Toujours un ailleurs | ||||
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Studio album by Anggun | ||||
Released | 20 November 2015 | |||
Recorded | 2014–15 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Length | 54:04 | |||
Label | April Earth, TF1 Musique | |||
Producer | Frederic Chateau, Brian Rawling | |||
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Toujours un ailleurs (meaning Always Elsewhere) is the sixth French-language studio album by Anggun. It was released physically in France and Belgium by TF1 Musique on 20 November 2015, and as a digital album worldwide. The album revisited the world music direction of her debut international album, Snow on the Sahara (1997). Toujours un ailleurs was produced by and Brian Rawling, and features guest vocals by singers Florent Pagny and Angélique Kidjo
Three singles—"À nos enfants", "Nos vies parallèles" (duet with Florent Pagny) and "Face au vent"—were released to promote the album. "Nos vies parallèles" became Anggun's longest-running single on the official SNEP Singles Chart, spending 27 weeks there with a peak position of number 47. It also became her first top 40 hit on the main Belgian Ultratop Singles Chart since 2005 single "Être une femme", peaking at number 39.
Following the release of her fifth international studio album Echoes and her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, Anggun ventured into television by joining judging panel of several talent shows in Asia. She started writing songs for her next album after completing the first season of X Factor Indonesia (2013). On 14 February 2014 through her official Twitter account, Anggun posted a photo of her recording session in Metrophonic Studios, London, England, with Paul Barry, Patrick Mascall and James Jeffery. On her YouTube channel, Anggun later uploaded a 20-second snippet of the song "Perfect World" produced by Brian Rawling at Metrophonic Studios. Rawling is a Grammy Award-winning British producer who had produced albums of popular artists such as Cher, Tina Turner, Enrique Iglesias and One Direction. On 25 April 2014, Anggun posted a photo of her studio session with Deep Forest, who previously collaborated with her on "Deep Blue Sea" (2002).