Total S.A. (French pronunciation:[tɔtal]; English /toʊˈtæl/ or /toʊˈtɑːl/) is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense district in Courbevoie, west of Paris. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50stock market index.
History
Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP): 1924–1985
The company was founded after World War I, when the then French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré rejected the idea of forming a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in favour of creating an entirely French oil company. At Poincaré's behest, Col. Ernest Mercier with the support of ninety banks and companies founded Total on 28 March 1924, as the Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP), literally the "French Petroleum Company". Petroleum was seen as vital in the case of a new war with Germany. As per the agreement reached during the San Remo conference of 1920, the French state received the 25% share held by Deutsche Bank in the Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) as part of the compensation for war damages caused by Germany during World War I. The French government's stake in TPC was transferred to CFP, and the Red Line agreement in 1928 rearranged the shareholding of CPF in TPC (later renamed the Iraq Petroleum Company in 1929) to 23.75%. The company from the start was regarded as a private sector company in view of its listing on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1929.
Total: From Joy Division to New Order is a compilation album of material from Joy Division and New Order. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 June 2011 and is the first album to feature songs from both Joy Division and New Order in one album. It features five Joy Division tracks, including "Love Will Tear Us Apart", and thirteen New Order tracks, including a previously unreleased track, "Hellbent". An online "Deluxe version" also includes music videos.
Creation
The record label were unhappy with calling the record a "Best Of", so after brainstorming with the band the title Total was eventually chosen by Bernard Sumner.
The album cover was created by Howard Wakefield who previously served as understudy to Peter Saville. Peter was involved in art direction and told The Guardian: "I realised this was a record that would be sold in supermarkets and advertised on television. So the cover has a 'pile it high, sell it cheap' aesthetic. As you open it out, it says Total, but folded up you just see the 'O's. It says, 'From Joy Division to New Order'. I couldn't bear the words 'Best of'. It's a long way from the independent record shop to Tesco, almost 33 years. At Factory, I had a freedom that was unprecedented in communications design. We lived out an ideal, without business calling the shots. It was a phenomenon."
Infinity (stylized as ∞) is the second international studio album (fifth overall release) by Filipina pop and R&B singer Charice. The album was released exclusively early in Japan on October 5, 2011 by Warner Bros. Records.
Charice launched a seven-city tour across Asia in order to promote the official Asian release of the album in Summer 2012. The tour began on March 2, 2012.
The album's release in America was planned, but eventually cancelled.
Background
On August 16, 2011, Charice's record label, Warner Bros. Records, announced their plans to release her second studio album early in Japan on October 5, 2011. On August 30 it was announced that the album would be titled Infinity.
On March 28, 2012, Charice said that she had been working on the American release of the album and that its track listing would differ from the Asian version. No release date had been decided at the time.
On July 27, 2013, she revealed the main reason why the album was never released in America: "Some of the songs didn't pass their standards. They're more about upbeat, danceable songs over there," she said in a statement.
The storyline concerns issues built up in multiple Marvel comic books as part of the Marvel NOW! initiative, primarily Avengers and New Avengers. These issues include a threat to the universe by an ancient race of aliens known as the Builders. The second is the mysterious ailments plaguing the universe with Earth at the center. The third is the political ramifications these events have on Earth's relationship to the rest of the galactic community.
The story itself involves Thanos attacking Earth while the Avengers are in space uniting the universe against the Builders, with the events of the 2013 "Age of Ultron" storyline acting as a catalyst for the rest of the universe to formally target Earth. The various tie-ins tell Thanos's attack from the perspective of various Marvel characters.
Infinity is the debut album by English acid house musician Guru Josh, released in the UK in July 1990 by BMG Victor Inc. The album features the single "Infinity" which was released in December 1989 and reached number 5 in the UK Singles Chart on 24 February 1990.
Release
The album was released on Vinyl, Cassette and CD in July 1990 in the United Kingdom, Spain and Europe. It was later released in Japan on 21 September 1990. On 19 June 2004 the album was re-released in the UK on CD by Sony Music with four exclusive bonus tracks.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by Guru Josh except as indicated.
Band: Seigmen
Title: "Döderlein"
Album: Total (1994)
Country: Norway
*I do not own the music in this video and the full credit goes to the band Seigmen.
Music video by Seigmen performing Metropolis. (C) 2006 SBME Norway as
published: 15 Nov 2009
Seigmen - Döderlein
Live video of "Döderlein" from Seigmen´s reunion show in 2005
published: 28 May 2006
Seigmen - Döderlein
Album: Total (1994)
published: 20 Jan 2021
Seigmen - Lament (Total - 1994)
Disponibile anche sul tubo la traccia "Lament" dal bellissimo album Total del 1994. Buon ascolto.
published: 25 Jul 2014
Seigmen - Total EPK (1994)
Electronic Press Kit for the 1994 Seigmen album "Total"
published: 04 Apr 2013
Seigmen - Radiowaves - Mercurial
The first love is the right love
the very first touch of skin
But what if great desperation strikes you?
Then your first love is a sin
Not even god loves me enough
what makes you think you can have the pleasure?
Not even the ocean can drown me
what makes you think you can have the pleasure?
All rights reserved - it means everything to me
All rights reserved - i did everything i could
All rights reserved - is this what it's all about?
All rights reserved
I can change into mercury
control the heat in you
And for every step you take from me
I will always take one more
I can change into mercury again
Not even faith can make me believe
what makes you think you'll have the pleasure?
Leave your engines running while we stop to steal the sky
All rights reserved - it means everything to me
A...
Band: Seigmen
Title: "Döderlein"
Album: Total (1994)
Country: Norway
*I do not own the music in this video and the full credit goes to the band Seigmen.
Band: Seigmen
Title: "Döderlein"
Album: Total (1994)
Country: Norway
*I do not own the music in this video and the full credit goes to the band Seigmen.
Band: Seigmen
Title: "Döderlein"
Album: Total (1994)
Country: Norway
*I do not own the music in this video and the full credit goes to the band Seigmen.
The first love is the right love
the very first touch of skin
But what if great desperation strikes you?
Then your first love is a sin
Not even god loves me en...
The first love is the right love
the very first touch of skin
But what if great desperation strikes you?
Then your first love is a sin
Not even god loves me enough
what makes you think you can have the pleasure?
Not even the ocean can drown me
what makes you think you can have the pleasure?
All rights reserved - it means everything to me
All rights reserved - i did everything i could
All rights reserved - is this what it's all about?
All rights reserved
I can change into mercury
control the heat in you
And for every step you take from me
I will always take one more
I can change into mercury again
Not even faith can make me believe
what makes you think you'll have the pleasure?
Leave your engines running while we stop to steal the sky
All rights reserved - it means everything to me
All rights reserved - i did everything i could
All rights reserved - is this what it's all about?
All rights reserved
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where barbed wire lovers go
(all rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where barbed wire flowers grow
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where nuclear lovers go
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
This is my echo to the world
The first love is the right love
the very first touch of skin
But what if great desperation strikes you?
Then your first love is a sin
Not even god loves me enough
what makes you think you can have the pleasure?
Not even the ocean can drown me
what makes you think you can have the pleasure?
All rights reserved - it means everything to me
All rights reserved - i did everything i could
All rights reserved - is this what it's all about?
All rights reserved
I can change into mercury
control the heat in you
And for every step you take from me
I will always take one more
I can change into mercury again
Not even faith can make me believe
what makes you think you'll have the pleasure?
Leave your engines running while we stop to steal the sky
All rights reserved - it means everything to me
All rights reserved - i did everything i could
All rights reserved - is this what it's all about?
All rights reserved
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where barbed wire lovers go
(all rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where barbed wire flowers grow
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where nuclear lovers go
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
This is my echo to the world
Band: Seigmen
Title: "Döderlein"
Album: Total (1994)
Country: Norway
*I do not own the music in this video and the full credit goes to the band Seigmen.
The first love is the right love
the very first touch of skin
But what if great desperation strikes you?
Then your first love is a sin
Not even god loves me enough
what makes you think you can have the pleasure?
Not even the ocean can drown me
what makes you think you can have the pleasure?
All rights reserved - it means everything to me
All rights reserved - i did everything i could
All rights reserved - is this what it's all about?
All rights reserved
I can change into mercury
control the heat in you
And for every step you take from me
I will always take one more
I can change into mercury again
Not even faith can make me believe
what makes you think you'll have the pleasure?
Leave your engines running while we stop to steal the sky
All rights reserved - it means everything to me
All rights reserved - i did everything i could
All rights reserved - is this what it's all about?
All rights reserved
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where barbed wire lovers go
(all rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where barbed wire flowers grow
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
To where nuclear lovers go
(All rights reserved) - Where do you want to go?
This is my echo to the world
Total S.A. (French pronunciation:[tɔtal]; English /toʊˈtæl/ or /toʊˈtɑːl/) is a French multinational integrated oil and gas company and one of the six "Supermajor" oil companies in the world. Its businesses cover the entire oil and gas chain, from crude oil and natural gas exploration and production to power generation, transportation, refining, petroleum product marketing, and international crude oil and product trading. Total is also a large-scale chemicals manufacturer. The company has its head office in the Tour Total in La Défense district in Courbevoie, west of Paris. The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50stock market index.
History
Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP): 1924–1985
The company was founded after World War I, when the then French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré rejected the idea of forming a partnership with Royal Dutch Shell in favour of creating an entirely French oil company. At Poincaré's behest, Col. Ernest Mercier with the support of ninety banks and companies founded Total on 28 March 1924, as the Compagnie française des pétroles (CFP), literally the "French Petroleum Company". Petroleum was seen as vital in the case of a new war with Germany. As per the agreement reached during the San Remo conference of 1920, the French state received the 25% share held by Deutsche Bank in the Turkish Petroleum Company (TPC) as part of the compensation for war damages caused by Germany during World War I. The French government's stake in TPC was transferred to CFP, and the Red Line agreement in 1928 rearranged the shareholding of CPF in TPC (later renamed the Iraq Petroleum Company in 1929) to 23.75%. The company from the start was regarded as a private sector company in view of its listing on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1929.