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A1	If Arranged By – Christian GaubertComposed By – Bernard LavilliersLyrics By – Rudyard Kipling	3:50
A2	Santiago Arranged By – Sebastien Santa Maria*Lyrics By, Composed By – Bernard Lavilliers	5:05
A3	On The Road Again Composed By, Arranged By – Sebastien Santa Maria*Lyrics By – Bernard Lavilliers	3:52
A4	Bad Side Arranged By – M. Papazian*Lyrics By, Composed By – Bernard Lavilliers	3:14
A5	Promesses D'Un Visage Composed By – Bernard LavilliersLyrics By – Charles Baudelaire	4:40
A6	Citizen Kane Composed By – Bernard Lavilliers, Sebastien Santa Maria*Lyrics By – Bernard Lavilliers	5:03
B1	Nicaragua Composed By, Arranged By – Christian GaubertLyrics By – Bernard Lavilliers	4:01
B2	Haïti Couleurs Lyrics By, Composed By – Bernard Lavilliers	4:37
B3	Nord-Sud Lyrics By, Composed By – Bernard Lavilliers	4:01
B4	Petit Arranged By – Christian GaubertComposed By – Pascal ArroyoLyrics By – Bernard Lavilliers	4:11
B5	Tu Es Plus Belle Que Le Ciel Et La Mer Lyrics By [Poem] – Blaise Cendrars	1:11
B6	R & B (Rouge Baiser) Composed By, Arranged By – Sebastien Santa Maria*Lyrics By – Bernard Lavilliers	4:10
B7	Cri D'Alarme Composed By – Sebastien Santa Maria*Lyrics By – Bernard Lavilliers	4:36

Credits

• Art Direction – Liaison Internationale
• Backing Vocals – Angela Clemmons-Patrick, Benny Diggs, Clyde Gamble, Darryl Tookes, Dennis Collins, Jocelyn Brown, Joseph Joubert, Michel Sorel, Paulette Mc William*, Phillip Ballou
• Backing Vocals, Keyboards – Sebastien Santa Maria*
• Bass – Erdal Kizilcay, Pascal Arroyo
• Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer – Muschi Widmaier*
• Cello [Solo] – Jean-Philippe Audin
• Conductor [Strings], Keyboards – Christian Gaubert
• Design – Bill Butt, Josh Greenberg
• Drums – David Mattacks*, Joël Widmaier*, Philippe Leroux
• Flute, Saxophone – Michel Gaucher, Oswald Durand*
• Guitar – John Woolloff, Marc Papazian*
• Guitar, Lead Vocals, Producer – Bernard Lavilliers
• Horns – "Up Town Horns"*
• Keyboards – Jean-Michel Pinoteau
• Mixed By [Assistant] – Claude Lelouarn*, Eric Berdeaux
• Mixed By, Recorded By – Mick Lanaro
• Percussion – Les Tambours D'Aboudjah*, Dominique Mahut
• Photography – Karl Lagerfeld
• Recorded By [Haiti] – Robert Denis
• Recorded By [Lausanne] – Philippe Mercier
• Recorded By [New York] – Scott Ansell
• Recorded By [Paris] – Eric Berdeaux, Jean-Jacques Torroella, Emmanuel Guiot*
• Synthesizer – Frédéric Michot
• Technician – Frédéric Bouveron, Patrick Dejean*
• Vocals – Colette Bonnier, Emeline Michel, Françoise Okala, Serge Sauvion, Viktor Lazlo

Notes

Recorded at:
Lausanne, Studio Prisme
Haiti, Audioteck Sound Studio
New-York, Time Capsule Brokerage Studio
Paris, Palais de Congrès

Mixed at Paris, Palais des Congrès

Publishing: Big Brother Company
Campaign Conception: Liaison Internationale
Production: BBC

DDD except track 13 ADD
Made in France by PDO

Special thanks (amongst others) to Commandant Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua, and his wife Rosario Ortega

(P) 1988 BBC & (C) 1988 Nord-Sud

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Scanned): 042283771840
• Rights Society: SACEM

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
837 718-1	Bernard Lavilliers	If ‎(LP, Album + 12", Maxi)	Nord Sud, Barclay	837 718-1	France	1988
837 718-1	Bernard Lavilliers	If ‎(LP, Album + 12", Maxi)	Barclay	837 718-1	Canada	1988
837 718-2	Bernard Lavilliers	If ‎(CD, Album)	Nord Sud, Barclay	837 718-2	France	1988