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Charlotte Gainsbourg
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (October 10, 2006)
  • Original Release Date: September 4, 2006
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Enhanced, Import
  • Label: Wea International
  • ASIN: B000GYHTJ0
  • Also Available in: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,572 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

 
1. 5:55
2. AF607105
3. Operation
4. Tel Que Tu Es
5. Songs That We Sing
6. Beauty Mark
7. Little Monsters
8. Jamais
9. Night-Time Intermission
10. Everything I Cannot See
11. Morning Songs

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International movie star, fashion icon, and music royalty (daughter of French pop icon Serge Gainsbourg) makes her US debut. Already platinum in France with worldwide sales of over 500,000. The US CD release includes two previously unavailable bonus tracks, two music videos, and a video interview with Charlotte. Music by Air, lyrics by Jarvis Cocker and The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon, and produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Beck). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Quite a fascinating album, November 12, 2006
By Steven Guy (Croydon, South Australia) - See all my reviews
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I put on this album at work the other day out of sheer curiosity. I liked the music of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin and I was wondering what their offspring's album might be like. Arianna Savall, the daughter of Jordi Savall and Montserrat Figueras, has done some lovely music and her album was highly accomplished. So sometimes the sons and daughters of singers and musicians do succeed in music, too.

I noticed that Jarvis Cocker and one of the members of Air were involved in mademoiselle Gainsbourg's album and that provided me with further incentive to hear this recording.

Okay, this album contains some very attractive music. The piano dominates and the instrumental shell around the singer's voice has an beguiling ambient character. The use of a string orchestra with the piano also impressed me.

I like the fact that Charlotte Gainsbourg's voice sits inside the instrumental music, rather than riding over the top. Ms Gainsbourg often singing in a very subdued way, almost a whisper. Normally, I find this approach a little tedious, but it works well here and is perfectly in keeping with the music.

I listened to this album three times today and I bought it.


I wouldn't mind seeing a collaboration between Charlotte Gainsbourg and John Foxx and/or Harold Budd. I can almost imagine her singing "He's A Liquid".

I warmly recommend 5.55 and I am sure that many music lovers will find much to enjoy in this subtle album.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, March 13, 2007
By some_woman (Here & There) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: 5:55 (Audio CD)
What I've heard of this album (the title track and The Songs that we Sing) is very sweetly reflective.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Air-heads, Rejoice!, December 17, 2006
This review is from: 5:55 (Audio CD)
This album represents the best of several worlds. Fans of Air will undoubtedly revel in the sonic textures providing the background for Gainsbourg's breathy vocals. The lyrics by the likes of Neil Hannon and Jarvis Cocker are both intelligent and slighty obtuse, allowing for varied interpretations by the listener. And Francophiles will certainly appreciate the Gainsbough/Birkin update by their talented offspring. Seems like a shoo-in for KCRW to add to their playlists.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars pleasure moments...
I simply loved this cd ,I am a great fan of her mother too.it is pleasent to hear all the musics on the album.
Published on May 13, 2007 by M. A. Cuneo

3.0 out of 5 stars Just ok.
Some of the tracks are interesting but others fall flat. Her hushed style of singing creates an ambisonic quality.
Published on May 12, 2007 by J. T. Flatt

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting Charlotte
If this CD were on vinyl, I would have worn all the grooves white.
Charlotte has the soft, personal intensity of her mother and a
cetain charm all her own. Read more
Published on May 7, 2007 by Charles Molnar

5.0 out of 5 stars Ummm....Wow!
They say if you're not any good at singing, you should surround yourself with the best musicians you can find. Read more
Published on April 24, 2007 by Cale E. Reneau

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful in any language
Teaming up with Air and Jarvis Cocker, Charlotte Gainsbourg creates a fragile work of beauty.

Highlights include Songs That We Sing and 5:55. Read more
Published on February 7, 2007 by EveningOcean CD The Attraction

1.0 out of 5 stars hollow, lame and prescindible...
I bought this album in the hope of finding some kind of chic, interesting tunes "a la French", to match with her voice that I remembered from the past, but there's absolutelly... Read more
Published on January 28, 2007 by A. F. Calvo

5.0 out of 5 stars Secret Doors and Delicate Whispers
"I feel you all around me
You are everything I cannot see
As the ocean crawls onto the shoreline
So you lap at the edges of me"

Charlotte... Read more
Published on December 21, 2006 by Rebecca Johnson

5.0 out of 5 stars A great CD
Yeah, yeah, we know she has a loaded last name; anyway, a CD ought to be listened to on its own merits. As far as I am concerned, this is a keeper. Read more
Published on October 9, 2006 by Maxine Sellers

4.0 out of 5 stars AIR FATHERS DAUGHTER
God, it must be hard to be a myth's daughter... As irreplacable as Serge Gainsbourg was, this album might get him closer than he's ever been. Read more
Published on September 24, 2006 by P. W. Brands

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