Richard Séguin – Journée d'Amérique

Journée d'Amérique is the fourth solo album by Richard Séguin, who had previously released albums with Le Nouvelle Frontière and Les Séguin, and with Serge Fiori. Four singles were released from the album, including "L'ange vagabond" (included in Roger Chamberland and André Gaulin's La Chanson Québécoise anthology), "Journée d'Amérique," "Tu reviens de loin" (nominted for a prix Félix) and "Et tu marches..."

Richard Séguin was nominated for three Felix awards in 1989. Journée d'Amérique is included in Éric Trudel's 101 disques qui ont marqué le Québec and rates 3.5 stars out of 5 at AllMusic.

At the Amnesty International concert in Montréal in September 1988, Tracy and I were embarrassed not to recognize the Québécois artists with whom the Olympic Stadium crowd sang along, so we went out and bought a few records, including this one (though Séguin did not perform at the concert). At the time, I enjoyed this album very much; however, like Michel Rivard's Un trou dans les nuages, bought at the same time, it has not aged well.

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Track Listing

1. "Intro" (Marie-Claire Séguin, Richard Séguin) – 1:02
2. "Ici comme ailleurs" (Richard Séguin) – 3:38
3. "Et tu marches..." (Richard Séguin, Alain Sauvageau) – 4:32
4. "L'ange vagabond" (Marc Chabot, Marie-Claire Séguin, Richard Séguin) – 4:56
5. "Sentiers secrets" (Richard Séguin) – 4:39
6. "Le papa de fin de semaine" (Richard Séguin) – 3:06
7. "Ensemble" (Richard Séguin) – 2:41
8. "Journée d'Amérique" (Marc Chabot, Richard Séguin) – 3:51
9. "Protest Song" (Richard Séguin) – 3:06
10. "Tu reviens de loin" (Pierre Flynn, Paul Pagé, Richard Séguin) – 3:10
11. "Par delà l'océan" (Richard Séguin) – 4:38

Personnel

• Richard Séguin – lead vocals, harmonica (on 4, 9), acoustic guitar (on 7)
• Réjean Bouchard – electric and acoustic guitars, dobro (on 3), arrangements (on 7)
• Claude Chaput – keyboard programming (on 2, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11), arrangements (on 2, 5, 6, 11), keyboards (on 8)
• Sylvain Clavette – drums and percussion programming (on 2, 4, 5, 10, 11)
• Sylvain Bolduc – bass (on 2, 3, 8, 9)
• Hélène Dalair – arrangements (on 2, 3, 4, 10), keyboards (on 3, 4, 10)
• Serge Gratton – drums (on 3, 8, 9), arrangements (on 8, 9)
• Richard Lemoine – guitar (on 3, 8, 9)
• Alain Sauvageau – keyboards (on 3, 9)
• Lina Boudrau – background vocals (on 3, 8)
• Carole Normand – background vocals (on 3, 8)
• Daniel Beaulieu – guitar (on 2)