Dionysos - La Mécanique du Cœur (2007)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Le Jour Le Plus Froid Du Monde" 4:53
2. "La Berceuse Hip Hop Du Docteur Madeleine" 3:38
3. "When The Saints Go Marchin'in" 2:51
4. "Flamme À Lunettes" 5:11
5. "Symphonie Pour Horloge Cassée" 2:40
6. "Cunnilingus Mon Amour!" 3:00
7. "Thème De Joe" 2:14
8. "L'École De Joe" 2:59
9. "L'Homme Sans Trucage" 3:24
10. "La Panique Mécanique" 4:06
11. "King of the Ghost Train" 2:19
12. "Mademoiselle Clé" 2:57
13. "Candy Lady" 3:51
14. "Le Retour De Joe" 2:08
15. "Death Song" 3:17
16. "Tais Toi Mon Coeur" 2:33
17. "Whatever The Weather" 3:21
18. "Épilogue" 4:31
Dionysos Band Members / Musicians
Mathias Malzieu – , ukulele, folk guitar, glockenspiel
Mike Ponton – guitar, 'scratches', programming, ukulele
Eric Serra-Tosio – drums, percussion, whistle
Olivier Daviaud – cello, piano, melodica, glockenspiel, mellotron, keys, piano, arrangements
Stéphan Bertholio – banjo, keys, bass, glockenspiel, ukulele, baritone guitar, lapsteel guitar
Emily Loizeau – plays the part of Docteur Madeleine, Jack's guardian
Arthur H – plays the part of retired alcoholic policeman Arthur
Olivia Ruiz – plays the part of Miss Acacia, the love interest who also features on the previous album
Rossy de Palma – plays Luna, a prostitute who teaches Jack things (including the word 'Cunnilingus', which he names his hamster)
Babet (aka Élisabeth Maistre) – plays another prostitute, Luna's friend Anna
Grand Corps Malade – plays the part of Joe, singing and writing the two relevant tracks
Jean Rochefort – plays Georges Méliès
Alain Bashung – plays Jack the Ripper
Eric Cantona – plays Giant Jack, a character from Monsters in Love, who narrates the epilogue
Additional musicians
Blaise Margail – trombone, beatbox
Martin Saccardy – trumpet, bugle
Guillaume Garidel – double bass, bass
Gérard Tempia Bonda – violin
Michel Schick – clarinet, bass clarinet, flute
Stéphane Blanc – double bass
Bertrand Belin – banjo, theremin
Joann Sfar & Karim Friha – cover art
Flammarion Studio – calligraphy
La Mécanique du Cœur is the 6th studio album by the French band Dionysos, released on 5 November 2007. The title can be translated as the mechanics of the heart; the album complements the book of the same name written by Mathias Malzieu, the band's frontman. The album has sold over 75,000 copies, making it a Gold Disc, and has been adapted into a film directed by Malzieu.
