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Les Insomniaques s'amusent is the first album by Québécois singer and musician Daniel Bélanger, released in June 1992 on Audiogram. The album's lead single, "Opium", was Bélanger's breakthrough hit on radio. Despite this, it was the third single, "Sèche tes pleurs", that caused the album's sales to explode in early 1993 after several months as a modest-selling "sleeper" hit. Bélanger attributed the album's unique sound to the marriage of his own French chansonnier tendencies with the North American rock, folk and blues influences of producer and guitarist Rick Haworth. Early in the album's release cycle, he faced some dismissive claims that he had only been signed to Audiogram because his older brother Michel was one of the label's owners, but this criticism had faded out by the time of "Sèche tes pleurs". The music video for "Opium", directed by Lyne Charlebois, won the Félix Award for Video of the Year at the 14th Félix Awards in 1992. Bélanger was also nominated for Revelation of the Year. The album won the Félix Award for Pop-Rock Album of the Year at the 15th Félix Awards in 1993, with Bélanger also garnering nominations for Best Male Artist and Singer of the Year. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Ins...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
