Spiritus Dei

Spiritus Dei
Studio album by Les Prêtres
Released 29 March 2010
Genre Gospel
Length 54:28
Label TF1

Spiritus Dei is the debut album of French trio Les Prêtres released in March 2010 and achieved success in France.

Background

At the initiative of Mgr Jean-Michel di Falco, Bishop of Gap and Embrun (Hautes-Alpes), two priests and one seminarian in the diocese of Gap recorded an album under the label of TF1 Musique for the benefit of two projects, the first one is for a pastoral purpose (construction of a church) and another is for a charity goal (construction of a school in Madagascar). The three singers are Jean-Michel Bardet, pastor of the Cathedral of Gap, Charles Troesch, chaplain of the Basilica of Our Lady of Laus, and Nguyen Dinh Nguyen, seminarian in the diocese. This project was inspired by the Irish group The Priests.[1]

The album contains a cover version of Daniel Lévi's song, "L'Envie d'aimer" and another one of Francis Cabrel's 1987 hit "Il faudra leur dire".

Chart performances

The album entered the French Albums Chart at number five on 3 April and reached number one two weeks later, and remained atop for nine consecutive weeks. Its highest weekly sales are over 27,300 units on the chart edition of 30 May 2010.[2] The album reached platinum status after a few weeks[3] and became Diamond after eight months.[4] It reached number-one again nine months after its release, on 1 January 2011.

The albums reached number five for three weeks on the Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart.

Track listings

  1. "Spiritus Dei (Sarabande)" (Di Falco Leandri, George Frideric Handel) — 4:13
  2. "I Believe" (Levi) — 4:12
  3. "Quand on n'a que l'amour" (Jacques Brel) — 3:30
  4. "Il est né le divin enfant" — 2:59
  5. "Ave Maria" (Schubert) — 4:14
  6. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton) — 4:45
  7. "L'Envie d'aimer" (Lionel Florence, Patrice Guirao, Pascal Obispo) — 4:38
  8. "Ave Verum Corpus" (Mozart) — 3:00
  9. "Je crois en toi" (Didier Barbelivien) — 3:24
  10. "Conversation avec Dieu" (Di Falco Leandri, Roger Loubet) — 4:19
  11. "Alléluia (Hallelujah)" (Leonard Cohen) — 4:45
  12. "Il faudra leur dire" (Francis Cabrel) — 3:42
  13. "Minuit Chrétien" (Adolphe Adam) — 4:03
  14. "L'histoire de Spiritus Dei" (Florent Bidoyen, Jean-Michel Di Falco Leandri, Roger Loubet) — 2:44

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[5] 5
European Top 100 Albums [6] 23
French SNEP Albums Chart[7] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[8] 32

Year-end charts

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[9] 24

Sales and certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
France (SNEP) [10] Diamond 500,000
Preceded by
On trace la route by Christophe Maé		 French SNEP number-one album
18 April 2010 – 13 June 2010 (9 weeks) 		Succeeded by
Zaz by Zaz
Preceded by
Bleu Noir by Mylène Farmer		 French SNEP number-one album
1 January 2011 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
Bretonne by Nolwenn Leroy

References

  1. ↑ Bouvet, Bruno (24 March 2010). "« Spiritus Dei », des prêtres sous la lumière des projecteurs". La Croix (in French). Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  2. ↑ Decant, Charles (4 June 2010). "Disques: Les Prêtres boostés par la fête des mères" (in French). Ozap. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Les Prêtres en tête des ventes d'albums". L'Express (in French). 28 April 2010. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Les Prêtres, maintenant le film". La Provence (in French). 28 November 2010. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
  5. ↑ "Les Prêtres - Spiritus Dei, Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  6. ↑ "European Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Les Prêtres - Spiritus Dei, French Albums Chart" (in French). Lescharts. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  8. ↑ "Les Prêtres - Spiritus Dei, Swiss Albums Chart" (in German). Hitparade. Retrieved 14 September 2010.
  9. ↑ "Rapports annuels 2010 - Albums" (in French). Ultratop. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  10. ↑ http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS.html?year=&type=15
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