Zaz (album)

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Zaz
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Studio album by Zaz
Released 10 May 2010 (2010-05-10)
Recorded 2010
Genre Pop, jazz, blues, soul, R&B
Length 38:59
Label Play On, Sony
Zaz chronology
Zaz
(2010)		 Recto Verso
(2013)Recto Verso2013
Singles from Zaz
  1. "Je veux"
    Released: 10 May 2010
  2. "Le long de la route"
    Released: September 2010
  3. "La fée"
    Released: February 2011
  4. "Éblouie par la nuit"
    Released: November 2011

Zaz is the debut studio album by French singer Zaz, released on 10 May 2010 under the label Play On. It produced two hit singles: "Je veux" and "Le long de la route" which achieved success in Belgium (Wallonia). The album itself was a commercial success, reaching the top of the charts in the francophone countries.

Background and writing

The singer herself participated in the writing of six songs of the album, and French singer Raphaël Haroche wrote three songs.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[1]

Zaz received mixed reviews from musical critics. Le Figaro said the singer's voice "upsets and wins over".[2] The editors admitted they were moved by "her small skinned side" and praised "the urban blues of "Trop sensible", or the upsetting "Port Coton" or songs with realistic accents such as "Ni oui ni non" or "Dans ma rue"".[3] Libération stated that her single "Je veux" is "between 'J'veux du soleil' by Au P'tit Bonheur and the competitive 'P'tit kawa' by Karimouche—other examples of good-natured variety supercharged for optimism." The paper also wrote that "her natural sound - she is capable of laughing in the middle of a song - makes up for a rather simple technique, in the spirit of a jazz-world not too concerned with such idiosyncrasies".[4] Le Nouvel Observateur deemed "Je veux" a song with "anti-consumerism" lyrics which "immediately catches the ear". Le Parisien believed that her "songs with realistic lyrics marked the spirits... She reflects the mindset of youth, a bit tortured but full of hope".[5] L'Humanité praised a "very direct and friendly link" between the young singer and her public, saying: "Welcome to Zaz's world of good mood".[6]

More critical, Valérie Lehoux of Télérama argued that the singer has "unquestionably quite unusual vocal abilities", but considered her album as "too fragmented to be easily likeable, as we must navigate without a sextant from rather old-fashioned French songs to the free variety, to a more or less danceable neo-R&B." She added that the singer has demonstrated her singing abilities but her songs soon lose their attraction and collapse under "too cumbersome and too expected" references.[7] Les Inrockuptibles gave a negative review of the album and of the lead single.[8]

Track listings

  1. "Les passants" (Tryss, Isabelle Geffroy) – 3:33
  2. "Je veux" (Kerredine Soltani, Tryss) – 3:39
  3. "Le long de la route" (Geffroy, Mickaël Geraud) – 3:37
  4. "La fée" (Raphaël Haroche) – 2:53
  5. "Trop sensible" (Geffroy) – 3:59
  6. "Prends garde à ta langue" (Geffroy, Dino Cirone) – 3:41
  7. "Ni oui ni non" (Soltani, Vivian Roost, Geffroy) – 3:31
  8. "Port coton" (Haroche) – 2:56
  9. "J'aime à nouveau" (Geffroy, Geraud) – 3:50
  10. "Dans ma rue" (Jacques Datin) – 4:40
  11. "Éblouie par la nuit" (Haroche) – 2:40

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Austria (IFPI Austria)[42] Platinum 20,000
Belgium (BEA)[43] 3× Platinum 90,000
France (SNEP)[44] 2× Diamond 1,000,000
Germany (BVMI)[45] 2× Platinum 400,000
Poland (ZPAV)[46] 2× Platinum 40,000
Russia (NFPF)[23] Platinum 10,000
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[47] 2× Platinum 60,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

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