Rock Around the Bunker

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Rock Around the Bunker
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1975 (1975-01)
RecordedNovember 1974 – December 2, 1974
StudioPhilips Studios, London
Genre
Label Polygram International
Producer Alain Hortu
Serge Gainsbourg chronology
Vu de l'extérieur
(1973)
Rock Around the Bunker
(1975)
Je t'aime moi non plus
(1976)
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Rock Around the Bunker is a 1975 studio album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, containing songs which combined pseudo-1950s musical arrangements with lyrics relating to Nazi Germany and World War II and drawing from Gainsbourg's experiences as a Jewish child in occupied France.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Nazi Rock"3:10
2."Tata teutonne"2:48
3."J'entends des voix off"2:05
4."Eva"3:13
5."Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (Otto Harbach, Jerome Kern)3:28
6."Zig zig avec toi"3:39
7."Est-ce est-ce si bon ?"3:16
8."Yellow Star"1:40
9."Rock Around the Bunker"3:25
10."S.S. in Uruguay"2:16

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

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