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Who could have expected Charlotte Gainsbourg to follow up the genital mutilation of Antichrist with a collection of catchy baroque pop songs that—at times—rivals the work of her father, Serge? Well, Beck for one thing. The sea changing musician wrote the music, co-wrote the lyrics, produced, and mixed IRM, Gainsbourg’s third album. His impress is all over the music, sounding sometimes like a more focused Odelay, sometimes like a
sweeter Mutations. In spite of its producer’s influences, the eclipsing shadow of her father, and whatever the hell went on in Antichrist, this is Charlotte Gainsbourg’s album. And it’s a powerful album.
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Before summer 2007, Charlotte Gainsbourg was best known as the daughter of gallic godhead Serge Gainsbourg, a curiously magnetic actress with a diverse CV (romantic comedies, dark dramas, period pieces), and a part-time singer still working in the shadow of a mildly pedophilic 1984 duet recorded with her father called "Lemon Incest". Then Charlotte Gainsbourg nearly died. Weeks after a minor water skiing accident, she went to the doctor with heada
ches only to learn her hemorrhaged head was filled with blood.
END OF YEAR LISTS
| #51 | / | NME |
MISC LISTS
| #16 | / | Amazon (Mid Year) |
| #35 | / | NPR Listeners (Mid Year) |
Track List
- Master's Hands
- IRM
- Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes
- In The End
- Heaven Can Wait
- Me And Jane Doe
- Vanities
- Time Of The Assassins
- Trick Pony
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Dandelion
- Voyage
- La Collectionneuse
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