Rest (Charlotte Gainsbourg album)

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Rest
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Studio album by
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Released17 November 2017 (2017-11-17)
Studio
  • A.S. (Paris)
  • Palestine (Paris)
  • Motorbass (Paris)
  • Electric Lady (New York)
  • Crowdspacer (Brooklyn, New York)
Length46:23
Language
  • English
  • French
Label Because
Producer SebastiAn [a]
Charlotte Gainsbourg chronology
Stage Whisper
(2011)		Rest
(2017)		Take 2
(2018)
Singles from Rest
  1. "Rest"
    Released: 8 September 2017
  2. "Deadly Valentine"
    Released: 21 September 2017

Rest is the fifth album by French singer and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was primarily produced by French electronic musician SebastiAn, and released on 17 November 2017 by Because Music. It is her first album release in six years, and features collaborations with Paul McCartney, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Owen Pallett and Connan Hosford, among others. The tracks "Rest" and "Deadly Valentine" were released as singles and music videos, both directed by Gainsbourg herself.

Contents

The album explores the deaths of Gainsbourg's father Serge Gainsbourg and half-sister Kate Barry, with a focus on the theme of alcohol addiction. She has commented that "the album took a different direction. I wanted to express [my grief] not only with sadness but with anger." [1] The lyrics are in English and French. [1] [2]

Background

When they first met, SebastiAn told Gainsbourg that he would like to work with her but that he wanted the project to be done in French, but she refused to do so. A year later, Gainsbourg, after the death of her sister Kate Barry, contacted him again and told him that she would like to say certain things and that she could only say them in French. [3] Thus, they started working on Rest in New York. [4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10 [5]
Metacritic 80/100 [6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The A.V. Club B+ [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Mojo Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Pitchfork 8.7/10 [12]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [14]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Uncut 8/10 [16]

Rest received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 80 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 22 reviews. [6] Olivia Horn of Pitchfork awarded the album a "Best New Music" designation, claiming "it is at once scorchingly intimate and fantastically oversized". [12] Exclaim! 's Anna Alger praised Gainsbourg for striking "a balance between sombre beauty and a mix of Euro disco, funk and pop." [17]

Accolades

PublicationAccoladeRankRef.
Albumism50 Best Albums of 2017
11
BrooklynVegan Top 50 Albums of 2017
29
Drowned in Sound Favourite Albums of 2017
64
FLOOD MagazineThe Best Albums of 2017
5
Earbuddy100 Best Albums of 2017
13
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2017
99
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017
17
The 20 Best Pop and R&B Albums of 2017
5
The Independent 30 Best Albums of 2017
24
The Guardian The Best Albums of 2017
31

Track listing

All lyrics written by Charlotte Gainsbourg; all music composed and produced by SebastiAn; except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Ring-a-Ring o' Roses"   4:28
2."Lying with You"   3:18
3."Kate"   3:40
4."Deadly Valentine"   6:04
5."I'm a Lie"   3:29
6."Rest"
Guy-Manuel de Homem-ChristoGuy-Manuel de Homem-Christo3:38
7."Sylvia Says"
  4:27
8."Songbird in a Cage" Paul McCartney Paul McCartney 4:32
9."Dans vos airs" 
 3:33
10."Les Crocodiles" 
  • SebastiAn
  • Hosford
 3:17
11."Les Oxalis"   7:57
Total length:46:23

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [41] Gold50,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ↑ Except "Rest", produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Additional vocal production and editing by Brian Burton on "Lying with You", "I'm a Lie", "Dans vos airs" and "Les Crocodiles".

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