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- Date Released: June 28, 2005
- Genre: International
- Style: Western Europe
- Label: Sunnyside Records
France's greatest pop changeling embraces new wave gloss.
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We Say...
From bongo-clopping beatnik to Gauloise-scented Clyde Barrow, Serge Gainsbourg was more of a head-scratching changeling than either David Bowie or Madonna could hope to be. Shock became Gainsbourg's stock-in-trade through his later years, and since this was a man known to celebrate both his cock and his flatulent bouquet in song, perhaps his ode to misogyny on "Love on the Beat" shouldn't come as such a jolt. Most infamous, though, is the tawdry duet he performed with his tweenie daughter: "Lemon Incest" created a whirlwind of controversy, no doubt aided by the photo of half-undressed papa and daughter in bed together. For those interested in the man's instrumental, not familial, bed, Beat has all the powdery-slickness one might expect from a record made in New Jersey in the early '80s, with new wave synth gloss and beats more canned than sardines. But on every level, Gainsbourg entrances and repulses with that patented je ne sais quoi.
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They Say...
Love and the Beat, Vol. 1 is the first of two retrospective volumes from Mercury and one of the precious few Serge Gainsbourg recordings available in the United States. As a compilation, it's solid. Beginning with "L'Eau à la Bouche" from 1960, it includes many of the late French songwriting legend's greatest tunes, including "La Javanaise," "Comic Strip" (with Brigitte Bardot), "Ford Mustang," "La Décadanse," "69 Anée Érotique" (with Jane Birkin), "Ballad de Melody Nelson," and "Goodbye Emmanuel." The only irritating thing is the inclusion of the Vibrators' remixed read of "Le T'Aime...Moi Non Plus" (Gainsbourg's biggest hit) instead of the then-scandalous original. For American audiences, the two volumes of Love and the Beat are excellent introductions to one of the most prolific, enduring, and well-loved characters in the history of European popular music.
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L'eaue A La Bouche |
2:32 |
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| 02. | |
Baudelaire |
2:29 |
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| 03. | |
Cha Cha Cha Du Loup |
1:58 |
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| 04. | |
La Recette De L'Amour Fou |
2:00 |
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| 05. | |
La Javanaise |
2:33 |
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| 06. | |
Chez Les Ye-Ye |
2:29 |
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| 07. | |
Scenic Railway |
2:33 |
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| 08. | |
Pauvre Lola |
2:31 |
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| 09. | |
Comic Strip |
2:13 |
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| 10. | |
Ford Mustang |
2:42 |
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| 11. | |
La Decadanse (Avec Jane Birkin) |
5:16 |
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| 12. | |
L'Anamour |
2:19 |
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| 13. | |
69 Annee Erotique |
3:21 |
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| 14. | |
Ballade De Melody Nelson |
2:04 |
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| 15. | |
L'Hotel Particulier |
4:09 |
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| 16. | |
Panpan Cucul |
2:46 |
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| 17. | |
Good Bye Emmanuelle |
3:22 |
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| 18. | |
Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais |
3:23 |
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| 19. | |
Je T'Aime... Moi Non Plus (Vibrators Remix - Versi |
4:19 |
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19 Total Tracks, 54:59 Total Length
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Credits
- Alain Goraguer - Arranger // Alain Goraguer - Conductor // Arthur Greenslade - Arranger // Arthur Greenslade - Conductor // Jean-Yves Billet - Concept // Pierre Terrasson - Tray Card // Jean-Claude Vannier - Arranger // Jean-Claude Vannier - Conductor // Jean-Pierre Sabard - Arranger // Jean-Pierre Sabard - Conductor // Jean Marie Guérin - Mastering // Patrick Yamine - Concept
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