La Maison Tellier (group)
{{Short description|French rock band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = La Maison Tellier
| image = La Maison Tellier 2008.jpg
| alt = A group of 5 men performing on various instruments and singing into microphones
| caption = La Maison Tellier performing in 2008
| image_size =
| origin = France
| genre = Folk rock
| occupation =
| years_active = 2004 to present
| label = Euro-Visions
Troisième Bureau
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|lamaisontellier.fr}}
| current_members = Raoul Tellier
Helmut Tellier
| past_members =
}}
La Maison Tellier is a French rock group with American country and folk influences, founded in 2004 by Raoul and Helmut Tellier.{{cite web|title=La chanson d'aujourd'hui à Foix|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/01/26/998376-La-chanson-d-aujourd-hui-a-Foix.html|work=Ladepeche.fr|accessdate=8 February 2011|date=2011-01-26}} The group have released three studio albums, performing in both French and English.{{cite web|title=L'Art de la fugue de La Maison Tellier|url=http://www.evene.fr/musique/cd-albums/la-maison-tellier-l-art-de-la-fugue-32620.php|work=Evene|accessdate=8 February 2011}}
History
Formed in 2004 by Raoul and Helmut Tellier, the group's name was derived from a Guy de Maupassant story of the same name.{{cite web|title=La chanson d'aujourd'hui à Foix|url=http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2011/01/28/1000480-Foix-Samedi-la-Maison-Tellier-est-a-l-Estive.html|work=Ladepeche.fr|accessdate=8 February 2011|date=2011-01-28}} Their first release was a cover of Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" on a compilation album Travaux Publics in 2006.{{cite web|last=Darcy|first=Benoit|title=La reprise du jeudi: Killing in the Name|url=http://musicspot.cnetfrance.fr/actualites/artistes/la-reprise-du-jeudi-killing-in-the-name-10000362.htm|work=Musicspot|accessdate=8 February 2011|date=2008-05-15}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} They would later go onto release their first album La Maison Tellier in that year. They toured from late 2006 to early 2007 and released their second album Second Souffle in 2007 on the Euro-Visions label.{{cite web|url=http://musicspot.cnetfrance.fr/artiste/la-maison-tellier-10347633/|title=La Maison Tellier Activité : 2003 - Aujourd'hui|work=Musicspot|accessdate=8 February 2011}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Their third album, L'Art de la Fugue, was released in 2010 via the Troisième Bureau label. The album incorporated "American traditions" and reached position 84 of the French album charts.{{cite web|title=LA MAISON TELLIER - L'ART DE LA FUGUE (ALBUM)|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=La+Maison+Tellier&titel=L%27art+de+la+fugue&cat=a|work=Lescharts.com|accessdate=8 February 2011}}
Discography
| class="wikitable"
!align="center" rowspan="2" width="10"|Year !align="center" rowspan="2" width="120"|Album !align="center" colspan="1" width="20"|Peak positions !align="center" rowspan="2" width="70"|Certification |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FR {{cite web | url=http://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=La+Maison+Tellier | title=La Maison Tellier discography | publisher=Hung Medien | work=lescharts.com |accessdate=27 October 2013}} |
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| style="text-align:center;"|2006
|La Maison Tellier | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2007
|Second Souffle | style="text-align:center;"|{{spaced ndash}} | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2010
|L'Art de la Fugue | style="text-align:center;"|84 | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2013
|Beauté pour tous | style="text-align:center;"|120 | style="text-align:center;"| |
| style="text-align:center;"|2016
|Avalanche | style="text-align:center;"|89 | style="text-align:center;"| |