Serge Gainsbourg | Histoire de Melody Nelson | Album

Serge Gainsbourg "Histoire de Melody Nelson"

LP (NEW) - Vinyl, Mercury, France, 2016, 0600753718377, Remastered, 180g Vinyl, Incl. Digital Download

Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971) is widely considered his magnum opus and a foundational classic of orchestral pop and rock. Despite being a commercial failure upon its initial release, selling only 15,000 copies in France, it has since achieved "universal acclaim" with a Metacritic score of 96. The album is celebrated for its unique "soundworld" that blends gritty, funk-influenced rhythms with lush, cinematic orchestration. Features prominent "windscreen-wiper" basslines, serrated guitar riffs, and sweeping string and choral arrangements by Jean-Claude Vannier. Gainsbourg eschews traditional singing for an intimate, "fuzzed breathiness" and spoken-word poetry (Sprechgesang) that shifts between sensual and sleazy.

Artist Website: gainsbourg.net

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Related Artists: Jean-Claude Vannier, Jane Birkin, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Michel Colombier