Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg

Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
Studio album by
Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
ReleasedJune 1969 (1969-06)
Recorded1968
StudioFontana Studios, London; Chappell Studios, London; La Gaieté Studios, Paris
Genre
Length31:18
LabelFontana
ProducerJean-Claude Desmarty
Serge Gainsbourg chronology
Initials B.B.
(1968) 		Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
(1969) 		Histoire de Melody Nelson
(1971)
Jane Birkin chronology
Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
(1969) 		Di doo dah
(1973)

Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (also known as Je t'aime... moi non plus[1]) is a 1969 collaborative studio album by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. It was originally released by Fontana Records. It includes "Je t'aime... moi non plus", which reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

The song "Jane B" is an adaptation of Frédéric Chopin's Fourth Prelude from Opus. 28 in E minor. The music was arranged by Arthur Greenslade.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork8.8/10[4]
PopMatters[5]

The album has received critical acclaim. D.M. Edwards of PopMatters stated: "The arrangements by Arthur Greenslade are excellent and there are plenty of glimpses of the experimentation which would be a feature of Gainsbourg's music," further describing the album as "sophisticated, timeless pop music."[5]

In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s" list.[6] Writing for Pitchfork, Cameron Cook called it "a love letter read out loud by its recipient: Every note and lyric is meant to highlight a certain aspect of Birkin's persona though Gainsbourg's lens, from her breathless delivery of every line to her heavily accented, coquettish French."[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg

No.TitleVocalsLength
1."Je t'aime... moi non plus"Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin4:23
2."L'anamour"Serge Gainsbourg2:17
3."Orang-outan"Jane Birkin2:28
4."Sous le soleil exactement"Serge Gainsbourg2:52
5."18-39"Jane Birkin2:39
6."69 année érotique"Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin3:21
7."Jane B"Jane Birkin3:09
8."Elisa"Serge Gainsbourg2:31
9."Le canari est sur le balcon"Jane Birkin2:20
10."Les sucettes"Serge Gainsbourg2:37
11."Manon"Serge Gainsbourg2:41
Reissue edition bonus track
No.TitleVocalsLength
12."La chanson de slogan"Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin2:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Charts

Chart Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP)[7] 128
United States (Billboard 200)[8] 196

References

  1. ^ a b c "Je T'Aime .... Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Serge Gainsbourg". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. ^ Gilles Verlant, Loïc Picaud, L'Intégrale Gainsbourg. L'histoire de toutes ses chansons, éditions Fetjaine, 2011.
  4. ^ Tangari, Joe (4 August 2010). "Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin: Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b Edwards, D.M. (16 September 2010). "Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg: Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. ^ a b "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (page 8 of 10)". Pitchfork. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Lescharts.com – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2023.