Pascale Picard Band
{{short description|Canadian rock group}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pascale Picard Band
| image = Pascale_Picard_Band.JPG
| caption = The Pascale Picard Band in 2008
| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| origin = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
| genre = Rock
| years_active = {{Start date|2007}}–present
| label = Universal
| associated_acts = The Wooden Sky
| website = {{URL|pascalepicard.com}}
| current_members = Pascale Picard
Philippe Morissette
Marc Chartrain
Mathieu Cantin
| past_members = Serge Poulin
Stéphane Rancourt
}}
The Pascale Picard Band is a Canadian rock group from Quebec City, formed by Pascale Picard (vocal and guitar), Philippe Morissette (bass), Marc Chartrain (drums) and Mathieu Cantin (guitar).
History
The band first made a small appearance during a TV show on MusiquePlus in Montreal. The station was then flooded with messages to praise the band, forcing them to be reinvited.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}
Me, Myself & Us, the band's first album, was released in April 2007. Seven months later the album was platinum in Canada with more than 100,000 sold copies. The album's first single, "Gate 22", stayed in the Top 50 Anglophone chart in Quebec for 12 weeks and is in rotation on the CBC.CA Canadian singer/songwriters radio stream.
Pascale Picard, the songwriter, is at the center of the band. She was nominated for the 2008 Juno Awards in the category Artist of the year.
In January 2008 the band performed at the Midem, in Cannes, in the hope of opening new horizons in Europe. The single "Gate 22" was released in France in March 2008 and the whole album followed in June.
On August 20, 2008, Pascale and her band, incidentally from Quebec, were asked by Paul McCartney's team to open for the latter's historic show on the Plains of Abraham as part of Quebec's 400th anniversary.
During their 2008 Canadian tour they were supported by The Wooden Sky on the Eastern leg of the tour.
The band's second album A Letter to No One debuted at #4 on the Canadian Albums Chart.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2011/05/25/18191466.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120711050516/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2011/05/25/18191466.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=July 11, 2012 |title=CANOE - JAM! Music: Adele No. 1, Seether makes noise |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca |date=2011-05-25 |accessdate=2012-03-05}} In February 2012, they released a soundtrack album for the third season of the television drama series Trauma,[http://info-culture.biz/2012/02/21/a-la-decouverte-du-nouvel-album-trauma-de-pascale-picard-band/ "A la découverte du nouvel album “Trauma” de Pascale Picard Band"]. Info-Culture, February 21, 2012. which debuted at #18 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=December 26, 2004 |title=CANOE - JAM! Music SoundScan Charts |publisher=Jam.canoe.ca |date= |accessdate=2012-03-05}}
Discography
{{Infobox album
| italic_title = no
| name = Me, Myself & Us
| type = Album
| artist = Pascale Picard Band
| cover = Pascale Picard - Me Myself & Us.jpg
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| released = 2007
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| label = Universal Music Group
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Me, Myself & Us
| type = studio
| single1 = Smilin'!!
| single1date = 2007
| single2 = Gate 22
| single2date = 2008
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{Allmusic|class=album|id=r1068965|first=Matthew|last=Chisling}}
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=A Letter to No One (2011)=
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| style="background:#ebf5ff;"
!# !Title !Length | ||
| 1. | "Our Christmas Song" | 04:02 |
| 2. | "What We've Got (Jodie)" | 02:59 |
| 3. | "The Gap" | 04:16 |
| 4. | "If I Let You" | 04:24 |
| 5. | "Shooting Star" | 02:34 |
| 6. | "Hide And Seek " | 03:15 |
| 7. | "Nobody's Here to Break Your Heart" | 04:34 |
| 8. | "Raw" | 03:06 |
| 9. | "Hell Is Other People" | 02:46 |
| 10. | "Feeling Better" | 03:26 |
| 11. | "The Right Rhyme" | 03:02 |
| 12. | "Five Minutes" | 04:43 |
| 13. | "Letter to No One" | 02:59 |
| 14. | "And If I Miss My Shot" | 04:33 |
=Me, Myself & Us (2007)=
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| style="background:#ebf5ff;"
!# !Title !Length | ||
| 1. | "Thinking of It" | 03:36 |
| 2. | "Gate 22" | 04:14 |
| 3. | "Smilin'!!" | 04:15 |
| 4. | "Unconscious Liars" | 04:33 |
| 5. | "That Is the Matter" | 03:28 |
| 6. | "Annoying " | 04:34 |
| 7. | "Let’s Have a Drink" | 03:00 |
| 8. | "Sorry" | 04:35 |
| 9. | "A While" | 03:52 |
| 10. | "When at the End of the Road" | 03:52 |
| 11. | "Useless" | 04:31 |
| 12. | "Half Asleep" | 04:49 |
Produced by the Brothers Grand
Recorded at Wild Sky Studio, Morin Heights
=Charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart
!Peak |
|---|
| Belgian Album Charts (Wallonia){{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Pascale+Picard&titel=Me,+Myself+%26+Us&cat=a |title=Pascale Picard - Me, Myself & Us |publisher=lescharts.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-05}}
| style="text-align:center;"|42 |
| Canadian Albums Chart{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=pascale picard|chart=Canadian Albums}} |title=Pascale Picard Chart History|publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-09}}
| style="text-align:center;"|9 |
| French Albums Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|12 |
| Mexican Albums Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|13 |
| Swiss Albums Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|95 |
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080212052019/http://umusic.ca/pascalepicard/ Pascale Picard] at Universal Music
- [http://www.garageband.com/artist/pascalepicard Garage Band - Pascale Picard]
- [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20071126/CPSOLEIL/71125072/5218/CPSOLEIL Cyberpresse - Le Soleil - Pascale Picard fait bonne impression au MIDEM] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20071126/CPSOLEIL/71125072/5218/CPSOLEIL Cyberpresse - Le Soleil - Le Pascale Picard Band, la petite histoire d’une ascension fulgurante] {{in lang|fr}}
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Category:Musical groups established in 2007
Category:Musical groups from Quebec City
Category:Canadian folk rock groups
Category:English-language musical groups from Quebec