Bonnie and Clyde (Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot album)

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Bonnie and Clyde
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Compilation album by
Released1968 (1968)
Genre French pop, French rock
Length30:12
Label Fontana
Serge Gainsbourg chronology
Gainsbourg Percussions
(1964)
Bonnie and Clyde
(1968)
Initials B.B.
(1968)
Brigitte Bardot chronology
B.B.
(1964)
Bonnie and Clyde
(1968)
Show
(1968)

Bonnie and Clyde is a compilation album by Serge Gainsbourg and Brigitte Bardot. It was originally released by Fontana Records in 1968.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In 2013, Spin included it on the "Top 100 Alternative Albums of the 1960s" list. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bonnie and Clyde" Serge Gainsbourg 4:19
2."Bubble Gum"Serge Gainsbourg1:48
3."Comic Strip"Serge Gainsbourg2:14
4."Un jour comme un autre"Gérard Bourgeois, Jean-Max Rivière2:23
5."Pauvre Lola"Serge Gainsbourg2:24
6."L'Eau à la bouche"Serge Gainsbourg, Alain Goraguer 2:33
7."La Javanaise"Serge Gainsbourg2:31
8."La Madrague"Gérard Bourgeois, Jean-Max Rivière2:36
9."Intoxicated Man"Serge Gainsbourg2:40
10."Everybody Loves My Baby" Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams 2:14
11."Baudelaire"Serge Gainsbourg, Charles Baudelaire 2:30
12."Docteur Jekyll et Monsieur Hyde"Serge Gainsbourg2:00

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
US Billboard 200 [3] 12

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