Patricia Kaas Dans Ma Chair

Patricia Kaas is a French singer and actress with an International following. Stylistically her music is not classical chanson, but is closer to a mixture of pop music, cabaret, jazz and chanson.

In 1997 Dans ma chair (Eng: In my flesh) was made. It was produced in New York by Kaas and Phil Ramone, who had previously worked with Ray Charles, Billy Joel and Paul Simon. The album marked the second time the singer officially worked with the French songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman (they began to work together in 1993 for the song "Il me dit que je suis belle".) The collaboration with Goldman, which continues to this day, was one of the most important of Kaas' career.

Further contributors to the success of the album were the American songwriter and singer Lyle Lovett, with the song Chanson simple (Eng: Simple song), and James Taylor with Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight, on which he duetted with Kaas. The track Quand j'ai peur de tout (Eng: When I'm afraid of everything), written by Diane Warren, was later remade in 2003 by the band Sugababes under the name Too Lost In You.

In 1998, following the Dans ma chair tour, the live album and video cassette (later a DVD) Rendez-vous was produced. Among the tracks are L'aigle noir (Eng: The black eagle) by the French singer and songwriter Barbara, whom Kaas had admired for a long time.


Track list:

01 Quand J'Ai Peur de Tout
02 Dans Ma Chair
03 Chanson, Simple
04 J'Ai Tout Quitte Pour Toi
05 Je Me Sourveins de Rien
06 Les Lignes de Nos Mains
07 Je Sais
08 Je Voudrais la Connaître
09 Fais-Moi l'Amitie
10 L' Amour Devant la Mer
11 Je Compte Jusqu'a Toi
12 Sans Toi
13 Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight