recorded by French pop singer Zazie. It was her second studio album and was released on 7 January 1995. The album achieved success in francophone countries and provided five singles : "Larsen" , "Zen" and "Un point c'est toi" .-Recording:The vast majority of the... |
| "Au diable nos adieux" | 4:38 | Zen |
| "Zen" | 3:53 | Zen |
| "Un point c'est toi" (new version) | 4:31 | Zen |
| "Larsen" | 4:36 | Zen |
| "Homme sweet homme" remix | 3:54 | Zen |
| "Je tue ils" | 3:48 | Je, tu, ils |
| "Sucré salé" | 3:32 | Je, tu, ils |
| "Snowball" | 4:10 | Je, tu, ils |
DVD (collector edition)
| Title | From album | Producer |
|---|---|---|
| "FM Air" | Zest of | Julien Reymond |
| "J'étais là" | Totem | Denis Thybaud |
| "Je suis un homme" | Totem | Yvan Attal Yvan Attal Yvan Attal is an Israeli-born French actor and director.-Background:Born in Tel-Aviv to French-Algerian Jewish parents, he grew up in the outskirts of Paris. His acting debut was in Éric Rochant's Un monde sans pitié , which earned him a César Award for Most Promising Actor... |
| "Des rails" | Totem | Gilles Porte Gilles Porte Gilles Porte, born 11 May 1965 in Lyon , is a director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and assistant cameraman.He is a member of société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques , of société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique and of l'association française des cinémas d'art et d'essai... |
| "La pluie et le beau temps" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Doolididom" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Excuse-moi" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "La dolce vita" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Toc toc toc" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Lola majeure" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Slow" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Rodéo" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "J'arrive" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Oui" | Rodéo | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Danse avec les loops" | La Zizanie | Julien Trousselier |
| "Sur toi" | La Zizanie | Spe6men |
| "Adam & Yves" | La Zizanie | Mathieu Salliva |
| "Rue de la paix" | La Zizanie | Spe6men |
| "À ma place" | Personne n'est parfait | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Cyber" | Made in Love | Gilbert Namiand |
| "Chanson d'ami" | Made in Love | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Tout le monde" | Made in Love | Jean-Baptiste Mondino Jean-Baptiste Mondino Jean-Baptiste Mondino is a French fashion photographer and music video director. He has directed music videos for Madonna, David Bowie, Sting, Björk, Neneh Cherry and Les Rita Mitsouko... |
| "Ça fait mal et ça fait rien" | Made in Love | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Tous des anges" | Made in Love | Philippe André |
| "Les meilleurs ennemis" | Superflu | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Homme sweet homme" | Zen | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Un point c'est toi" | Zen | Didier Le Pêcheur |
| "Zen" | Zen | Philippe André |
| "Larsen" | Zen | Philippe André |
| "Un petit peu amoureux" | Je, tu, ils | Philippe Gautier Philippe Gautier Philippe Gautier is the main author of a "landmark book in the history of the understanding of the technological, economic, legal and societal stakes or issues of the "Internet of Things" Philippe Gautier is the main author of a "landmark book in the history of the understanding of the... |
| "Je tue ils" | Je, tu, ils | Philippe Gautier |
| "Sucré salé" | Je, tu, ils | Pascal d'Hoeraene |
Peak positions
| Chart (2008) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart | 1 |
| French SNEP Digital Chart | 9 |
| French SNEP Compilations Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 39 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2008) | Position |
|---|---|
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart | 52 |
| French Compilations Chart | 1 |
| Chart (2009) | Position |
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart | 6 |
Certifications
| Country | Certification | Date | Sales certified | Physical sales | Digital downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Platinum | 13 March 2009 | 30,000 | ||
| France | — | — | — | 156,260 in 2008 | 1,970 in 2008 |