Lio (album)
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | 1979–80 | |||
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| Label | Ariola (Benelux) Arabella (France) Warner Music Group Ze Records | |||
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Lio, also known as Premier Album, is the debut album by Belgian pop singer Lio. It features the hit singles "Amoureux solitaires", "Amicalement votre" and her signature song "Le Banana Split".
Singles
[edit]| Release date |
Single | Sales Figures |
Peak positions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | "Le Banana Split" | 700,000 | #1 FRA[2] |
| 1980 | "Amoureux solitaires" | 964,000 | #1 FRA, #1 ITA, #10 AUT, #11, GER[2] |
| 1980 | "Amicalement votre" | #19 FRA, #59 GER[2] |
Re-Issues
[edit]The album was originally released by the record company Ariola (Benelux and Spain), and Arabella (France) in 1980.[3] It was re-released by Warner Music Group in 1996. Finally, a second re-issue by Ze Records followed in 2005 with four bonus tracks, including the extended version of the main hit single "Le Banana Split", "Teenager" (the b-side of "Le Banana Split") and the Spanish version of the single "Amoureux solitaires".
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Amicalement Votre" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:44 |
| 2. | "J'obtiens toujours tout ce que je veux" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:33 |
| 3. | "Comix Discomix" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 3:36 |
| 4. | "La panthère rose" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:35 |
| 5. | "You Go To My Head" | Haven Gillespie / J. Fred Coots | 3:39 |
| 6. | "Amoureux solitaires" | Elli Medeiros / Jacno / Jacques Duvall (translation - uncredited) | 3:25 |
| 7. | "Si belle et inutile" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Bébé vampire" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:40 |
| 9. | "Speedy Gonzales" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 3:14 |
| 10. | "La petite amazone" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 3:13 |
| 11. | "Le Banana Split" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:31 |
| 12. | "Oz" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 2:17 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Teenager" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 5:23 |
| 2. | "Je ne sais pas dire oui" | Jacques Duvall / Marc Moulin | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Amantes Solitarios" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Le Banana Split (Version Longue 1979)" | Jacques Duvall / Jay Alanski | 6:19 |
According to Lio's autobiography Pop Model,[5] it was her lyricist Jacques Duvall who translated the lyrics of "Lonely Lovers", the original English-language song by French punk band Stinky Toys which became "Amoureux solitaires". However, if composer-guitarist Jacno approved the cover, singer-lyricist Elli Medeiros didn't. In the end, Duvall couldn't have his name in the official credits of the song and didn't get any royalties for it.
Personnel
[edit]- Coordinator [Reissue Co-ordination], Liner Notes, Design [Digipak & Booklet Design] – Michel Esteban
- Design [Original Art Cover Design] – Marc Borgers
- Photography [Photos Booklet] – Guido Marco
- Producer – Dan Lacksman (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 16), Marc Moulin (tracks: 1 to 5, 7 to 16)
- Recorded By – Alan Ward
- Remastered By – Charlus de la Salle[4]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2013) | Peak position |
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| French SNEP Albums Chart | 9[2] |
Certifications
[edit]| Region | Sales (1980) |
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| France | 150,000[2] |
B-sides
[edit]| Song | Single |
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| "Teenager" | "Le Banana Split"/7" vinyl (Belgium & France) |
| "Le Banana Split (Long Disco Version)" | "Le Banana Split"/12" maxi vinyl (Belgium & France) |
| "Marie Antoinette" (English Version of "Le Banana Split") | "Le Banana Split"/7" vinyl (UK)[6] |
| "Petite amazone" | "Amoureux solitaires"/7" vinyl |
| "Speedy Gonzales" | "Amoureux solitaires"/7" vinyl (Canada)[7] |
| "Si belle et inutile" | "Amicalement votre"/7" vinyl (France, Germany & Netherlands) |
| "You Go To My Head" | "Amicalement votre"/7" vinyl (Japan)[8] |
References
[edit]- ^ Ned Raggett. "Premier Album". Allmusic. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Les ventes de Lio : Lio canta Caymmi [1979-...]".
- ^ "Lio - Lio". Discogs.
- ^ a b "Lio – Premier Album (2005, CD)". Discogs.
- ^ Lio & Gilles Verlant, Pop Model, Editions Flammarion, 2004
- ^ "Lio - le Banana Split". Discogs.
- ^ "Lio - Amoureux Solitaires". Discogs.
- ^ "Lio - Amicalement Vôtre". Discogs.
