Name: Histoire de Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg
Brand: Serge Gainsbourg
SKU: 602547663887
Price: 6.93 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 5 (49 reviews)

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Melody View on Youtube

07:36

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07:36

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Ballade de Melody Nelson View on Youtube

Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg

02:00

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Valse de Melody View on Youtube

01:31

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Ah Melody View on Youtube

01:49

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L'hôtel particulier

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En Melody View on Youtube

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Cargo culte View on Youtube

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You don't need to speak a word of French to understand Histoire de Melody Nelson -- one needs only to look at the front cover (with its nearly pornographic portrait of a half-naked nymphet clutching a rag doll) or hear the lechery virtually dripping from Serge Gainsbourg's sleazily seductive voice to realize that this is the record your mother always warned you about, a masterpiece of perversion and corruption. A concept record exploring the story of -- and Gainsbourg's lust for -- the titular teen heroine, Histoire de Melody Nelson is arguably his most coherent and perfectly realized studio album, with the lush arrangements which characterize the majority of his work often mixed here with funky rhythm lines which underscore the musky allure of the music. Perhaps best described as a dirty old bastard's attempt to make his own R&B love-man's record along the lines of a Let's Get It On (itself still two years away from release), it's by turns fascinating and repellent, hilarious and grim, but never dull -- which, in Gainsbourg's world, would be the ultimate (and quite possibly the only) sin.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo

1. Melody

by Serge Gainsbourg

Primary Artist: Serge Gainsbourg; Main Performer
Performer: Jean-claude Vannier; Performer
Composer: Serge Gainsbourg; Composer
Author: Serge Gainsbourg; Production
Producer: Jean-claude Desmarty; Production
Recording Arrangement: Jean-claude Vannier; Production

2. Ballade de Melody Nelson

by Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg

Performer: Jean-claude Vannier; Performer
Primary Artist: Serge Gainsbourg
Jane Birkin; Main Performer
Composer: Jean-claude Vannier; Composer
Author: Serge Gainsbourg; Production
Producer: Jean-claude Desmarty; Production
Recording Arrangement: Jean-claude Vannier; Production
Music Director & Conductor: Jean-claude Vannier; Other

3. Valse de Melody

by Serge Gainsbourg

Primary Artist: Serge Gainsbourg; Main Performer
Performer: Jean-claude Vannier; Performer
Composer: Serge Gainsbourg; Composer
Author: Serge Gainsbourg; Production
Producer: Jean-claude Desmarty; Production
Recording Arrangement: Jean-claude Vannier; Production

4. Ah Melody

by Serge Gainsbourg

Primary Artist: Serge Gainsbourg; Main Performer
Performer: Jean-claude Vannier; Performer
Composer: Serge Gainsbourg; Composer
Author: Jean-claude Vannier; Production
Producer: Jean-claude Desmarty; Production
Recording Arrangement: Jean-claude Vannier; Production

5. L'hôtel particulier

by Serge Gainsbourg

Performer: Jean-claude Vannier; Performer
Primary Artist: Serge Gainsbourg; Main Performer
Composer: Serge Gainsbourg; Composer
Author: Serge Gainsbourg; Production
Producer: Jean-claude Desmarty; Production
Recording Arrangement: Jean-claude Vannier; Production
Music Director & Conductor: Jean-claude Vannier; Other

6. En Melody

by Serge Gainsbourg

Performer: Jean-claude Vannier; Performer
Primary Artist: Serge Gainsbourg; Main Performer
Composer: Serge Gainsbourg; Composer
Author: Serge Gainsbourg
Jean-claude Vannier; Production
Producer: Jean-claude Desmarty; Production
Recording Arrangement: Jean-claude Vannier; Production
Music Director & Conductor: Jean-claude Vannier; Other

7. Cargo culte

by Serge Gainsbourg

Performer: Jean-claude Vannier; Performer
Primary Artist: Serge Gainsbourg; Main Performer
Composer: Serge Gainsbourg; Composer
Author: Serge Gainsbourg; Production
Producer: Jean-claude Desmarty; Production
Recording Arrangement: Jean-claude Vannier; Production
Music Director & Conductor: Jean-claude Vannier; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

7 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

28 minutes and 11 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 3000x3000 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

All tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

All tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

French Music, Europe, World, French Pop, Vocal, Worldwide

Label

Universal Music Division Mercury Records

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

France

Language

French (France)
English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Feb 28, 1971

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

602547663887

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Histoire de Melody Nelson

1. Melody

2. Ballade de Melody Nelson

3. Valse de Melody

4. Ah Melody

5. L'hôtel particulier

6. En Melody

7. Cargo culte

Technical Specifications

Histoire de Melody Nelson

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Release options

1. Melody

2. Ballade de Melody Nelson

3. Valse de Melody

4. Ah Melody

5. L'hôtel particulier

6. En Melody

7. Cargo culte

Technical Specifications