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Megaphobe by Projet Orange
Megaphobe is an album by Projet Orange, released in 2004. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Tell All Your Friends”, on 2 lists with a best position of #51.
Megaphobe, Projet Orange's 2004 follow-up to their self-titled debut, was the Quebec City band's bid to be heard beyond French Canada: where the first record was sung entirely in French, this one puts eleven of its fifteen songs in English. They made it with producer Gavin Brown and singer-songwriter Simon Wilcox, and it came out through Bertelsmann Music Group.
Brothers Jean-Christophe and Jean-Sébastien Boies founded the band, which here also counts Stéphane Gaudreau and Louis Lalancette, and the sound is britpop-style rock: bright, catchy, built on melodies that flow rather than punch. There's darkness under the shine, though. In 2002 Jean-Sébastien fell ill with a blood disease that shut the band down for half a year, and that ordeal, along with the September 11 attacks, fed into the songs. "Tell All Your Friends" and the title track carry the English side, while "Les Geants" keeps a foot in French.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Megaphobe on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell All Your Friends | 2 | #51 | – | 2004 | |
| 2 | Megaphobe | 1 | #75 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | Les Geants | 1 | #82 | – | 2004 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.