A stunner from Charlotte Gainsbourg – in keeping with her style
of crafting a diverse
body of avant pop sounds by working with stellar collaborators – this time with producer/
composer Beck, and it's her best to date! A few tunes are sung in French and have a kind
of dramatic French pop noir vibe that would made Serge proud, a mix
of sweet and sultry,
lightness and drama. Others have more
of a raw and messed up vibe with heavier percussion and more
of a leftfield sound, and still others have kind
of a freaky folk funk sound with horns, drums and more. She covers a lot
of stylistic terrain with equally successful wins all around. It's the mark
of a true talent that Charlotte can invite such hugely impacting collaborators onto her albums – Beck and his stable
of amazing studio musicians on this album, and previous collaborators from Jarvis Cocker to Air – yet it's her show all the way. Titles include "Master's Hands", "IRM", "Le Chat Du Cafe Des Artistes", "In The End", "Heaven Can Wait", "Vanities", "Time
Of The Assassins", "Trick Pony", "Greenwich Mean Time", "La Collectionneuse" and more.
(Out of print, punch through barcode.)