Histoire De Melodie Nelson - 40th Anniversary Edition (2 CD's + DVD) (1971)

"Invloedrijk conceptalbum (trefwoord: Lolita) vol zwoele muziek.", aldus Heaven. Die invloed reikte volgens dit magazine tot in de jaren '90 (bijv. Portishead). "You don't need to speak a word of French to understand this album - one eeds only to look at the nearly pornographic front cover 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, it 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." (Jason Ankony, Allmusic) CD2 bevat alternative takes van alle stukken. De DVD bevat een 5.1 Surround mix van het album, plús een documentaire (40 minuten) over de plaat, waarin o.a. Jane Birkin aan het woord komt.

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