Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg

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Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
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Studio album by
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
ReleasedJune 1969 (1969-06)
Recorded1968
Studio
  • Fontana, London
  • Chappell, London
  • La Gaieté, Paris
Genre
Length31:18
Label Fontana
Producer Jean-Claude Desmarty
Serge Gainsbourg chronology
Initials B.B.
(1968)		Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
(1969)		 Histoire de Melody Nelson
(1971)
Jane Birkin chronology
Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
(1969)		 Di doo dah
(1973)

Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (also known as Je t'aime... moi non plus [1] ) is a 1969 collaborative studio album by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. It was originally released by Fontana Records. It includes "Je t'aime... moi non plus", which reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

Contents

The song "Jane B" is an adaptation of Frédéric Chopin's Fourth Prelude from Opus. 28 in E minor. The music was arranged by Arthur Greenslade. [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Pitchfork 8.8/10 [4]
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The album has received critical acclaim. D.M. Edwards of PopMatters stated: "The arrangements by Arthur Greenslade are excellent and there are plenty of glimpses of the experimentation which would be a feature of Gainsbourg's music," further describing the album as "sophisticated, timeless pop music." [5]

In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s" list. [6] Writing for Pitchfork, Cameron Cook called it "a love letter read out loud by its recipient: Every note and lyric is meant to highlight a certain aspect of Birkin's persona though Gainsbourg's lens, from her breathless delivery of every line to her heavily accented, coquettish French." [6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg.

No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Je t'aime... moi non plus" Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin 4:23
2."L'Anamour"Serge Gainsbourg2:17
3."Orang-outan"Jane Birkin2:28
4."Sous le soleil exactement"Serge Gainsbourg2:52
5."18-39"Jane Birkin2:39
6."69 Année érotique"Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin3:21
7."Jane B"Jane Birkin3:09
8."Elisa"Serge Gainsbourg2:31
9."Le canari est sur le balcon"Jane Birkin2:20
10."Les sucettes"Serge Gainsbourg2:37
11."Manon"Serge Gainsbourg2:41
Reissue edition bonus track
No.TitleVocalsLength
12."La Chanson de slogan"Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin2:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

ChartPeak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 128
United States (Billboard 200) [8] 196

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Je T'Aime .... Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg". AllMusic . Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Serge Gainsbourg". Official Charts Company . Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Gilles Verlant, Loïc Picaud, L'Intégrale Gainsbourg. L'histoire de toutes ses chansons, éditions Fetjaine, 2011.
  4. ↑ Tangari, Joe (4 August 2010). "Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin: Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg". Pitchfork . Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. 1 2 Edwards, D.M. (16 September 2010). "Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg: Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg". PopMatters . Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. 1 2 "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (page 8 of 10)". Pitchfork . 22 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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