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CD Histoire De Melody Nelson

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  • Issued : 27 Feb 2001

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Genre : World Catalogue Number : 548429
Format : CD Label : Universal
Issued : 27 Feb 2001 Item sourced from : France
Number of Discs : 1

Histoire De Melody Nelson

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Other Versions

  • CD   FRA Edition   ¥2,309   FRA Import   Released: 16 Sep 1996  
  • LP   US Edition   ¥4,001   Reissue Limited Edition LP (US Import)   Released: 24 Mar 2009  
  • CD   US Edition   ¥2,212   Reissue CD (US Import)   Released: 25 Mar 2009  
  • CD   Import(Japanese Edition)   ¥2,730   Reissue CD (Import(Japanese Edition))   Released: 04 Apr 2009  
  • CD   FRA Edition   ¥11,389   Reissue Limited Edition CD (FRA Import)   Released: 15 Nov 2011  
  • LP   US Edition   ¥3,980   US Import   Released: 18 Oct 2011  
  • CD   EUR Edition   ¥4,048   Reissue CD (EUR Import)   Released: 29 Nov 2011  
  • LP   US Edition   ¥5,135   US Import   Released: 15 Nov 2011  

HMV Review

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, Rovi

Credits

Brian Odgers(Bass),  Dougie Wright(Drums),  Jane Birkin(Vocals),  JeanClaude Vannier(Keyboards),  Roger Coulam(Keyboards),  Serge Gainsbourg(Guitar),  Serge Gainsbourg(Piano),  Serge Gainsbourg(Vocals),  Vic Flick(Guitar),  Jean-Luc Ponty(Violin (Electric)),  Andy Votel(Producer),  Jean Claude Charvier(Engineer),  JeanClaude Vannier(Arranger),  Andy Beta(Liner Notes),  Andy Votel(Liner Notes),  Chris Ferraro(Executive Producer),  Dave Cooley(Remastering),  Jean Guerin(Mastering),  Josh Wright(Executive Producer),  Kiki Ajidarma(Design),  Tony Frank(Photography),  JeanClaude Vannier(Direction),  JeanClaude Vannier(Orchestra Director),  Kate Peterson(Assistant),  Andy Votel(Archival Materials),  Andy Votel(Photo Courtesy),  Jean-Yves Billet(Re-Editing),  Sebastien Merlet(Archival Materials),  Sebastien Merlet(Photo Courtesy),  Will Tyler(Archival Materials),  Will Tyler(Photo Courtesy)

Songs

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    1
    Melody  (07:35)
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    2
    Ballade de Melody Nelson  (02:00)
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    3
    Valse de Melody  (01:31)
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    4
    Ah Melody  (01:49)
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    5
    L'Hotel Particulier  (04:05)
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    6
    En Melody  (03:25)
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    7
    Cargo Culte  (07:39)

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