Black City Parade

2013 studio album by Indochine

Black City Parade

Studio album by

Indochine

Released

8 February 2013

Genre

Rock, new wave

Length

72:25

Label

Arista France

Indochine chronology

La République des Meteors
(2009)

Black City Parade
(2013)

13
(2017)

Singles from Black City Parade

"Memoria"
Released: 15 November 2012
"College Boy"
Released: 13 May 2013
"Black City Parade"
Released: 4 November 2013
"Belfast"
Released: 3 March 2014

Black City Parade is the twelfth studio album by French band Indochine. It was released on 8 February 2013 in France,^[1] peaking at number one on both the French and Belgian Albums Charts, as well as being certified Platinum in France. The album was supported by the multi-leg Black City Tour.

Production

Most of the album was mixed by Shane Stoneback.^[1]

Promotion

The song "Kill Nico" was premiered during the "Paradize + 10" concerts that took place before the release of the album.^{[citation needed]}

The first single released from the album was "Memoria", on 15 November 2012. The second single from the album was "College Boy", released on 13 May 2013. The video attracted attention due to its graphic violence pointing at homophobia. The third single from the album is "Black City Parade".^[2]

The album was also accompanied by an almost two-hour documentary, as the band let a film crew film the process of creating the album, from demoing, rewriting, recording and mixing to planning the tour.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Ouverture"	0:51
2.	"Black City Parade"	5:34
3.	"College Boy"	4:47
4.	"Memoria"	7:14
5.	"Le fond de l'air est rouge"	4:54
6.	"Wuppertal"	6:48
7.	"Le Messie"	5:08
8.	"Belfast"	6:05
9.	"Traffic Girl"	5:20
10.	"Thea Sonata"	5:20
11.	"Anyway"	4:04
12.	"Nous demain"	5:56
13.	"Kill Nico"	5:53
14.	"Eurpoane ou le Dernier Bal"	4:34

Bonus tracks on limited edition

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Salomé "	6:28
2.	"The Lovers"	4:47
3.	"Trashmen"	3:53^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2013)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[4]	40
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[5]	1
French Albums (SNEP)^[6]	1
Swiss Albums (Romandie)^[7]	1
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[8]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[9]	7
French Albums (SNEP)^[10]	18
Chart (2014)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[11]	113
French Albums (SNEP)^[12]	121

References

^ ^a ^b "Indochine: Black City Parade on discogs.org". Discogs. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ "Indochine choisit très logiquement "Black City Parade" comme nouveau single".
^ Discogs: Black City Parade page
^ "Ultratop.be – Indochine – Black City Parade" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
^ "Ultratop.be – Indochine – Black City Parade" (in French). Hung Medien.
^ "Lescharts.com – Indochine – Black City Parade". Hung Medien.
^ "Charts Romandie - Albums Top 50 (24.02.2013)". lescharts.ch. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Indochine – Black City Parade". Hung Medien.
^ "Rapports Annuels 2013". Ultratop. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2013" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Rapports Annuels 2014". Ultratop. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2014" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 12 September 2020.