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| 1. Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas | |||
| 2. Intoxicated Man | |||
| 3. La Javanaise | |||
| 4. Chez Les Ye-Ye | |||
| 5. Couleur Café | |||
| 6. Qui Est "In" Qui Est "Out" | |||
| 7. Docteur Jekyll Et Monsieur Hyde | |||
| 8. Bonnie And Clyde - Brigitte Bardot, Serge Gainsbourg | |||
| 9. Ford Mustang | |||
| 10. Initials B B | |||
| 11. Requiem Pour Un C... | |||
| 12. Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus - Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin | |||
| 13. L'Anamour | |||
| 14. 69 Année Erotique - Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin | |||
| 15. Sous Le Soleil Exactement | |||
| 16. Ballade De Melody Nelson - Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin | |||
| 17. La Décadance - Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg | |||
| 18. Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais | |||
| 19. L'Homme A Tête De Chou | |||
| 20. Marilou Sous La Neige | |||
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You've got the nightclub, Vegas sound of 'Intoxicated Man', the subtle sensuality of 'La Javanaise'. The funk groove of 'Chez Les Ye-Ye' (released in 1963 no less!). The Brazilian flavour of 'Couleur Cafe', the pseudo-psychedelic 'Qui Est In, Que Est Out'. The wonderful backing arrangements of 'Ballade De Melody Nelson' and even some folk guitar on 'Je suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais'.
You don't have to speak French to enjoy the wonderful songs on this album. Serge's laid-back vocal style (closer to talking than to singing) makes this album the epitome of cool. It says something about the Anglo-American world's lack of appreciation for non-English speaking performers, that an artist as talented as this should go, for the most part, unrecognized in the English-speaking world. Hopefully, discovery of this album will lead others to a greater interest in Serge's work and from there a greater interest in non-English speaking artists in general.
The rest of the compilation comes from various albums still waiting to be reissued properly in the UK- we get 'The Ballad of Melody Nelson' from Histoire De Melody Nelson (just one track from the album many fans consider to be his classic longplayer?). We get the brilliant Intoxicated Man from Du Jazz Dans Le Ravine- which gave the title to the first English translation collection from Bad Seed Mick Harvey (the second was entitled Pink Elephants; both are great & it was the former that lead me to Serge's material- my French is quite poor, you see...). We also get the title track from the Couleur Cafe release- alongside several other tracks that feature Jane Birkin & Catherine Deneuve. Pity Lemon Incest wasn't included- as it kind of fits with my sense of humour (ditto Barrel of My 45).
Initials SG is a great introduction to a great talent, who is sadly remembered for what he said to Whitney Houston on TV than his great records. & I kind of loathe the fact he's dumped in with the lounge/nostalgia category- I don't think this is kitsch, I'd happily play it next to Scott Walker, Jacques Brel, Tom Waits, Kevin Rowland...I'd just like to see all SG's albums given a nice UK cd issue, so I can hear the big picture of a brilliant career. Still, with this release I'm going to have to give in & read 'A Fistful of Gitanes'...
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