Du chant à la une !...

Du chant à la une !...
Studio album by
Serge Gainsbourg
Released3 September 1958 (1958-09-03)
Recorded10, 17 June; 1, 3 July 1958
StudioStudio Blanqui, Paris
GenreJazz
Length22:47
LabelPhilips
ProducerDenis Bourgeois
Serge Gainsbourg chronology
Du chant à la une !...
(1958) 		N° 2
(1959)

Du chant à la une !... is the debut studio album by French musician Serge Gainsbourg, released in 1958. This was the debut album for Gainsbourg, released on a 10" vinyl. The album did not do well with critics at the time of its release.[1] However, the album did win the grand prize from the L'Academie Charles Cross in 1959.[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Le Poinçonneur des Lilas" 2:42
2."La Recette de l'Amour Fou" 1:56
3."Douze belles dans la peau" 1:54
4."Ce Mortel Ennui" 2:54
5."Ronsard 58"music: Serge Gainsbourg; lyrics: Serge Barthélémy1:52
6."La Femme des uns Sous le Corps des Autres" 2:59
7."L'alcool" 3:56
8."Du Jazz Dans le Ravin" 2:10
9."Charleston les Déménageurs de Piano" 2:24

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Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  • Serge Gainsbourg – vocals
  • Alain Goraguer and His Orchestre – orchestra
  • Paul Rovère – double bass
  • Christian Garros – drums
  • Michel Hausser – vibraphone
  • Alain Goraguer – arrangements, conductor, piano
Technical

Charts

Chart Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[4] 137

References

  1. ^ SImmons, Sylvie (2002). Serge Gainsbourg : a fistful of gitanes : requiem for a twister. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780306811838.
  2. ^ SImmons, Sylvie (2002). Serge Gainsbourg : a fistful of gitanes : requiem for a twister. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. p. 30. ISBN 9780306811838.
  3. ^ SImmons, Sylvie (2002). Serge Gainsbourg : a fistful of gitanes : requiem for a twister. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. p. 146. ISBN 9780306811838.
  4. ^ "Lescharts.com – Serge Gainsbourg – Du chant à la une!...". Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2019.