serge gainsbourg: histoire de melody nelson

french original - clausk

HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON's skeletal, jazz-like structure - with bass frequently playing the role of lead instrument - influenced a generation of indie-rock tastemakers. Magnet (p.114)

The arrangements seem to respond almost intuitively to the twists in Gainsbourg's language and narrative, to the point where they're carrying as much storytelling weight as the words. Pitchfork (Website)

[N]ow a firm cult favourite, this bonkers slice of Gallic dirty-talk offers a very different kind of French lesson. Q (p.44)

5 stars out of 5 -- "Hired to backdrop Gainsbourg's spoken delivery, a whole host of British session musicians provided the rock element, while expert string arranger and medium-term collaborator Jean-Claude Vannier provided one of the most inventive, affecting orchestrations of a psych-into-prog era overdosing on them. Record Collector (magazine) (p.90)

[A] bizarre, beguiling concept album....With progressive composer/arranger Jean-Claude Vannier's cinematically swooning strings, loping bass, and twangy guitars. Spin (p.95) - HighFidelity

Blue vinyl - gaffaman

Version 1

1. Melody
2. Ballade de Melody Nelson
3. Valse de Melody
4. Ah! Melody
5. L' Hotel Particulier
6. En Melody
7. Cargo Culte

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