Ainsi soit je...

{{Infobox album

| name = Ainsi soit je...

| type = studio

| artist = Mylène Farmer

| cover = ainsi_soit_je.jpg

| alt =

| released = 18 March 1988

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Studio Mega, Paris (France)

| genre = Synthpop, baroque pop, darkwave

| length = 45:47

| label = Polydor

| producer = Laurent Boutonnat

| prev_title = Cendres de lune

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = En concert

| next_year = 1989

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = Ainsi_soit_je..._(promo).JPG

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Promotional edition - Europe

}}

{{Singles

| name = Ainsi soit je...

| type = studio

| single1 = Sans contrefaçon

| single1date = 16 October 1987

| single2 = Ainsi soit je...

| single2date = 4 March 1988

| single3 = Pourvu qu'elles soient douces

| single3date = 12 September 1988

| single4 = Sans logique

| single4date = 20 February 1989

}}

Ainsi soit je... (a play on ainsi soit-il, which can mean either "so be it" or "amen") is the second album by Mylène Farmer, released on March 18, 1988.{{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit je... |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/Le_progres_180488.jpg |journal=Le Progrès |date=18 April 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit je... |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/Madame_figaro_030688.jpg |journal=Madame Figaro |date=3 June 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It contains the hit singles "Sans contrefaçon", "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" and "Sans logique". Generally well received by critics, it was very successful and is, to date, Farmer's second best-selling LP.

Background

After the success of the album Cendres de lune and the hits "Sans contrefaçon" and "Ainsi soit je...", Farmer had no problem releasing a second album that would be well received by the public, enabling her to consolidate her growing popularity, thus preventing her from slipping back into anonymity. The album took from five to six months to be finished.{{cite journal |title=none|journal=Pulsion |date=May 1988 |language=fr}} It was recorded at studio Mega, Avenue Maréchal-Maunoury, in Paris (XVIe arrondissement) under the leadership of Thierry Rogen, a renowned sound engineer who had already worked in particular with Michel Sardou.Violet, 2004, p. 93.

The cover of the album shows Farmer turned sideways, accompanied by the puppet used in the music video for "Sans contrefaçon". The photographs of the booklet were made by Elsa Trillat.

The album was released in April 1988 and met great success, both critically and commercially.

Lyrics and music

The texts, which contain many literary references to famous authors (such as Baudelaire, Poe, etc.), were written by Mylène Farmer, except "L'Horloge" (a poem by Charles Baudelaire), "Déshabillez-moi" (originally sung in 1966 by Juliette Gréco) and "The Farmer's Conclusion" (which is an instrumental song). The album has a melancholy and sad tone, and deals with death, suicide, madness with gloomy and desperate texts. Sexual ambiguity, sodomy and provocation are also tackled.Chuberre, 2007, p. 26.Cachin, 2006, pp. 28-29.

Critical reception

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r202296|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

}}

The album was generally well received in the media and remains sometimes considered as "one of the most successful",Bee, 2006, p. 362. even the singer's "best album". When the album was released, the press said: "Mylène shows an imagination and a new maturity in these charming libertine poems and her synthetic hits containing literary references" (20 Ans).{{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit je... |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/20ANS_0688.jpg |journal=20 Ans |date=June 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} This "great" (Gaipied){{cite journal|title=Skeuds de Noël |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/GAIPIED_221288.jpg |journal=Gaipied |date=12 December 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and "successful" (Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace){{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit je... |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/Dernieres_nouvelles_d'alsace_140588.jpg |journal=Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace |date=14 May 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} album has "an intellectual and musical universe always so creative" (Gaipied).{{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit-elle |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/GAIPIED_170588.jpg |journal=Gaipied |date=17 May 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Its songs were described as "powerful, sometimes catchy and often spellbinding compositions" (Paris Nuit),{{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit je... |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/PARIS_NUIT_0488.jpg |journal=Paris Nuit |date=April 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} whose texts are "chiseled but perfectly licentious" (France Soir).{{cite journal|title=Mylène Farmer: "Vivre avec trois amants" |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/France_soir_191188.jpg |journal=France Soir |date=19 November 1988 |first=R. |last=G. |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The "poetic quality of the texts" and "the sense of the melody" (Le Télégramme){{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit je... |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/le_telegramme_200488.jpg |journal=Le Télégramme |date=20 April 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} were also mentioned. Rock and Folk said this Laurent Boutonnat's production is "impeccable", demonstrating his "undoubted talent".
* {{cite journal |title=Ainsi soit je... (1) |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/ROCK_AND_FOLK_88a.jpg |journal=Rock and Folk |year=1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* {{cite journal |title=Ainsi soit je... (2) |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/ROCK_AND_FOLK_88b.jpg |journal=Rock and Folk |year=1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} According to Télé Poche, "the time of success has come for Mylène Farmer" with this album.{{cite journal|title=Cherchez 'la' Farmer |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/tele_poche_300488.jpg |journal=Télé Poche |date=30 April 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The journalist Caroline Bee said this album is "an ambiguous, bright, romantic and beautifully produced gem". A review in Pan-European magazine Music & Media praised Ainsi soit je..., ranking it as "Album of the week", and added: "A first-class electro-based pop LP... That sophisticated sensuality! Laurent Boutonnat's production and compositions are flowing with a commerciabdity, comparable to the works of the Pet Shop Boys. Farmer... reveals the full palette of her caressing and dreamy voice."{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-05-28.pdf|title=Esprit français - French Talent|magazine=Music & Media|volume=5|issue=22|date=28 May 1988|page=21|oclc=29800226|via=World Radio History |access-date=11 August 2023}}

Some criticisms were also made against Ainsi soit je... For example, according to L'Humanité, this album uses an "old-fashioned stylistic mannerism to reinvent poetry" (L'Humanité).{{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit je... |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/L'humanite_020688.jpg |journal=L'Humanité |date=2 June 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Rock Land qualified this album as a "second collection of bad thoughts with a spectacular flippantly", whose "B-side is flat".{{cite journal|title=Ainsi soit je... |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1988/rock_land_mai88.jpg |journal=Rock Land |date=May 1988 |language=fr |access-date=27 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Commercial performance

In France, the album debuted at number 8 in April 1988, but it dropped to number 26 five months later. However, thanks to the successful single "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" (number-one hit in December 1988), the album reached number one for two weeks in December 1988. The album managed to stay for eleven months in the top ten and about one year on the chart.{{cite web|title=Albums chart trajectories in France, database |url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_ChartRun.php |publisher=Infodisc |language=fr |access-date=9 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820092500/http://www.infodisc.fr/Albums_ChartRun.php |archive-date=20 August 2008 |url-status=dead }} On 29 June 1988, the album was certified Gold by the SNEP for 100,000 copies sold, then Platinum for 300,000 sales, then Double Platinum on 17 February 1989 for 600,000 sales, and eventually Diamond on 14 November 1989 for a minimum of 1,000,000 copies sold.{{cite journal|title=Du diamant pour Mylène Farmer |url=http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/1989/Var_matin_150389.JPG |journal=Var Matin |date=3 March 1989 |language=fr |access-date=30 March 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The album was also released in Germany, where it reached number 47.

Track listing

class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
#	Title	Length	Writer(s)	Composer(s)	Notes
1 \|"L'Horloge" \| style="text-align:center;"\|5:03 \|Charles Baudelaire \|Laurent Boutonnat \|Adaptation of the poem of the same name by Charles Baudelaire, from Les Fleurs du mal. The music begins and ends with the sound of a clock pendulum, as well as cries of a baby. The words evoke the passage of time which leads to death. A male voice repeatedly says, "Souviens-toi!" (the French for "Remember", itself spoken in the song as well).Cachin, 2006, p. 120. Performed during the 1989, 2019 tours and never on television.
2 \|"Sans contrefaçon" \| style="text-align:center;"\|4:07 \|Mylène Farmer \|Boutonnat \|Performed during the 1989, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2019 and 2023 tours and 16 times on television.
3 \|"Allan" \| style="text-align:center;"\|4:46 \|Farmer \|Boutonnat \|Performed during the 1989 tour and one time on television.
4 \|"Pourvu qu'elles soient douces" \| style="text-align:center;"\|4:52 \|Farmer \|Boutonnat \|Performed during the 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019 tours and 12 times on television.
5 \|"La Ronde triste" \| style="text-align:center;"\|4:13 \|Farmer \|Boutonnat \|Although the title is in French, the lyrics are in English. The song discusses suicide and death, while a male voice repeatedly says, "Don't cry". It was never performed on stage, but was once on television (Domicile A2, 15 December 1987, Antenne 2). It served as the B-side of "Sans contrefaçon".Cachin, 2006, p. 234.
6 \|"Ainsi soit je..." \| style="text-align:center;"\|6:18 \|Farmer \|Boutonnat \|Performed during the 1989, 1996, 2009 and 2019 tours and 12 times on television.
7 \|"Sans logique" \| style="text-align:center;"\|4:30 \|Farmer \|Boutonnat \|Performed during the 1989 and 2019 tours and five times on television.
8 \|"Jardin de Vienne" \| style="text-align:center;"\|5:17 \|Farmer \|Boutonnat \|Opens with a few notes of Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser. The lyrics discuss a young boy who hanged himself in a garden in Vienna. In the refrain, the death is seen as a release.Cachin, 2006, p. 135. Performed during the 1989 tour, but never on television.
9 \|"Déshabillez-moi" \| style="text-align:center;"\|3:45 \|Robert Nyel \|Gaby Verlor \|Performed during the 1989 and 2006 tours and twice on television.
10 \|"The Farmer's Conclusion" \| style="text-align:center;"\|2:15 \| {{n/a}} \|Boutonnat \|A wordless piece with the cries of various animals, mixed with Farmer's sighs. The title is a play on Farmer's last name and is a humorous reply to journalists who sometimes give her that name in a literal way.Cachin, 2006, p. 105. Never performed on stage, nor on television.

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Title

Length

Writer(s)

Composer(s)

Notes

|"L'Horloge"

| style="text-align:center;"|5:03

|Charles Baudelaire

|Laurent Boutonnat

|Adaptation of the poem of the same name by Charles Baudelaire, from Les Fleurs du mal. The music begins and ends with the sound of a clock pendulum, as well as cries of a baby. The words evoke the passage of time which leads to death. A male voice repeatedly says, "Souviens-toi!" (the French for "Remember", itself spoken in the song as well).Cachin, 2006, p. 120.

Performed during the 1989, 2019 tours and never on television.

|"Sans contrefaçon"

| style="text-align:center;"|4:07

|Mylène Farmer

|Boutonnat

|Performed during the 1989, 1996, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2019 and 2023 tours and 16 times on television.

|"Allan"

| style="text-align:center;"|4:46

|Farmer

|Boutonnat

|Performed during the 1989 tour and one time on television.

|"Pourvu qu'elles soient douces"

| style="text-align:center;"|4:52

|Farmer

|Boutonnat

|Performed during the 1989, 1999, 2009 and 2019 tours and 12 times on television.

|"La Ronde triste"

| style="text-align:center;"|4:13

|Farmer

|Boutonnat

|Although the title is in French, the lyrics are in English. The song discusses suicide and death, while a male voice repeatedly says, "Don't cry".

It was never performed on stage, but was once on television (Domicile A2, 15 December 1987, Antenne 2). It served as the B-side of "Sans contrefaçon".Cachin, 2006, p. 234.

|"Ainsi soit je..."

| style="text-align:center;"|6:18

|Farmer

|Boutonnat

|Performed during the 1989, 1996, 2009 and 2019 tours and 12 times on television.

|"Sans logique"

| style="text-align:center;"|4:30

|Farmer

|Boutonnat

|Performed during the 1989 and 2019 tours and five times on television.

|"Jardin de Vienne"

| style="text-align:center;"|5:17

|Farmer

|Boutonnat

|Opens with a few notes of Richard Wagner's opera Tannhäuser. The lyrics discuss a young boy who hanged himself in a garden in Vienna. In the refrain, the death is seen as a release.Cachin, 2006, p. 135.

Performed during the 1989 tour, but never on television.

|"Déshabillez-moi"

| style="text-align:center;"|3:45

|Robert Nyel

|Gaby Verlor

|Performed during the 1989 and 2006 tours and twice on television.

|"The Farmer's Conclusion"

| style="text-align:center;"|2:15

| {{n/a}}

|Boutonnat

|A wordless piece with the cries of various animals, mixed with Farmer's sighs. The title is a play on Farmer's last name and is a humorous reply to journalists who sometimes give her that name in a literal way.Cachin, 2006, p. 105.

Never performed on stage, nor on television.

Charts

=Weekly charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\|Chart (1988–90) !scope="col"\|Peak position
scope="row"\|European Albums (Top 100){{cite web\|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-01-21.pdf\|title=Hits of the World (21 January 1989)\|work=Billboard\|access-date=16 June 2016}} \|10
scope="row"\|French Albums (SNEP){{cite web\|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_ChartRuns.php\|title=Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé\|publisher=InfoDisc\|language=fr\|access-date=15 June 2016}} \|1
{{album chart\|Germany4\|47\|id=11669\|artist=Mylène Farmer\|album=Ainsi soit je..\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=15 June 2016\|refname=germany}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"|Chart (1988–90)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|European Albums (Top 100){{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-01-21.pdf|title=Hits of the World (21 January 1989)|work=Billboard|access-date=16 June 2016}}

|10

scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_ChartRuns.php|title=Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé|publisher=InfoDisc|language=fr|access-date=15 June 2016}}

{{album chart|Germany4|47|id=11669|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Ainsi soit je..|rowheader=true|accessdate=15 June 2016|refname=germany}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\|Chart (1988) !scope="col"\|Position
scope="row"\|European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media){{cite magazine \|title= 1988 Year End Eurocharts – European Top 100 Albums \|magazine= Music & Media \|via= World Radio History \|volume= 6 \|issue= 52/1 \|page= 31 \|oclc= 29800226 \|date= January 1, 1989 \|access-date= November 22, 2023 \|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-01-01.pdf \|id= Page 17 on the PDF archive. \|archive-date= April 16, 2022 \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220416083050/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-01-01.pdf \|url-status= live }} \|71
scope="row"\|French Albums (SNEP){{cite web\|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1988.php\|title=Les Albums (CD) de 1988 par InfoDisc\|language=fr\|publisher=InfoDisc\|access-date=16 June 2016\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023045245/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1988.php\|archive-date=23 October 2014}} \|2

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"|Chart (1988)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media){{cite magazine |title= 1988 Year End Eurocharts – European Top 100 Albums |magazine= Music & Media |via= World Radio History |volume= 6 |issue= 52/1 |page= 31 |oclc= 29800226 |date= January 1, 1989 |access-date= November 22, 2023 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-01-01.pdf |id= Page 17 on the PDF archive. |archive-date= April 16, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220416083050/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-01-01.pdf |url-status= live }}

|71

scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP){{cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1988.php|title=Les Albums (CD) de 1988 par InfoDisc|language=fr|publisher=InfoDisc|access-date=16 June 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023045245/http://www.infodisc.fr/B-CD_1988.php|archive-date=23 October 2014}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\|Chart (1989) !scope="col"\|Position
scope="row"\|European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media){{cite web\|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-12-23.pdf\|title=European Top 100 Albums 1989\|date=December 23, 1989\|access-date=November 22, 2023\|issue=6\|volume=51\|work=Music & Media\|page=9\|archive-date=September 27, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927175221/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-12-23.pdf\|url-status=live}} \|16

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"|Chart (1989)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media){{cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-12-23.pdf|title=European Top 100 Albums 1989|date=December 23, 1989|access-date=November 22, 2023|issue=6|volume=51|work=Music & Media|page=9|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927175221/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M%26M-1989-12-23.pdf|url-status=live}}

|16

Certifications and sales

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|title=Ainsi soit je...|artist=Mylène Farmer|award=Gold|certyear=1998|relyear=1988|accessdate=16 June 2016}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=Ainsi soit je...|artist=Mylène Farmer|award=Diamond|certyear=1989|relyear=1988|source=infodisc|refname="frcert"|salesamount=1,500,000|salesref={{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=16 June 2016}}|access-date=15 November 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=Farmer|artist=Farmer|award=Gold|certyear=1989|relyear=1988}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|salesamount=1,800,000|salesref={{cite web|url=http://www.mylene.net/presse/presse2009/mylene-farmer_presse_le-parisien_11-09-2009_002.jpg|title=Les spectacles: Mylène Farmer, les dessous du mythe|work=Le Parisien|date=11 September 2009|access-date=5 February 2018|language=fr}}|nocert=true}}

Personnel

Mylène Farmer – lead vocals
Laurent Boutonnat – keyboards, synthesizer, producer
Thierry Rogen – sound, mixing, programming
Slim Pezin – guitar
Bernard Paganotti – bass
Pol Ramirez del Più (a pseudonym for Farmer and Boutonnat) – pan flute, shakuhachi
Les Moines Fous du Tibet (a pseudonym for Farmer and Boutonnat) – background vocals
Frédéric Rousseau – programming
Bertrand Le Page / Polygram Music – editions (tracks 1–8, 10), Intersong Paris editions (track 9)
André Perriat (Top Master) – mastering, engraving
Elsa Trillat – photo
Jean-Paul Théodule – model
Benoît Lestang – puppet
Bertrand Le Page – management
Recorded and mixed at Studio Mega

Release history

Date	Label	Region	Format	Catalog
class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;"\|1988 \| rowspan="16" style="text-align:center;"\|Polydor \| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"\|France \|align=center\|CD \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|835654-2
align=center\|Picture CD
align=center\|12" \|align=center\|835564-1
align=center\|Cassette \|align=center\|835465-4
align=center\|Collector edition \|align=center\|?
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|Allemagne \|align=center\|CD \|align=center\|835564-1
align=center\|12" \|align=center\|835564-2
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"\|Canada \|align=center\|12" \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|835564-1
align=center\|Promo 12"
align=center\|Cassette \|align=center\|835564-4
align=center\|Italy \|align=center\|Cassette \|align=center\|835564-4
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|Japan \|align=center\|CD \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"\|POCP1001
align=center\|Promo CD
align=center\|Korea \|align=center\|12" \|align=center\|RG2039
align=center\|Netherlands \|align=center\|Cassette \|align=center\|835564-4
align=center\|Spain \|align=center\|12" \|align=center\|835564-1
style="text-align:center;"	1994	Polygram \| rowspan="4"\|France \| rowspan="2"\|CD	8355642
style="text-align:center;"	1998	Polygram France	835564
style="text-align:center;"	2005	Polydor	Digital	—
style="text-align:center;"	2005	Universal	CD - Digipack	9828262

Formats

; France

12"
CD
CD – Picture disc
Cassette
CD – Digipack (since 2005)

; Other countries

Collector edition – Promo – Europe (Germany, Italy, UK, Spain)¹
12" – Spain
12" – Korea
12" – Canada
12" – Germany

12" – Promo – Canada
CD – Germany
CD – Japan
CD – Taïwan
CD – Promo – Japan
Cassette – Netherlands
Cassette – Italy
Cassette – Canada

¹ Contains the CD maxi for "Sans contrefaçon", the CD single for "Ainsi soit je...", the biography of Farmer translated into the language of the country, a documentary on video cassette and a lighter.

References

Category:1988 albums

Category:Mylène Farmer albums

Category:Polydor Records albums