666.667 Club

666.667 Club
Studio album by
Noir Désir
Released17 December 1996 (1996-12-17)
GenreFrench rock
Length50:39
LabelBarclay
ProducerTed Niceley, Noir Désir
Noir Désir chronology
Dies Irae
(1994) 		666.667 Club
(1996) 		Des Visages des Figures
(2001)

666.667 Club is an album by French rock band Noir Désir. It was released in France and other European countries on 17 December 1996. The album was certified double platinum in France on 17 September 1997,[1] which at the time signified sales of above 600,000. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 12th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[2]

Track listing

  1. "666.667 Club" – 3:40
  2. "Fin de siècle" – 5:34
  3. "Un jour en France" – 3:12
  4. "À ton étoile" – 4:27
  5. "Ernestine" – 4:41
  6. "Comme elle vient" – 2:25
  7. "Prayer for a Wanker" – 3:09
  8. "Les persiennes" – 4:08
  9. "L'homme pressé" – 3:45
  10. "Lazy" – 5:33
  11. "A la longue" – 4:27
  12. "Septembre, en attendant" – 3:01 (Lyrics: Bertrand Cantat; Music: Frédéric Vidalenc)
  13. "Song for JLP" – 3:28 (not listed in album cover; bonus track)
  • Note: While most of the album is based on electric guitar and can be classified easily as rock, the last track, Song for JLP, features Cantat with an acoustic guitar, without the accompaniment of other instruments, singing in a mix of rock and blues styles.

Personnel

Noir Désir

Additional Personnel

  • Alain Perrier, Les Elèves De L'Ecole Nationale De Musique Et De Danse Des Landes, Patrice Labèque, Thierry Duvigneau: Backing Vocals
  • Frédéric Vidalenc: Bass on track 12
  • Akosh Szelevényi: Saxophone, Kalimba, Oboe, Bass Clarinet, Tibetan Bells
  • Lajkó Félix: Violin
  • Produced by Ted Niceley and Noir Désir.

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[3] 2× Platinum 600,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[4] Gold 25,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ "Disque en France". Disque en France. Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  2. ^ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
  3. ^ "French album certifications – Noir Désir – 666.667" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
  4. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('666.667')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.



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