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5:55 Digi-LP
beautiful record from Serge's daughter, featuring Air

file under : new rock

label : Vice    date added : 09/28/2007

 
 

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  artist / title / version
producer length bpm 320kbps mp3 wav file  
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Five Fifty Five
04:52
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
AF607105 pick
04:30
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
The Operation pick
03:59
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Tel Que Tu Es
03:09
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
The Songs That We Sing pick
02:57
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Beauty Mark pick
03:06
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Little Monsters pick
03:46
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Jamais
04:37
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Nocturnal Intermission
02:43
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Everything I Cannot See
05:45
$1.39
$2.49
 
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Morning Song pick
03:06
$1.39
$2.49
 
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  the patented lab review  
When your parents are Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, you basically ooze cred instead of eye crusties when you wake up in the morning. Charlotte Gainsbourg is better known as an actress than a singer in her home country of France (with the exception of the kinda gross "Lemon Incest" duet with Papa Serge when she was like 12), and while her various solo albums throughout the year have had a reputation for being somewhat disappointing, she's clearly out for blood this time. Not only did she enlist Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck, Pavement) as a producer and fellow countrymen Air to compose the songs on 5:55, but her lyrics (sung mostly in English) were penned by none other than Jarvis Cocker of Pulp and Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy. Sounds like a surefire formula, right? Right. "AF607105" is exactly what you'd expect, with Charlotte providing breathy, almost Serge-ian vocals to complement a lush background that could be a lost Air instrumental. "The Operation," on the other hand, was written by Cocker is blatantly Pulpy, albeit a bit more restrained in its instrumentation. For heavier selections, check out the multi-tracked vocals and Velvets-style background strings on "The Songs That We Sing" or the skittering beat of "Little Monsters." For some Sunday morning unwinding, you can't go wrong with the quieter joints like "Morning Song" or "Beauty Mark." The remarkable thing about this album is that it actually shows Charlotte developing a unique voice as an artist, despite everyone's insistence on likening her to her parents, and despite the many friends who had hands in creating the album. Import pressing; comes housed in a deluxe matte gatefold sleeve with lovely B&W graphics. Recommended.

reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red 09/28/2007


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