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''Point de Suture'' is the seventh studio album by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer, and her 14th album overall. Preceded by the lead single "Dégénération", it was released digitally on 20 August 2008, then on CD five days later. The album is predominantly electronic dance music and, despite mixed reviews, it achieved commercial success on the French, Swiss, Belgian and Russian album charts. The five singles released from the album were all number ones in France. ==Background== Pascal Nègre, president of Universal Music, officially announced on 28 January 2008 in the French newspaper ''Le Figaro'' that Farmer would release a new album in 2008.〔"Regards croisés de deux frères ennemis de l'industrie musicale", ''Le Figaro'', 28 January 2008 (Mylene.net ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕〔"Un nouvel opus pour Mylène Farmer", ''Midi Libre'', 4 February 2008 (Devant-soi.com ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕 The following days, this information was covered by many media that also said that it would have been entitled ''Onirisme''.〔"Mylène Farmer - Bientôt un nouvel album ? Onirique ?", 29 January 2008 (Cinestarnews.com ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕〔"Mylène Farmer sortira un nouvel album pour 2008", 30 January 2008 (Parisianboys.com ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕〔"Mylène Farmer... Retour en douce", 30 January 2008 (Mosaiquefm.net ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕〔"Mylène Farmer, dans les bacs cette année", Ludmilla Intravaia, 29 January 2008 (TF1.LCI.fr ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕〔"Une Mylène Farmer "onirique" cet automne", (Musicactu.com ),(MCM.net ), (Virgin17.fr ), (Lemaroc.com ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕 At the time, it was announced that it would be composed of 11 tracks,〔"Mylène Farmer continue à rêver", 30 January 2008 (Nrj.fr ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕 and it would be released for the last quarter of 2008.〔"Le retour de Mylène Farmer", 30 January 2008 (Actualité-de-star.com ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕 Several song titles were relayed in the media, such as "Onirisme", "Faire... et défaire", "Dans ton antre", "Ma nature est...", "Excaliburia", "Who's Mylène ?", "Aux points cardinaux", "Je m'expose et m'impose", "Poésie visuelle", "The Witch of Dreams", "Voyage au bout de tes sens ", and it would also contain an acoustic version of Farmer's 1996 hit, "Rêver".〔"Mylène Farmer sort de l’ombre : bientôt l’album", 30 January 2008 (News-de-stars.com ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕〔"Mylène Farmer est de retour", 30 January 2008 (Lessentiel.lu ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕〔"Un disque, une tournée : les fans peuvent se réjouir!", 30 January 2008 (Gala.fr ). Retrieved 12 May 2008〕 A rumor went around the Internet saying the first single would be "À propos de nous". But finally, Thierry Suc, one of the producers, announced on 21 May that it would be "Dégénération". It was scheduled to be released on radio on 19 June. At the time, he also said that the album was not yet finished.〔"Mylène Farmer revient le 19 juin avec "Dégénération"", ''Ouest France'', 21 May 2008 (Mylene.net ). Retrieved 21 May 2008〕 On 19 June, French radio RTL stated that the album would be released on 25 August. Finally, on 30 June, French internet store "Virginmega" revealed the name of the album, ''Point de suture'', its cover and the track listing, and announced its release for 20 August.〔''Point de suture'', album en précommande, ''Virginmega.fr'', 30 June 2008 (Virginmega.fr ). Retrieved 30 June 2008〕 On 31 July, the newspaper ''Le Parisien'' stated that the album would be released in two formats : digitally and as a mobile phone in a limited edition. According to its edition of 30 August 2008, a duet with David Bowie was originally scheduled for this album, but was eventually canceled because of health problems of the English singer.〔"Mylène Farmer a raté Bowie", ''Le Parisien'', 30 August 2008〕 In December 2008, a limited collectible mobile phone edition (W980i) was released (2,000 numbered copies : 1,000 on the Internet + 1,000 at SFR Studios). This edition contained the album "Point de Suture", two remixes, a video, a making of, ringtones, visuals and themes of the singer.〔Advert for SFR (Mylene.net ). Retrieved 18 November 2008〕 "Si j'avais au moins..." was released as the 3rd single on 16 February. On 27 March, Radio NRJ revealed the fourth single from the album was "C'est dans l'air". At the concerts in Douai (Gayant Expo) and in St. Petersburg, a remix of "Sextonik" by French DJ Tomer G was played. The DJ stated on his site that his remix was done for a single, thus revealing that "Sextonik" was the fifth single from the album. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Point de suture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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