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{{Infobox album
| name       = Point de Suture
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Mylène Farmer]]
| cover      = Pointdesuturecover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 25 August 2008
| recorded   = 2007–2008
| studio     = [[Brussels]], Belgium<br>Paris, France
| genre      = [[Electronic dance music|Dance]], [[synthpop]], [[pop rock]]
| length     = 53:00
| label      = [[Polydor]]
| producer   = [[Laurent Boutonnat]]
| prev_title = [[Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy]]
| prev_year  = 2006
| next_title = [[N°5 on Tour]]
| next_year  = 2009
| misc       = {{Extra album cover
| header  = Alternative cover
| type    = Studio album
| cover   = Point_de_suture_(collector).JPG
| border  =
| alt     =
| caption = Collector edition
}}
{{Singles
| name        = Point de Suture
| type        = Studio album
| single1     = [[Dégénération]]
| single1date = 19 June & 18 August 2008
| single2     = [[Appelle mon numéro]]
| single2date = 3 November 2008
| single3     = [[Si j'avais au moins...]]
| single3date = 16 February 2009
| single4     = [[C'est dans l'air]]
| single4date = 27 April 2009
| single5     = [[Sextonik]]
| single5date = 24 August 2009
}}
}}
'''''Point de Suture''''' is the seventh [[studio album]] by [[France|French]] singer-songwriter [[Mylène Farmer]], and her 14th album overall. Preceded by the lead [[Single (music)|single]] "[[Dégénération]]", it was released digitally on 20 August 2008, then on CD five days later. The album primilarily consists of [[electronic dance music|electronic dance]] music.
The album received mixed reviews upon release, with some praising its return to a powerful sound with catchy melodies while others criticized its lack of innovation compared to her past work.
The album achieved commercial success on the French, Swiss, Belgian and Russian album charts. The five singles released from the album were all number ones in France.
==Background and release==
Pascal Nègre, the president of Universal Music, officially announced on 28 January 2008 in the French newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]'' that Farmer would release a new album in 2008.<ref>"Regards croisés de deux frères ennemis de l'industrie musicale", ''Le Figaro'', 28 January 2008 [http://mylene.net/img_data/lefigaro28012008%2802%29.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref><ref>"Un nouvel opus pour Mylène Farmer", ''Midi Libre'', 4 February 2008 [http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2008/04-02-2008-midilibre.jpg Devant-soi.com]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref> In the following days this information was covered by other media outlets with initial reports suggesting that it would be entitled ''Onirisme''.<ref>"Mylène Farmer – Bientôt un nouvel album ? Onirique ?", 29 January 2008 [http://www.cinestarsnews.com/article-16121202.html Cinestarnews.com]. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref><ref>"Mylène Farmer sortira un nouvel album pour 2008", 30 January 2008 [http://www.parisianboys.com/article-16136801.html Parisianboys.com]. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref><ref>"Mylène Farmer... Retour en douce", 30 January 2008 [http://www.mosaiquefm.net/index/a/ActuDetail/Element/3646-Myl%C3%A8ne-Farmer-Retour-en-douce.html Mosaiquefm.net]. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref><ref>"Mylène Farmer, dans les bacs cette année", Ludmilla Intravaia, 29 January 2008 [http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/people/0,,3697389,00-mylene-farmer-dans-bacs-cette-annee-.html TF1.LCI.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501150602/http://tf1.lci.fr/infos/people/0,,3697389,00-mylene-farmer-dans-bacs-cette-annee-.html |date=1 May 2008 }}. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref><ref>"Une Mylène Farmer "onirique" cet automne", [http://www.musicactu.com/actualite-musique/85015/une-mylene-farmer-onirique-cet-automne/ Musicactu.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201115431/http://www.musicactu.com/actualite-musique/85015/une-mylene-farmer-onirique-cet-automne/ |date=1 February 2008 }},[http://www.mcm.net/musique/filinfo/11444/ MCM.net], [http://www.virgin17.fr/Musique/News/Une-Mylene-Farmer-onirique-cet-automne Virgin17.fr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201093100/http://www.virgin17.fr/Musique/News/Une-Mylene-Farmer-onirique-cet-automne |date=1 February 2008 }}, {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080207160441/http://www.lemaroc.org/musique/article_9820.html Lemaroc.com]}}. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref> At the time, it was announced that it would be composed of 11 tracks,<ref>"Mylène Farmer continue à rêver", 30 January 2008 [http://www.nrj.fr/music/news/0/mylene-farmer-continue-rever-57187.html Nrj.fr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509054343/http://www.nrj.fr/music/news/0/mylene-farmer-continue-rever-57187.html |date=9 May 2008 }}. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref> and it would be released in the last quarter of 2008.<ref>"Le retour de Mylène Farmer", 30 January 2008 [http://www.actualite-de-stars.com/people/01305006-le-retour-de-mylene-farmer.html Actualité-de-star.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512065245/http://www.actualite-de-stars.com/people/01305006-le-retour-de-mylene-farmer.html |date=12 May 2008 }}. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref> Several song titles were relayed in the media, such as "Onirisme", "Faire... et défaire", "Dans ton antre", "Ma nature est...", "Excaliburia", "Who's Mylène?", "Aux points cardinaux", "Je m'expose et m'impose", "Poésie visuelle", "The Witch of Dreams", "Voyage au bout de tes sens ", and it would also contain an acoustic version of Farmer's 1996 hit, "[[Rêver]]".<ref>"Mylène Farmer sort de l’ombre : bientôt l’album", 30 January 2008 [http://www.news-de-stars.com/actualite/mylene-farmer-sort-de-l-ombre-bientot-l-album_art1489.html News-de-stars.com] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120906122103/http://www.news-de-stars.com/actualite/mylene-farmer-sort-de-l-ombre-bientot-l-album_art1489.html |date=6 September 2012 }}. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref><ref>"Mylène Farmer est de retour", 30 January 2008 [http://www.lessentiel.lu/rechercher/story/13310873 Lessentiel.lu] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402055925/http://www.lessentiel.lu/rechercher/story/13310873 |date=2 April 2008 }}. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref><ref>"Un disque, une tournée : les fans peuvent se réjouir!", 30 January 2008 [http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/c_est_officiel/mylene_farmer_prepare_un_album_pour_cette_annee_100833 Gala.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501195909/http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/c_est_officiel/mylene_farmer_prepare_un_album_pour_cette_annee_100833 |date=1 May 2008 }}. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref> A rumor that spread on the Internet claimed that the first single would be "À propos de nous".{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}} But finally, Thierry Suc, one of the producers, announced on 21 May that it would be "[[Dégénération]]". It was scheduled to be released on radio on 19 June. At the time, he also said that the album was not yet finished.<ref>"Mylène Farmer revient le 19 juin avec "Dégénération"", ''Ouest France'', 21 May 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/modules/index.php?r=4#1282 Mylene.net]. Retrieved 21 May 2008</ref>
On 19 June, French radio RTL stated that the album would be released on 25 August. Finally, on 30 June, French internet store "Virginmega" revealed the name of the album, ''Point de suture'', its cover and the track listing, and announced its release for 20 August.<ref>''Point de suture'', album en précommande, ''Virginmega.fr'', 30 June 2008 [http://www.virginmega.fr/musique/album/mylene-farmer-point-de-suture-album-en-precommande-livret-digital-interactif-inclus-3-photos-exclusives-dispo-le-20-aout-104027255,page1.htm?zanpid=1124625587919391744#0 Virginmega.fr]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 30 June 2008</ref> On 31 July, the newspaper ''[[Le Parisien]]'' stated that the album would be released in two formats: digitally and as a [[mobile phone]]{{Clarify|date=October 2021}} in a limited edition. According to its edition of 30 August 2008, a duet with [[David Bowie]] was originally scheduled for this album, but was eventually canceled because of health problems of the English singer.<ref>"Mylène Farmer a raté Bowie", ''Le Parisien'', 30 August 2008</ref>
In December 2008, a limited collectible mobile phone edition (W980i) was released (2,000 numbered copies: 1,000 on the Internet + 1,000 at SFR Studios). This edition contained the album "Point de Suture", two remixes, a video, a making of, ringtones, visuals and themes of the singer.<ref>Advert for SFR [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/mylenefarmer_pointdesuture_sonyricsson_002.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 18 November 2008</ref>
"[[Si j'avais au moins...]]" was released as the 3rd single on 16 February. On 27 March, Radio NRJ revealed the fourth single from the album was "[[C'est dans l'air]]".
At the concerts in [[Douai]] (Gayant Expo) and in [[St. Petersburg]], a remix of "Sextonik" by French DJ Tomer G was played. The DJ stated on his site that his remix was done for a single, thus revealing that "Sextonik" was the fifth single from the album.
==Title and cover art==
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"All the stitches of the world cannot sew us again"
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| style="text-align: left;" | – [[Al Pacino]], ''[[Carlito's Way]]''
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The photos illustrating this album were made by a [[Japan]]ese photographer named Tani Atsushi. The cover as well as the booklet show a doll covered with scars, with surgical instruments in the foreground. There is only one photo of Farmer inside the booklet, with her back turned.
==Music and lyrics==
This album was announced as being very different from the previous ones in musical and promotional terms.<ref>"Mylène Farmer doit sortir un nouvel album en 2008", 28 January 2008 [http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2008/01/28/429792-Mylene-Farmer-doit-sortir-un-nouvel-album-en-2008.html Ladepeche.fr]. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref><ref>"Un nouvel album en 2008 pour Mylène Farmer", Samuel Golaz, 25 January 2008 [http://www.chartsinfrance.net/actualite/news-65885.html Chartsinfrance.net]. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref> During an interview prior to the album's release, Farmer explained: "If I compare it with the previous album ''[[Avant que l'ombre...]]'', it will probably be more electronic... with many "up tempo" songs."<ref>"Mylène Farmer lève le voile", ''Paris Match'', Jérôme Béglé [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/pm01.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 12 May 2008</ref> According to Thierry Suc, "in this album, there will be a little of all the universes that characterize Mylène's albums".<ref>"Mylène est Mylène, elle n'a jamais été un phénomène de mode", ''Le Quartier Libre'', Jonathan Singaye, 30 May 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/quartierlibre_30052008%2804%29.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 1 June 2008</ref> Critics noted that the album contains "melancholy ballads" (even if they are fewer on this album than on ''[[Avant que l'ombre...]]'')<ref name="Music Orange.fr">"Mylene Farmer", ''Music Orange.fr'', Corinne Leleu, 25 August 2008 [http://music.orange.fr/Chroniques/Scene-francaise/mylene-farmer_point-de-suture_mylene.html Music.orange.fr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827072903/http://music.orange.fr/Chroniques/Scene-francaise/mylene-farmer_point-de-suture_mylene.html |date=27 August 2008 }}. Retrieved 26 August 2008</ref> as well as "songs with electro/techno sounds"<ref name="Sud-Ouest">"Nouvel album pour Mylène Farmer", ''Sud-Ouest'', 23 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/sudouest_23082008_01.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 24 August 2008</ref> and "electrodance" songs.<ref>" Mylène recoud ses déchirures", ''La Libre Belgique'', Vincent Braun, 26 August 2008 [http://www.lalibre.be/culture/musique/article/441277/mylene-recoud-ses-dechirures.html Lalibre.be]. Retrieved 28 August 2008</ref>
The subjects in this album are "[[Human sexuality|sexuality]], uneasiness, [[mantra]]s, coded [[plays on words]]",<ref name="LeFigaro">"Mylène Farmer, un album massif et discret", ''Le Figaro'', Bertrand Dicale, 21 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lefigaro_21082008.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 21 August 2008</ref> "melancholy",<ref name="La Dernière Heure">"Point de Suture : un peu décousu", ''La Dernière Heure'', I.M., 25 August 2008 [http://www.dhnet.be/culture/musique/article/220239/point-de-suture-un-peu-decousu.html Dhnet.be]. Retrieved 26 August 2008</ref> "extreme love, purity, loneliness",<ref name="RFI">"Le Point de suture de Mylène Farmer", ''RFI Musique'', 25 August 2008 [http://www.rfimusique.com/musiquefr/articles/104/article_17346.asp Rfimusique.com]. Retrieved 26 August 2008</ref> "life, death, love tackled in turn with seriousness or humor".<ref name="Music Orange.fr"/> The album also evokes "the resilience and the indelible scars of the childhood" with numerous quotations and literary references ([[Süskind]], [[Schubert]], [[Baudelaire]]...).<ref>"Mylène Farmer – ''Point de Suture''", ''L'Express'', Gilles Médioni, 26 August 2008 [http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/chanson/mylene-farmer-point-de-suture_553995.html Lexpress.fr]. Retrieved 26 August 2008</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1416999|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = ''Antennaria''
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20111005180524/http://www.antennaria.net/baza/aulismedia/artist/Myl%c3%a8ne+Farmer/Point+De+Suture/9742 link]
| rev3 = ''Ciné Télé Revue''
| rev3Score = {{rating|2|3}} [http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2008/09/04-09-2008-cinetelerevue.jpg link]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| rev4 = ''Métro Canada''
| rev4Score = {{rating|2|4}} [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/metrocanada_19092008_01.jpg link]
| rev5 = ''Le Metro''
| rev5Score = {{rating|4|5}} [http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2008/08/26-08-2008-metro.fr1.jpg link]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| rev6 = ''Le Soleil''
| rev6Score = {{rating|3|5}} [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lesoleil_27092008.jpg link]
| rev7 = ''Le Télégramme''
| rev7Score = {{rating|2|3}} [http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2008/09/11-09-2008-letelegramme.jpg link]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| rev8 = ''Star Système''
| rev8Score = {{rating|7.5|10}} [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/starsystemequebec_26092008_01.jpg link]
| rev9 = ''Télé Star''
| rev9Score = {{rating|2|3}} [http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2008/09/01-09-2008-telestar.jpg link]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| rev10 = ''Voici''
| rev10Score = {{rating|3|4}} [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/voici_08092008_01.jpg link]
}}
The album received mixed reviews. ''[[La Voix du Nord (daily)|La Voix du Nord]]'' published reviews from the singer's fans proving that the reactions are shared between "disappointed love and ecstasy".<ref>"Nouvel album: entre amour déçu et extase", ''La Voix du Nord'', 28 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lavoixdunord_28082008_03.jpg Mylene.net (1)], [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lavoixdunord_28082008_04.jpg Mylene.net (2)]. Retrieved 28 August 2008</ref> ''La Meuse'' and ''20 Minutes'' summed up many critics deeming this album is "nor completely failed nor completely exciting",<ref>"Du génie ou du toc? On a passé au scanner la nouvel album de Mylène Farmer...", ''La Meuse'', Sam Christophe, 27 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lameuse_27082008_02.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 29 August 2008</ref> "without surprise but pleasant".<ref>"L'électro-pop chic de Mylène Farmer", ''20 Minutes'', Olivier Delaloye, 2 September 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/20minutessuisse_02092008_02.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 2 September 2008</ref>
On 17 January 2009, the album was awarded 'Francophone Album of the Year' on the 2009 [[NRJ Music Awards]], broadcast on [[TF1]].
===Neutral reviews===
According to ''[[Le Parisien]]'', "a gothico-melancholic muddle fills some vaporous songs of the album". The newspaper blamed it for the lack of novelty and the "disappointing duet" with [[Moby]], but also said that this one "shows itself finally effective when it accelerates the rhythm, takes up the sound, let itself overcame by the electro heart-beat".<ref>"Mylène Farmer veut frapper fort", ''Le Parisien'', Emmanuel Marolle, 21 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/leparisien_21082008_03.jpg Mylene.net (1)], [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/leparisien_21082008_02.jpg Mylene.net (2)]. Retrieved 21 August 2008</ref> ''Ouest-France'' said this album is "a true [[marketing]] blow", noting that "the electro turning point of the artist surprises, delights or disappoints..."<ref>"Mylène Farmer soigne son Point de Suture", ''Ouest-France'', Jérémy Paradis, 25 August 2008 [http://www.ouest-france.fr/Mylene-Farmer-soigne-son-Point-de-suture-/re/actuDet/actu_3639-692031------_actu.html Ouest-france.fr]. Retrieved 24 August 2008</ref> According to ''Metro'', ''Point de Suture'' is "an electro-pop album without surprise".<ref>"L'Ange rouge n'a pas changé", ''Métro'', J.V., 26 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/metro_26082008_02.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 26 August 2008</ref> After underlining the lack of promotion, French newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]'' qualified this album as "massive", "discreet" and "commercial". It also stated that with this new album, "Farmer does not envisage a revolution or even a revelation", and that it has "a methodical faithfulness" to her previous works. It also reproached the "naivety of certain texts" and their "tendency for abstraction".<ref name="LeFigaro"/> ''[[Libération]]'' said, throughout this album, "the music seems to be only a pretext in a whole declination of subsidiary yields" ; it contains "ten songs unwinding a ambient [[techno]] punctuated with ballads with voice of head without conviction".<ref>"Mylène Farmer sort un septième album peu inspirée, sans (contre)façon", ''Libération'', Ludovic Perrin, 26 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/liberation_26082008.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 26 August 2008</ref> For ''RFI Musique'', this "disc [is] not really daring", "rather usual, even routine", which seems especially made for the French tour of the next year.<ref name="RFI"/> For ''[[Le Monde]]'', this album constitutes "a slight disappointment" : it has a "dance rhythmic efficiency" but "a mere nothing of formal ambition is missing".<ref>"Mylène Farmer signe son retour avec un album sans surprise", ''Le Monde'', Sylvain Siclier, 28 August 2008 [http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2008/08/27/mylene-farmer-signe-son-retour-avec-un-album-sans-surprise_1088469_3246.html Lemonde.fr]. Retrieved 28 August 2008</ref> ''La Meuse'', as well as ''Télé Moustique'',<ref>"Point à la ligne", ''Télé Moustique'', L.L., 27 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/telemoustique_27082008_02.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 4 September 2008</ref> concluded that, with this album, "Farmer has definitively ceased to surprise".<ref>"Gagnée par la routine", ''La Meuse'', S.CH., 27 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lameuse_27082008_03.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 29 August 2008</ref>
===Negative reviews===
===Positive reviews===
According to ''[[Le Matin (Switzerland)|Le Matin]]'', this disc "tries to reconcile all the publics of [the singer]". In it, "she combines all that which makes her strength: techno lightings, evident melodies, easy to remember, [[Ballad (music)|ballads]] touching straight to the heart, ambiguous texts". It also said that the last two songs are the best ones of the album.<ref>"Des points de suture pour reconstruire Mylène Farmer", ''Le Matin'', 24 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lematin_24082008_01.jpg Mylene.net (1)], [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lematin_24082008_02.jpg Mylene.net (2)], [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/lematin_24082008_03.jpg Mylene.net (3)]. Retrieved 24 August 2008</ref> ''Sud-Ouest'' deemed that Farmer "remains faithful to the universe and the sound that ensure her success since 1985".<ref name="Sud-Ouest"/> ''La Provence'' underlined "the evident quality of the album, taking up again with the romantic and restless run-ups of the past, but with a beautiful tonic vigour".<ref>"Regénérée, Mylène Farmer!", ''La Provence'', 23 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/laprovence_23082008_01.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 23 August 2008</ref> For the [[Switzerland|Swiss]] magazine ''Télé Top Matin'', certain songs from the album are musically similar to [[Depeche Mode]]'s universe and concluded that nothing can be reproached to this album.<ref>"Mylène Farmer, ''Point de Suture''", ''Télé Top Matin'', C.C., 24 August 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/teletopmatin_24082008.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 24 August 2008</ref> According to ''Music Orange'', the songs are "impeccably worked", adding : "A unique style, recognizable at first listening", "a succession of puns of words (of pains) or of texts with double-meanings on background of melodies easy to remember and terribly effective".<ref name="Music Orange.fr"/> ''[[Le Nouvel Observateur]]'' noted that the Farmer's "voice remains fine, but is clear and most often put forward", and made a comparison with [[Jeanne Mas]].<ref>"Les sorties de disques de la semaine", ''Le Nouvel Observateur'', 28 August 2008 [http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2008/08/28-08-2008-nouvelobs.jpg Devant-soi.com]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 29 August 2008</ref> ''[[L'Humanité]]'' deemed "the singer tries something new with ''Point de Suture''".<ref>"Mylène Farmer, la poupée raccommodée", ''L'Humanité'', Victor Hache, 12 September 2008 [https://www.humanite.fr/2008-09-12_Cultures_Mylene-Farmer-la-poupee-raccommodee Humanité.fr]. Retrieved 13 September 2008</ref> As for ''[[Voici]]'', this album is a "beautiful deal" in which "Farmer has been able to regenerate after 25-year career", with this "collection of energy songs".<ref>''Voici'', "Mylène Farmer, l'électro choc", H.R., 8 September 2008 [http://www.mylene.net/img_data/voici_08092008_01.jpg Mylene.net]. Retrieved 8 September 2008</ref> ''Musiqueradio.com'' website elected ''Point de suture'' as "album of the year".<ref>"Ecouter tous les hits francophones de 2008", ''Musiqueradio.com'', December 2008 [http://www.musiqueradio.com/article_news7108_ecouter-tous-les-hits-francophones-de-2008.php Musiqueradio.com]. Retrieved 26 December 2008</ref>
==Commercial performance==
; France
With 5,121 downloads on four days, the album went straight to number-one on the French digital albums chart, on 23 August,<ref>"Disques : Mylène cartonne, Quentin démarre bien", ''Ozap'', Antoine Masson, 26 August 2008 [http://www.ozap.com/actu/charts-mylene-farmer-quentin-mosimann-duel/157938 Ozap.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828040633/http://www.ozap.com/actu/charts-mylene-farmer-quentin-mosimann-duel/157938 |date=28 August 2008 }}. Retrieved 26 August 2008</ref> which is one of the records of the year.<ref>"Record des ventes sur Internet pour Mylène Farmer", ''Le Point'', Raphaël Beaugrand, 26 August 2008 [http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-technologie-internet/record-des-ventes-sur-internet-pour-mylene-farmer/1387/0/269152 Lepoint.fr]. Retrieved 26 August 2008</ref><ref>"Un retour triomphal pour Mylène Farmer", ''Charts in France'', Nikolas Lenoir, 29 August 2008 [http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2008/08/29-08-2008-chartsinfrance.jpg Devant-soi.com]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 29 August 2008</ref> [[Universal Music]] even declared it was the record for a [[francophone]] artist.<ref>"La chanteuse française bat des records de ventes grâce à "Dégénération" et à son premier album studio", ''AOL Musique'', 28 August 2008 [http://www.devant-soi.com/Monde-de-Myl%E8ne/presse/articles-presse/2008/08/28-08-2008-musiqueaol.jpg Devant-soi.com]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. Retrieved 30 August 2008</ref> The album stayed for another week at number one with 1,510 downloads,<ref>"Mylène Farmer démarre fort", ''Le Parisien'', Emmanuel Marolle, 2 September 2008 [http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-et-spectacles/mylene-farmer-demarre-tres-fort-02-09-2008-192063.php Leparisien.fr]<br/> "Téléchargements : Mylène et Madcon en tête", ''Ozap'', Antoine Masson, 3 September 2008 [http://www.ozap.com/actu/telechargements-mylene-madcon-tete/159562 Ozap.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905023853/http://www.ozap.com/actu/telechargements-mylene-madcon-tete/159562 |date=5 September 2008 }}. Retrieved 2 September 2008</ref> then dropped to number three with 968 downloads,<ref>"Disques : carton digital pour Madcon", ''Ozap'', Antoine Masson, 10 September 2008 [http://www.ozap.com/actu/telechargements-carton-digital-madcon-keziah-jones/161584 Ozap.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911220917/http://www.ozap.com/actu/telechargements-carton-digital-madcon-keziah-jones/161584 |date=11 September 2008 }}. Retrieved 10 September 2008</ref> then continued to drop and remained on the chart (top 50) for 13 weeks. <br/>
With 108,596 sales, the album was directly number one on the SNEP Albums Chart on 30 August,<ref name="Lescharts">''Point de Suture'', French Albums Chart [http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=91582&cat=a Lescharts.com]. Retrieved 3 September 2008</ref> which was to date the third weekly best-selling debut for an album in 2008 in France.<ref>"Disques : carton plein pour Mylène Farmer", ''Ozap'', Antoine Masson, 2 September 2008 [http://www.ozap.com/actu/disques-carton-plein-mylene-farmer/159308 Ozap.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080903034305/http://www.ozap.com/actu/disques-carton-plein-mylene-farmer/159308 |date=3 September 2008 }}. Retrieved 2 September 2008</ref> It dropped to number two the week after, with 48,144 sales (616 sales of difference with the number-one album),<ref>"Disques : Mylène détrônée par Tryo !", ''Ozap'', Antoine Masson, 9 September 2008 [http://www.ozap.com/actu/disques-mylene-farmer-point-suture-detronee-tryo/161266 Ozap.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910142228/http://www.ozap.com/actu/disques-mylene-farmer-point-suture-detronee-tryo/161266 |date=10 September 2008 }}. Retrieved 9 September 2008</ref> then to number three and fell off the top ten after five weeks and spent nine non-consecutive weeks on the top 20. After dropping, it jumped directly to number 18 in January, due to the singer's performance at the [[NRJ Music Awards 2009]], reentered the chart after the release of the single "[[C'est dans l'air]]" in March/April, and also during her Stadium concerts in September. Overall, it spent 64 weeks on the chart, 34 weeks in the top 50 and 48 weeks in the top 100.<br/>
In addition, Pascal Nègre, Universal Music's president, revealed on 2 September that about 175,000 Sony Ericsson [[mobile phone]]s containing the album ''Point de Suture'' were sold.<ref>"Pascal Nègre : "Avec la Star Ac', on retourne à l'école"", '' Le Point'', Emmanuel Berretta, 2 September 2008 [http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-medias/pascal-negre-avec-la-star-ac-on-retourne-a-l-ecole/1253/0/270657 Lepoint.fr]. Retrieved 2 September 2008</ref> <br/>
This album was the singer's first one to provide five number-one hits in France.
; Other countries
In Russia, ''Europa Plus'' radio aired the album for the first time on 23 August. It was available two days later and was certified [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum]] on a single day for over 20,000 units sold.<ref name="RussianC">"Новый альбом Милен Фармер", ''Universalmusic'', 26 August 2008 [http://www.universalmusic.ru/ru/artists/213/news/918/ Universalmusic.ru] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207182720/http://www.universalmusic.ru/ru/artists/213/news/918/ |date=7 December 2008 }}. Retrieved 28 August 2008</ref> Five months later, it hit double Platinum.<ref name="RusCert">"Gold and Platinum certifications in Russia", ''2M'', [http://2m-online.ru/gold_n_platinum/ 2m-online.ru] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122213402/http://2m-online.ru/gold_n_platinum/ |date=22 January 2009 }}. Retrieved 21 January 2009</ref><br/>
In Switzerland, the album was certified [[Music recording sales certification|Gold]] in one week<ref name="Swisscharts">Swiss certifications [http://swisscharts.com/awards.asp?year=2008 Swisscharts.com]. Retrieved 2 September 2008</ref> and debuted at number two on 7 September 2008, then it dropped and remained on the chart (top 100) for nine weeks, but re-entered the chart after Farmer's concerts in Geneva.<ref name="Hitparade">''Point de Suture'', Swiss Albums Chart [http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?key=91582&cat=a Hitparade.ch]. Retrieved 2 September 2008</ref> <br/>
In Belgium (Wallonia), the album reached number one in its first week, on 6 September, and stayed there for other two weeks. Thereafter, it dropped regularly and fell off the top 50 after 26 weeks.<ref name="Ultratop">''Point de Suture'', Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/165be/Mylene-Farmer-Point-de-suture Ultratop.be]. Retrieved 5 September 2008</ref> In Belgium (Flanders), the album was number 32 on 13 September 2008, and stayed for a sole week on the chart, but became Farmer's highest ranked album on this chart.<ref name="Ultratop2">Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart [https://www.ultratop.be/nl/album/165be/Mylene-Farmer-Point-de-suture Ultratop.be]. Retrieved 12 September 2008</ref> <br/>
In the 37th week of 2008, the album entered the Greek International Albums Chart at number 25, then peaked at number 16 for two weeks, and remained ranked for five weeks.<ref name="Ifpi.gr">Greek International Albums Chart [http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm Ifpi.gr] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100915025310/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm |date=15 September 2010 }}. Retrieved 24 September 2008</ref> <br/>
The album was also released in Ukraine and Poland on 6 October.<ref>''Point de Suture'' [http://www.traffic-club.pl/sklep/muzyka_show/id_product/280160.html Traffic-club.pl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009021313/http://www.traffic-club.pl/sklep/muzyka_show/id_product/280160.html |date=9 October 2008 }}. Retrieved 8 October 2008</ref>
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| headline = ''Point de suture''
| total_length =
| title1 = [[Dégénération]]
| length1 = 5:26
| title2 = [[Appelle mon numéro]]
| length2 = 5:31
| title3 = Je m'ennuie
| length3 = 4:23
| title4 = Paradis inanimé
| length4 = 4:24
| title5 = Looking for My Name
| note5 = featuring [[Moby]]
| length5 = 4:20
| title6 = Point de suture
| length6 = 4:50
| title7 = Réveiller le monde
| length7 = 4:17
| title8 = [[Sextonik]]
| length8 = 4:36
| title9 = [[C'est dans l'air]]
| length9 = 4:32
| title10 = [[Si j'avais au moins...]]
| length10 = 5:32
| title11 = [[Ave Maria (Schubert)|Ave Maria]]
| length11 = 4:58
}}
==Credits and personnel==
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* Text: Mylène Farmer
* Music: [[Laurent Boutonnat]]
** Except "Ave Maria": Traditional; music by [[Franz Schubert]]
* Produced by [[Laurent Boutonnat]]
* Sound and mixing: Jérôme Devoise
* Management: Thierry Suc for TS3
* Executive production: Paul van Parys for Stuffed Monkey
* Arrangements, programmation and keyboards: Laurent Boutonnat
* Guitars: Sébastien Chouard
** Tristan Monrocq on "C'est dans l'air"
* Basses: Bernard Paganelli
* Drum kit: Matthieu Rabaté
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* Mellotron, flute, percussion: Pol Ramirez del Piu
* Background vocals: Mylène Farmer, Alexia Waky, Desta Huilé, Mamido Bomboko, Aline Bosuma
** Esther Dobong' Na Essiene and Dominique Rosier on "C'est dans l'air"
* Recorded at Studio ICP (Brussels), assistant: Vincent van Driesten at Studio Calliphora
* Mixed at Studio Guillaume Tell (Paris), assistant: Tristan Monrocq
* Mastering: André Perriat at Top Master, assistant: Jérémy Henry
* Boutonnat's assistant: Emeline Chetaud
* Administration: Corinne Potier
* Photos: Atsushi Tani, assistant: Volvic Nakano
* Doll made by Etsuko Miura
* Made in the E.U.
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==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Initial weekly chart performance for ''Point de suture''
! scope="col" | Chart (2008)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|32|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Point de suture|rowheader=true|access-date=21 June 2016|refname=belgf}}
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|1|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Point de suture|rowheader=true|access-date=21 June 2016|refname=belgw}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="eu">{{cite magazine|date=13 September 2008|title=Euro Albums|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2008/BB-2008-09-13.pdf|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=120|issue=37|page=67|access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref>
| 13
|-
{{album chart|France|1|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Point de suture|rowheader=true|access-date=21 June 2016}}
|-
! scope="row" |Greek Foreign Albums ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref name="greek">{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|title=Top 50 Ξένων Άλμπουμ|access-date=21 June 2016|publisher=[[IFPI Greece]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201113957/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01.htm|archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref>
| 16
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Point de suture|rowheader=true|access-date=21 June 2016}}
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2021–2022 weekly chart performance for ''Point de suture''
! scope="col" | Chart (2021–2022)
! scope="col" | Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|21|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Point de suture|rowheader=true|access-date=12 December 2022|refname=Wallonia2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|70|artist=Mylène Farmer|album=Point de suture|rowheader=true|access-date=12 December 2022|refname=Switzerland2021}}
|-
! scope="row" | Swiss Albums ([[GfK Entertainment charts|Gfk]] [[Romandy]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lescharts.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Myl%E8ne+Farmer&titel=Point+de+suture&cat=a|title=Mylène Farmer - Point de suture|publisher=Hung Medien|language=fr|access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref>
| 12
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2008 year-end chart performance for ''Point de suture''
! scope="col" | Chart (2008)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" |Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2008&cat=a|title=Rapports annueles 2008|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref>
| 13
|-
! scope="row" |French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2008&type=2|title=Classement Albums – année 2008|publisher=SNEP|access-date=21 June 2016|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925060904/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2008&type=2|archive-date=25 September 2012}}</ref>
| 12
|-
! scope="row" |Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/2008|title=Swiss Year-end Charts 2008|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref>
| 88
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 2009 year-end chart performance for ''Point de suture''
! scope="col" | Chart (2009)
! scope="col" | Position
|-
! scope="row" |Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2009&cat=a|title=Rapports annueles 2009|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref>
| 75
|-
! scope="row" |French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2009&type=2|title=Classement Albums – année 2009|publisher=SNEP|access-date=21 June 2016|language=fr|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120925060904/http://www.snepmusique.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2009&type=2|archive-date=25 September 2012}}</ref>
| 92
|}
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==Certifications and sales==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=album|title=Point de suture|artist=Mylène Farmer|award=Platinum|certyear=2008|relyear=2008|relmonth=8}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|title=Point de suture|artist=Mylène Farmer|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2009|certmonth=2|relyear=2008|salesamount=400,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|title=Mylène Farmer : quel est son album le mieux vendu ?|url=http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Mylene-Farmer/news-100370.html|publisher=Charts in France|language=fr|first=Jonathan|last=Hamard|date=3 January 2016|access-date=14 June 2016}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Russia|type=album|title=Avant que l'ombre|artist=Mylène Farmer|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2008|relyear=2008}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=Point de suture|artist=Farmer|award=Gold|certyear=2008|relyear=2008|domestic=true}}
{{Certification Table Summary}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Worldwide|salesamount=700,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://residencemf.fr/presse/presse2009/images_presse2009/france_soir_11-09-2009-03.jpg|title=Mylène Farmer: Tout a commencé il y a 18 mois|work=[[France-Soir]]|date=11 September 2009|access-date=7 February 2018|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510132927/http://residencemf.fr/presse/presse2009/images_presse2009/france_soir_11-09-2009-03.jpg|archive-date=10 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>|nocert=yes}}
{{Certification Table Bottom}}
==Formats==
* CD – Super Jewel box (limited edition – 350,000)
* CD – Digisleeve limited edition, includes "Dégénération" music video
* CD – Catalog no. 5310833 <sup>1</sup>
* CD – "Fourreau" limited edition. Includes catalog no. 5310124 CD.
* CD – Slidepac edition.  No CD booklet with this edition. Includes catalog no. 5310124 CD.
* Double 12" <sup>1</sup>
* [[Mobile phone]] SFR Walkman Sony Ericsson W980 and W910 (limited edition – 200,000)
* Collector mobile phone SFR Walkman Sony Ericsson W980 (limited edition – 2,000)
* Collector edition: Digisleeve CD, Promotional single "Dégénération" + (fake) surgical instruments (6,500)
<sup>1</sup> Does not contain "Ave Maria"
==Release history==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%;"
|-
! Date !! Label !! Country !! Format !! Catalog
|-
|align=center|20 August 2008
| rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|Polydor
| rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;"|Belgium, France, Switzerland
|align=center|Digital
|align=center|–
|-
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|25 August 2008
|align=center|CD – Collector
|align=center|5310131
|-
|align=center|12"
|align=center|5310126
|-
|align=center|CD – Super Jewel box
|align=center|5310124
|-
|align=center|CD – Digisleeve
|align=center|5310125
|-
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|9 September 2008
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Canada, EU
|align=center|Digital
|align=center|–
|-
|align=center|CD
|align=center|5310833
|-
|align=center|16 January 2009
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|France
|align=center|CD – Fourreau
|align=center|5315542
|-
|align=center|23 March 2009
|align=center|CD – Slidepac
|align=center|5316303
|-
|align=center|14 September 2010
|align=center|Universal Music
|align=center|Mexico
|align=center|Super Jewel box
|align=center|
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Mylène Farmer}}
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[[Category:2008 albums]]
[[Category:Mylène Farmer albums]]
[[Category:Polydor Records albums]]