"Gainsbourg percussions"

by Serge Gainsbourg

"Gainsbourg percussions" cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 26 October 1964
  • Label: Philips
  • Country: France
  • Length: 28:08
  • Community rating: 3.84/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serge Gainsbourg incorporates complex Afro-Cuban and African polyrhythms into his pop framework, heavily utilizing congas, bongos, and female backing choirs. He discards conventional drum kits entirely, phrasing his syncopated, often cynical vocals over dense, traditional percussion arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: lounge, rhythmic, percussive, grooves, vocal, French language, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Joanna (2:04)
  2. L脿-bas c'est naturel (2:33)
  3. Pauvre Lola (2:31)
  4. Quand mon 6,35 me fait les yeux doux (1:55)
  5. Machins choses (3:20)
  6. Les sambassadeurs (2:05)
  7. New York USA (2:19)
  8. Couleur caf茅 (2:14)
  9. Marabout (2:13)
  10. Ces petits riens (2:05)
  11. Tatoue J茅r茅mie (1:44)
  12. Coco And Co (3:01)

Credits

  • Serge Gainsbourg - primary artist, written-by
  • Alain Goraguer - arranged by, conductor [orchestra], piano
  • Pierre Michelot - double bass
  • Christian Garros - drums, drums (drum set)
  • Roger Roche - engineer, recording, sound
  • Claude Dejacques - executive-producer, liner notes, producer
  • Eddy Louiss - organ
  • Jacques Aubert - photography by
  • Stan Wiezniak - photography by
  • Michel Portal - tenor saxophone
  • France Gall - featuring [laughing]

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