Gainsbourg Forever [Import]

Serge Gainsbourg | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 14, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal
• ASIN: B000056TL0
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,718 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Le Poinçonneur de Lilas

2. L' Eau À la Bouche

3. La Chanson de Prèvert

4. Intoxicated Man

5. La Javannaise

6. Chez Les Yé-Yé

7. Elaneudanla Teïteïa

8. Couleur Café

9. New York USA

10. Pauvre Lola

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Je Suis Venu Te Dire Que Je M'En Vais

2. Rock Around the Bunker

3. Marilou Sous la Neige

4. L' Ami Caouette

5. Le Cadavre Exquis

6. My Lady Héroïne

7. Sea Sex and Sun

8. Mister Iceberg

9. Aux Armes et Caetera

10. Lola Rastaquouère

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Definitive two CD compilation from the 'dirty old man' of French popular music. A legend in Europe but only a cult figure in America, where his lone hit 'Je T'Aime...Moi Non Plus' (included here) stalled on the Pop charts fittingly enough at #69. Highlights include his classic duets with muses Brigitte Bardot ('Bonnie & Clyde') and Jane Birkin ('Je T'aime Moi Non Plus') and his controversial duet with daughter Charlotte, 'Lemon Incest' plus many more tracks that tell the sordid tale of the notorious singer/songwriter, Also includes 'Intoxicated Man', 'Initials B.B.', 'Docteur Jekyll Et Monsieur Hyde' and 'Sea, Sex & Sun'. 43 tracks in all. Mercury Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Serge is Amazing!, June 17, 2004

By 

Johanna Werbach (Villanova, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gainsbourg Forever (Audio CD)

This is a great, relatively low priced introduction to Serge Gainsbourg's greatest hits. Personally I think his earlier works shine much brighter than the later stuff (when he was blazing trails and creating trends rather than following them), so I play the first CD almost exclusively, but it is so strong that it's worth buying the double album. I recently "discovered" Serge and it is amazing what a cutting edge musician he was: sampling, incorporating carribean and African beats, and rapping (in French) in the '60's and early '70's; way before any of those techniques made it to the mainstream of American music. There are songs from 1968 that sound so current, they could be hits today. Also, I'm partial to his really early recordings when he was a crooner in the Yves Montand mold, he really had an amazing, sultry, sexy voice. I highly recommend this CD for anyone interested in Serge or who just loves great eclectic music.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gainsbourg is amazing, January 31, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Gainsbourg Forever (Audio CD)

This double CD set is an ideal introduction to this genius of Serge Gainsbourg.