5:55 [ENHANCED] [IMPORT]

Charlotte Gainsbourg

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)

Track Listings

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

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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 (REAL NAME)

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.

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.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Air-heads, Rejoice!, December 17, 2006

By	Kevin M. Varga "cineplexed" (Bakersfield CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.