La Vie Théodore

La Vie Théodore is a 2005 album recorded by French singer Alain Souchon. It was his eleventh studio album and was released on 2 September 2005. It achieved smash success in France where it remained for 66 weeks in the top 200, including two weeks at the top. It was also successful in Belgium (Wallonia) (#1) and hit a moderate success in Switzerland (#3). It provided two singles : "Et si en plus y'a personne" (#19 in France, #12 in Belgium) and "La Vie Théodore" (#68 in France). The album was almost entirely written by the singer himself, while the musics were composed by Laurent Voulzy and Souchon's son, Pierre Souchon, according to the songs. The album's name is a tribute to Théodore Monod.

La Vie Théodore
Studio album by Alain Souchon
Released	2 September 2005
Recorded	France, 2005
Genre	Pop
Length	40:18
Label	Virgin
Alain Souchon chronology
J'veux du live (2002) La Vie Théodore (2005) Écoutez d'où ma peine vient (2008)
Singles from C'est déjà ça
"Et si en plus y'a personne" Released: September 2005 "La Vie Théodore" Released: March 2006

Track listing

Title	Length	Writer(s)	Compositor(s)
"Putain ça penche"	3:53	Alain Souchon	Laurent Voulzy
"J'aimais mieux quand c'était toi"	4:02	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"Bonjour tristesse"	3:23	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"La Vie Théodore"	3:54	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"En collant l'oreille sur l'appareil"	4:20	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"À cause d'elle"	3:44	Alain Souchon	Laurent Voulzy
"Et si en plus y'a personne"	4:09	Alain Souchon	Laurent Voulzy
"Le Mystère"	3:56	Alain Souchon	Alain Souchon
"Le Marin"	2:55	Alain Souchon	Pierre Souchon/Alain Souchon
"L'Île du dédain"	3:25	Alain Souchon	Pierre Souchon
"Lisa"	2:29	M. Davidovicci/P. Grillet	Pierre Souchon/J. Voulzy

Source : Allmusic.^[1]

Releases

Date	Label	Country	Format	Catalog
2005	EMI Music	Belgium, France, Switzerland	CD	336968
	Virgin			3349452

Certifications and sales

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified	Physical sales
Belgium[2]	Gold	January 14, 2006	25,000
France[3]	Platinum	October 20, 2005	300,000	462,100[4]

Charts

Chart (2005–2007) Peak position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[5] 1 French Albums Chart[6] 1 Swiss Albums Chart[7] 3

End of year chart (2005) Position French Albums Chart[8] 9 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[9] 7 End of year chart (2006) Position French Albums Chart[10] 92

References

1. La Vie Théodore, track listing Allmusic.com (29 November 2008)
2. Belgium certifications Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
3. French certifications Disqueenfrance.com Archived 2008-12-12 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
4. Chart trajectories of various albums in France + sales Fanofmusic.fr (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
5. La Vie Théodore, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
6. La Vie Théodore, French Albums Chart Lescharts.com (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
7. La Vie Théodore, Swiss Albums Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
8. 2005 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2008-12-07 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
9. 2005 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved 29 November 2008)
10. 2006 French Albums Chart Ifop.com Archived 2009-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 29 November 2008)