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Daniel Lavoie – Tension Attention

Tension Attention is Daniel Lavoie's sixth album and his breakthrough in Europe (it reached #19 in France). On the success of the album and its single "Ils s'aiment," Lavoie embarked on a very successful solo concert show Hôtel des rêves both in Québec and across Europe. In 1984, Lavoie won three Félix awards, including best album (Tension Attention), male performer of the year, and best single ("Tension attention").

Tension Attention is generally agreed to be one of the most important francophone albums in Canadian history(for example, it is included in Éric Trudel's 101 disques qui ont marqué le Québec).

Five singles were released from Tension Attention: "Tension attention" (November 1983), "Roule ta boule" (March 1984), "Ils s'aiment"(August1984), "Fouquet's" (February 1985) and "Ravi de te revoir" (later in 1985).

Hometown: Dunrea, Manitoba
Label: Kébec-Disque
Release Date: November 1983
Producer: John Eden
Style: pop rock
Mar*Star 125: did not rank
Mar*Star 150: 64

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  1. "Tension, attention" (Daniel Lavoie, Daniel DeShaime) – (4:10)
  2. "Ils s'aiment" (Daniel Lavoie, Daniel DeShaime) – (4:23)
  3. "Qui va là?" (Daniel Lavoie, Daniel DeShaime) – (4:29)
  4. "Fouquet's" (Daniel Lavoie) – (4:04)
  5. "Roule ta boule" (Daniel Lavoie, Daniel DeShaime) – (4:57)
  6. "Ravi de te revoir" (Daniel Lavoie, Daniel DeShaime) – (5:17)
  7. "Le métro n'attend pas" (Daniel Lavoie, Daniel DeShaime) – (3:30)
  8. "Hôtel" (Daniel Lavoie, Daniel DeShaime) – (4:39)
  9. "Photo mystère" (Daniel Lavoie) – (3:01)

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