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Histoire De Melody Nelson / L'Homme À Tête De Chou

Serge Gainsbourg

2002 · Rock, Pop

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Histoire De Melody Nelson / L'Homme À Tête De Chou by Serge Gainsbourg

Histoire De Melody Nelson / L'Homme À Tête De Chou is a Rock album by Serge Gainsbourg, originally released in 2002. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked.

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As far as Serge Gainsbourg was concerned, he was making a pop-rock album. But while supple, funky basslines power most of the songs—and a scrappy psychedelic guitar solo drives the instrumental "En Melody"—his trademark modern jazz-influenced arrangements predominate. The orchestral "Valse de Melody" would be full-on easy listening without his louche, near-spoken croon. The epic "Cargo culte"—with its whispered vocal, distorted blues-rock riffing, ominous tympani rolls, and foreboding choral interjections—closes the album on a positively chilling note.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Melody7:30
  2. 2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:00
  3. 3Valse de Melody1:31
  4. 4Ah Melody1:46
  5. 5L'hôtel particulier (BOF "Melody Nelson")4:05
  6. 6En Melody3:25
  7. 7Cargo culte7:36
  8. 2.1Melody (Prise complète)9:25
  9. 2.2Ballade de Melody Nelson (Prise voix alternative)2:07
  10. 2.3Valse de Melody (Prise voix alternative)1:39
  11. 2.4Ah Melody (Prise voix alternative)1:54
  12. 2.5Melody lit Babar (Version de travail chantée)1:03
  13. 2.6Melody lit Babar (Version de travail instrumentale)1:11
  14. 2.7L'hôtel particulier (Prise complète)5:10
  15. 2.8En Melody (Version solo de violon complet)3:39
  16. 2.9Cargo culte (Version instrumentale)7:44

Sound DNA

  • Rock

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Bundle of two CDs in standard jewel cases (cat no's 548 429-2 (opens in a new tab) and 548 432-2 (opens in a new tab)) with a cardboard outer sleeve.

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2 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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