Innamoramento

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox album | name = Innamoramento | type = Album | artist = Mylène Farmer | cover = Innamoramento.jpg | alt = | released = 7 April 1999 | recorded = {{hlist|Record One, Los Angeles|Ocean Way Recording. Inc., Hollywood}} | studio = | genre = Synthpop, pop rock | length = 64:34 | label = Polydor | producer = Laurent Boutonnat | prev_title = Live à Bercy | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Mylenium Tour | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = Studio album | cover = Innamoramento (collector edition).JPG | border = | alt = | caption = Collector edition }} {{Singles | name = Innamoramento | type = Studio album | single1 = L'Âme-stram-gram | single1date = 9 March 1999 | single2 = Je te rends ton amour | single2date = 8 June 1999 | single3 = Souviens-toi du jour | single3date = 2 September 1999 | single4 = Optimistique-moi | single4date = 22 February 2000 | single5 = Innamoramento | single5date = 18 July 2000 }} }} '''''Innamoramento''''' is the fifth studio album by Mylène Farmer, released on 7 April 1999. With sales of 1.5 million, the album is one the singer's most successful ones. It reached Diamond status in France<ref>{{Cite web|title=Les certifications - Mylene Farmer|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-certifications/|access-date=6 August 2021|website=SNEP|language=fr-FR}}</ref> and landed Farmer a number of awards, including Album of the Year at the 1st NRJ Music Awards.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=18 November 2000|title=NRJ Music Awards 2000|url=https://www.nrj.fr/music-awards/actualites/nrj-music-awards-2000-236038|access-date=6 August 2021|website=NRJ|language=fr}}</ref> On the heels of the album's success, Farmer was also named Best Female French-language Artist in two consecutive years: 2000 and 2001.<ref name=":0" />

== Background and release == By 1999, Farmer had barely appeared in the media since her 1996 concerts at Paris-Bercy. The singer spent most of this time traveling many countries (such as China, Ireland, Italy and the United States), where she drew her inspiration for her next album, giving it a greater ethnic orientation. She was also inspired by the books ''Falling In Love'' by Francesco Alberoni, ''If This Is a Man'' by Primo Levi, and books on Buddhism. While some media announced that the album would be called ''Immortelles'', ''Mes Moires'' (according to the magazine ''Voici''), ''Mémoires'' and ''Ensemble'',{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} rumor had it that the next album would have more techno sound (and the first single would be named "The Small World", according to the Belgian newspaper ''7 Extra'').{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} It was recorded at studios Ocean Way Recording and Record One in Los Angeles, but mixed at Guillaume Tell studio in Paris.

Finally, the album was released on 7 April, almost a month after the lead single "L'Âme-stram-gram" and was named ''Innamoramento'', in reference to the book by Francesco Alberoni mentioned above. A quote from the author is also cited on the first page of the album's booklet.<ref name="Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer, Benoît Cachin">''Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer'', Benoît Cachin, 2006, Tournon Ed., p. 125-126</ref> The photographs, produced by Marino Parisotto Vay, cost about 104,000 euros.<ref name="Le culte, p. 58">''Mylène Farmer, le culte - L'envers du décor'', Sophie Khairallah, 2007, Why Not Ed., p. 58</ref> The cover shows Farmer dressed in white on top of an open iron cage in the middle of the ocean.

== Lyrics and music == All lyrics were written by Farmer, who also composed the music for five songs. They contain many references to literary writers and painters. The album deals with Farmer's anxieties, such as pain, unhappy love, sexuality and the passage of the time.<ref>''L'Intégrale Mylene Farmer'', Erwan Chuberre, 2007, City Ed., p. 171 ({{ISBN|978-2-35288-108-7}})</ref> But as the title suggests, love is the central theme of the album.

The album is slower in comparison to Farmer's previous studio album, the rock-inspired ''Anamorphosée'' (1995). The sound is more electronic and intimate.<ref name="Jukebox">''Jukebox'', No. 179, June 2002 [https://web.archive.org/web/20241225182617/http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2002/Jukebox_magazine_179_062002_1.jpg Devant-soi.com] (Retrieved 22 March 2008)</ref>

== Critical reception == In 2000, ''Innamoramento'' won a NRJ Music Awards in the category 'Francophone album of the year'.

== Commercial performance == In France, the album was released at a time when Francis Cabrel also made his comeback with his album ''Hors Saison'', which topped the French Albums Chart. As a result, ''Innamoramento'' failed to reach #1 on the chart, but went straight in at #2 on 10 April 1999, remaining there for two weeks. Despite not hitting the top spot, the album remained in the chart for 94 weeks, including 18 weeks in the top ten<ref name="http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=17013&cat=a">''Innamoramento'', French SNEP Albums Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=17013&cat=a Lescharts.com] (Retrieved 1 February 2008)</ref> and became one of Farmer's highest selling albums. It re-entered the chart during Farmer's Mylenium Tour and also when Universal organised further promotion of the album. Certified Diamond disc by the SNEP,<ref name="http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-850.htm">Mylène Farmer certifications [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/certifications/artiste-850.htm Chartsinfrance.net] (Retrieved 1 February 2008)</ref> ''Innamoramento'' ranked #4, #43 and #92 on 1999, 2000 and 2001 End of Year Charts respectively.

In Belgium (Wallonia), after entering at #5 on 17 April 1999, the album climbed to #2 during the following week and stayed there for five consecutive weeks. As in France, Francis Cabrel's album prevented ''Innamoramento'' from reaching the top of the chart. The album remained for 27 weeks in the top ten and 66 weeks in the Top 50.<ref>''Innamoramento'', Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/4275/Mylene-Farmer-Innamoramento Ultratop.be] (Retrieved 1 February 2008)</ref> It featured at #5 and #58 on the 1999 and 2000 End of Year Charts.

''Innamoramento'' also appeared for two weeks on the Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart, on which it peaked at # 40.

== Track listing == {| class="wikitable" width="100%" border="1" ! # !! Title !! Length !! Performance(s) on tour(s) !! TV performance(s) !! Comment<ref name="Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer, Benoît Cachin, 2006, Tournon Ed., p. 41,78,79,102,165,166,176,246,247">''Le Dictionnaire des Chansons de Mylène Farmer'', Benoît Cachin, 2006, Tournon Ed., p. 41,78,79,102,165,166,176,246,247</ref> |- |1 |"L'Amour naissant" |4:59 |Mylenium tour |No |This song has the same title as the album, since 'Innamoramento' means 'L'amour naissant' in French-language. This tribute to the film ''Ryan's Daughter'' by David Lean (mentioned in the lyrics) deals with boredom, cold, Ireland, love and death. It begins with the sound of thunder. |- |2 |"L'Âme-stram-gram" |4:19 |*Mylenium tour *En tournée *Mylène Farmer 2019 |* ''Les Années tubes'' (2 April 1999, TF1) * ''Hit Machine'' (17 April 1999, M6) * ''Tapis rouge'' (24 April 1999, France 2) |See main article "L'Âme-stram-gram" |- |3 |"Pas le temps de vivre" |5:12 |Mylenium tour Nevermore |* ''NRJ Music Awards'' (20 January 2001, TF1) |The song deals with melancholy, regret and loneliness and evokes the absence of a loved person. Very esthetic, the text uses many images and neologisms. The music begins with the sounds of water. |- |4 |"Dessine-moi un mouton" |4:34 |Mylenium tour |No |See main article "Dessine-moi un mouton" |- |5 |"Je te rends ton amour" |5:09 |*Mylenium tour *En tournée *Mylène Farmer 2019 |* ''La Fureur du parc'' (19 June 1999) * ''50 Ans de tubes'' (30 July 1999, TF1) |See main article "Je te rends ton amour" |- |6 |"Méfie-toi" |5:25 |Mylenium tour |No |At the beginning of the song, Farmer enters the studio, coughs and laughs. At the end, she removes the headphones and leaves the studio. The song refers to Buddhism and especially to the book ''The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying'', by Sogyal Rinpoche. The text evokes the astrology and the supreme god of gnostic (cited under the acronym 'IAO' = Isis, Apophis and Osiris). |- |7 |"Innamoramento" |5:20 |Mylenium tour *Mylène Farmer 2019 |No |See main article "Innamoramento" |- |8 |"Optimistique-moi" |4:19 |Mylenium tour Nevermore |* ''NRJ Music Awards'' (22 January 2000, TF1) * ''Les Années tube'' (3 March 2000, TF1) * ''Hit Machine'' (11 March 2000, M6) * ''Tapis rouge'' (25 March 2000, France 2) |See main article "Optimistique-moi" |- |9 |"Serais-tu là?" |4:40 |No |No |Farmer addresses to her lover and seems to evoke the regrets that can be felt in love. In the refrain, she wondered if he would agree if she was willing to sacrifice herself for him. Some words quote Paul Verlaine's work ''Les Poèmes saturniens''. |- |10 |"Consentement" |4:35 |No |No |Enigmatic lyrics refer to a budding love which is conjugated with the second-person of plural in French-language (= to address the lover as 'vous'). The title of the nursery rhyme ''Ah! Vous dirai-je, maman'' is also mentioned in song's lyrics. "Consentement" was scheduled for the Mylenium Tour, but was finally abandoned. The song serves as sound background for one of the bonus included in the DVD Mylènium Tour. |- |11 |"Et si vieillir m'était conté" |4:50 |No |No |The song evokes the passage of time and thus old age and death, personifying the night. In the collector version of the album, the song's lyrics are not included in the booklet, but they are published on a sheet itself enclosed in an envelope stuck in the booklet. Scheduled for being the third single from the album, the song was replaced by "Souviens-toi du jour". |- |12 |"Souviens-toi du jour" |4:55 |Mylenium Tour |* ''Tapis rouge'' (11 September 1999, France 2) * ''100% Johnny'' (12 November 1999, TF1) |See main article "Souviens-toi du jour" |- |13 |"Mylenium" |5:20 |Mylenium Tour |No |This is an instrumental song in which Farmer only repeats the word "Innamoramento", with tribal vocals as background. |}

== Personnel == {{Div col}} * Angeline Annonier – choeurs * Fred Attal – arranger, clavier, producer, programming, sauf * Pascaud Caroline Blandin – background vocals * Bertrand Chatnet – engineer, mixing * Jeff Dahlgren – guitar * Pol Ramirez del Piu – bagpipes, cymbalom, flute * Jerome Devoise – assistant * Mylène Farmer – vocals * Johanna Ferdinand – choeurs, background vocals * Denny Fongheiser – drums * Joelle Jaque-Gustave – choeurs * Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums * Abraham Laboriel Sr. – bass * Sophia Nelson – choeurs, background vocals * Rik Pekkonen – engineer * Colonna Phillippe – engineer * Marie-Jo Plezel – choeurs * Mathieu Rabaté – drums * Carole Rowley – background vocals * Rafa Sardina – assistant * Mike Scotella – assistant * Billy Sheehan – bass * Frank Simes – guitar * John Sorenson – assistant * Chris Spedding – guitar * Jerry Watts Jr. – bass {{Div col end}}

== Charts == {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

=== Weekly charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Initial weekly chart performance for ''Innamoramento'' ! scope="col" | Chart (1999–2001) ! scope="col" | Peak position |- {{album chart|Flanders|40|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Innamoramento|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2018}} |- {{album chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Innamoramento|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2018}} |- ! scope="row" | European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=21 August 1999|title=European Top 100 Albums|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-08-21.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|access-date=8 December 2022|volume=16|issue=34|page=12}}</ref> | 30 |- {{album chart|France|2|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Innamoramento|rowheader=true|access-date=4 January 2018}} |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2013 weekly chart performance for ''Innamoramento'' ! scope="col" | Chart (2013) ! scope="col" | Peak position |- {{album chart|France|101|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Innamoramento|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2022|refname=France2022}} |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2021–2022 weekly chart performance for ''Innamoramento'' ! scope="col" | Chart (2021–2022) ! scope="col" | Peak position |- {{album chart|Wallonia|15|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Innamoramento|rowheader=true|access-date=8 December 2022|refname=Wallonia2022}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|59|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Innamoramento|rowheader=true|access-date=6 June 2021}} |} {{col-2}}

=== Year-end charts === {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 1999 year-end chart performance for ''Anamorphosée'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1999) ! scope="col"| Position |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1999&cat=a|title=Rapports annueles 1999|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref> |5 |- !scope="row"|Belgian Francophone Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1999&cat=af|title=Rapports annueles 1999 - albums francophones|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref> |4 |- ! scope="row" | European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine|date=1 January 2000|title=European Top 100 Albums 1999|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-01-01.pdf|magazine=Music & Media|access-date=8 December 2022|volume=17|issue=1|page=11}}</ref> | 91 |- !scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=1999&type=2 |title=Classement Albums - année 1999|publisher=SNEP|access-date=19 June 2016|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925061250/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=1999&type=2|archive-date=25 September 2012}}</ref> |4 |} {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2000 year-end chart performance for ''Anamorphosée'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Position |- !scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000&cat=a|title=Rapports annueles 2000|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref> |58 |- !scope="row"|Belgian Francophone Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2000&cat=af|title=Rapports annueles 2000 - albums francophones|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref> |24 |- !scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2000&type=2 |title=Classement Albums - année 1999|publisher=SNEP|access-date=19 June 2016|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925061250/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2000&type=2|archive-date=25 September 2012}}</ref> |43 |} {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ 2001 year-end chart performance for ''Anamorphosée'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2001) ! scope="col"| Position |- !scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2001&type=2 |title=Classement Albums - année 1999|publisher=SNEP|access-date=19 June 2016|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925061250/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2001&type=2|archive-date=25 September 2012}}</ref> |92 |} {{col-end}}

== Certifications and sales == {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|title=Innamoramento|artist=Mylène Farmer|award=Platinum|certyear=2000|relyear=1999|access-date=3 July 2016}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=Innamoramento|artist=Mylène Farmer|award=Diamond|certyear=2001|relyear=1999|salesamount=1,100,000|salesref=<ref name="sales1">{{cite web|title=Mylène Farmer : quel est son album le mieux vendu ?|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Mylene-Farmer/news-100370.html|publisher=Webedia|language=fr|author=Jonathan Hamard|date=3 January 2016|access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=Innamoramento|artist=Farmer|award=Platinum|certyear=2000|relyear=1999|access-date=3 July 2016}} {{Certification Table Summary}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|type=album|title=Innamoramento|artist=Mylène Farmer|award=Platinum|certyear=2001|relyear=1999|access-date=3 July 2016}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|salesamount=1,500,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://residencemf.fr/presse/presse2000/images_presse2000/voici_08-05-2000-04.jpg|title=Mylène Farmer et Laurent Boutonnat: Leur bebe s'appelle Alizée|work=Voici|date=8 May 2000|access-date=5 February 2018|language=fr|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808194035/http://residencemf.fr/presse/presse2000/images_presse2000/voici_08-05-2000-04.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>|nocert=yes}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}

== Formats == * CD - Jewel case * CD - Cardboard gatefold sleeve - Limited edition (300,000) * Collector edition box - Numbered travel log version (including a CD and a booklet of travel with unpublished photos) * Cassette * Double 12" * CD - Japan * CD - Digipak (since 2005)

== References == {{Reflist}}

Category:1999 albums Category:Mylène Farmer albums Category:Polydor Records albums