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Couleur Cafe

~ Serge Gainsbourg

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Audio CD (9 Sep 1996)
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
ASIN: B000001EI8
Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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When not singing in the saloons and salons of the Rive Gauche or playing the bad guy in a serious of ludicrously bad Italian films, Serge Gainsbourg also found the time to dabble in the cha-chas and mambos which had swept Europe and America in the previous decade. However while most of the dance crazes were meant as one-offs, Gainsbourg took his excursions into Caribbean rhythms as seriously (and as comically) as all of his other stylistic experiments, and continued to record them sporadically up until the 1970's.
Of course some of them sound silly now (such as New York USA and Erotico-tico), but most of them still bump and grind like Desi Arnaz ona bender. The children's chorus on "Couleur Cafe" lends a moment of innocence not usually associated with Gainsbourg's usually adult songwriting; and "Baudelaire" and "Cha Cha Chadu Loup" are sure-fire party-starters at the next meeting of the international hipsters of the world convention. Great music either for smoking a cigarette and sighing, or forminga conga-line in a mosh pit.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Compilation 1959 - 1964/1975, 28 April 2007

By	Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

'Couleur Cafe' is a companion compilation to the excellent compilation 'Comic Strip' - the latter focusing on Gainsbourg's most celebrated era in the mid to late 1960s that lead towards the critically revered concept LP 'The History of Melody Nelson.' This compilation generally focuses on Gainsbourg's early work, 19 of the 20 tracks emanting from the 1959 - 1964 period; it feels bizarre that one track from 1975 ('l'ami Caouette') is tacked on at the end - shouldn't that be on a companion compilation from 1971 onwards?

Your first thought, following the instrumental version of 'cha cha cha du loup' that opens this compilation, will be "This sounds like the music to Austin Powers..." - this material feels very much of the era, though it would sound fine next to the soundtrack to 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg', 'The Best of Bardot'(released a few years ago), or 'The Vogue Years' compilation of Francoise Hardy (the latter also from the early to mid 60s). Still, if you want something different to play this summer, this compilation is it - there is a distinct world music vibe here, so this should appeal to the many who enjoyed 'The Buena Vista Social Club.'

The arrangements and production of the material do suggest the great work of Gainsbourg that would follow later, the invocation of 'Baudelaire' on, er, 'Baudelaire' highlights the type of poetic lyric Serge would focus on at a later date. It is excellent to be reminded that upon Gainsbourg's death in 1991, Mitterand declared, "He was our Baudelaire'! - though I am sure no one was celebrating 'Rock Around the Bunker' or 'Nazi Rock'! There's little of the provocative punk-rock Serge here, 'Pauvre Lola' sounds like a precursor of 'Comic Strip' - the girl's laughter indicative of the circular elements Gainsbourg would use later on, e.g. the looped noise on 'Bonnie & Clyde.'

There's quite a lot of chanson-inflected work here, which may or may not be your thing - if starting out with SG, I'd plump for 'Initials SG', or if you have more pounds, 'Comic Strip' and 'The History of Melody Nelson.' I quite like 'New York USA', which I was familiar with from the version on Mick Harvey's album of SG-translations 'Intoxicated Man' - the female/choir style backing vocals and relentless percussion is great, sounding like a song that managed to influenced both 'You Can't Always Get What You Want' and 'Sympathy for the Devil'! Songs like 'Joanna' and 'marabout' showcase the world music side of Serge, the latter has some fantastic repetition on! The compilation closes on 'l'ami Caouette', a 45 from 1975, the year he released the infamous 'Rock Around the Bunker'- it doesn't sound much like the rest of the material on 'Couleur Cafe', Serge's vocals are stronger, while the backing vocals and fairground organ sound even stranger - a good song, but possibly in the wrong place!

'Couleur Cafe' should probably be purchased for the cover alone, its budget price nature should also be a factor when considering this slightly fromagey-collection! Still, currently I'll stand by by new motto, "All Serge Gainsbourg is good Serge Gainsbourg..."

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