at
Bogny-sur-Meuse in August 2004 Soldat Louis's first
album,
Première bordée appeared in
1988. The band played as
support to the solo singer-songwriter
Renaud, in his series of concerts at the
Zénith in Paris the following year. The first
single from that album, “Du rhum des femmes”, projected them to national exposure, with the single selling 750,000 copies, and the album went
double gold. During the "golden age" of the French
Top 50,
chansons de comptoir (bar songs) were à la mode (''"Allez viens boire un p'tit coup à la maison"'' etc.) and Soldat Louis found themselves associated with this musical style. in
Bobital, 2007. Their second album was released two years after their first:
"Pavillon Noir", however, did not achieve the same success, and nor did any of the albums that followed. Despite disappearing from the mainstream media, Soldat Louis continued, having changed their line-up (except for the two founding members), to tour concert halls around France, also releasing several more original albums,
best-ofs and
live albums. ==Song themes==