Tahiti 80's first album. Went gold in Japan. Includes Heartbeat. A bona fide Classic!
released March 25, 2022
Xavier Boyer
vocals, guitars, keyboards, piano, bass
Médéric Gontier
guitars, vocals, keyboards
Sylvain Marchand
drums, percussion, keyboards, piano
Pedro Resende
bass, keyboards, programming, percussion, vocals
With:
Eric Matthews : trumpet, fluegelhorn
Eric Matthews appears courtesy of Sub Pop
Andy Chase : keyboards, occasional guitar,
programming, backing vocals & various noises.
Adam Schlesinger : piano on A4, organ on B1
Andy Chase & Adam Schlesinger appear courtesy of Sony 550
Garo Yellin : cello
Krystof Witek : violin
Conway Kuo : violin, viola
Produced & Engineered by Andy Chase for FULL
CONTACT ENTERTAINMENT.
Recorded between November & December 1998
@ Stratosphere, N.Y.C, except A5 & B5
which were started @ Recall Studio, Paris with S. Lumbroso.
Mixed by Tore Johansson @ Country Hell,
Tambourine Studios Sweden.
Mastered by Roger Jonsson @ C.D Plant , Malmö,
Sweden.
Vinyl cut by Antoine @ Dyam Paris
Executive production : Pascal Dauzier
Management : Lars Krueger
All songs by Xavier Boyer / Tahiti 80 except A4 by Médéric Gontier / Tahiti 80
String arrangements
Tahiti 80 & Stéphane Chandelier
Thanks
Andy Chase, Tore Johansson, Eric Matthews, Adam
Schlesinger, Geoff Sanoff, Gary Maurer, Lloyd Cole,
Dominique Durand, Timothée Verrecchia, everyone
@ Tambourine Studios (except Tambourine’s Football
team), Marc Thonon, Pascal Dauzier, Nicolle, Lucy,
Bénédicte, Laurent A, Laurent M
& everyone @ Atmosphériques, Stéphane C …
Extra Thanks & Hello’s
Our parents & families, Stéphanie, Céline, Aurélie, Amélie,
Jérôme, Laurent (inspiration for « Hey Joe »),
Laurence, Sean, Stéphane, Lars, Olivier, Samy,
Fabrice, Wilfried & Maarten, Nicolas & Florence,
Francis, David Fontaine, Nico, Bertrand
& Olivier, Opaline Concerts, Charef, Olivier R,
Etienne, Monique, Mr Cussigh, everyone @ Kalif’,
le FAIR, Bastien & le C2R, guitar & amplifier
maintenance by Thierry Loison @ Loison Guitar
& Bass (Rouen) and everyone who supports us …
(P) Atmosphériques
(C) Atmosphériques
Published by Atmosphériques Éditions
for further information
www.tahiti80.com
Design + Illustrations
Laurent Fétis