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IRM is an album that refuses to cast Gainsbourg as the chanteuse some would like to see her as, and her willingness to gamble with her persona and musical style is laudable. However, this risk-taking attitude results in an inconsistent jumble of ideas that ends up being much less of a peek inside what it is to be human than the title might suggest.
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As a pairing between two artists, the album works, though not nearly as much as it could have if both were at the top of their game.
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MojoWith its profusion of delicate acoustic guitar arpeggios and fine string arrangements by Beck's father David Campbell, much of the rest of IRM steers a more organic, at times almost skiffle-like path, but the twist is Gallic melancholy. [Feb 2010, p. 93]
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Q MagazineIRM proves suitably unconventional thanks to the presence of co-writer and producer Beck Hansen, who plays fast and loose with Gainsbourg's breathy chanson, skipping from spiky percussion (Master's Hands) to lush orchestration (Vanities) even joining her at the mic for jaunty, '60s-flavoured duet Heaven Can't Wait. [Feb 2010, p 107]
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It’s not a completely futile exercise--there are some decent tracks--but it falls far short of the quality of its predecessor.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 48 out of 62
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Mixed: 0 out of 62
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Negative: 14 out of 62
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Jul 7, 2015