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- Summary: Nigel Godrich produced this second album for the French singer and actress (and daughter of the legendary Serge Gainsbourg), with Jarvis Cocker, Neil Hannon and Air also lending a hand.
- Record Label: Vice / Atlantic
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop, World
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Top Track
| The Songs That We Sing | |
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| I saw somebody who Reminded me of you Before you got afraid I wish that you could've stayed that way I saw a little girl I stopped and smiled at... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 15 out of 21
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Mixed: 6 out of 21
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Negative: 0 out of 21
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Under The RadarThe results are what you would expect given its pedigree. In fact, it’s hard to imagine Gainsbourg and company pulling this off any better. [#17, p.85]
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What stops 5:55 being a well-meaning pastiche, what makes the album touching rather ghoulish, is the sheer quality of the songwriting.
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Everyone involved seems to work well together.
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The results are predictably dramatic, but the album succeeds because nothing is blown out of proportion; Gainsbourg doesn't have the best voice on the planet, but her seductive breathiness helps boost all the subtleties.
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MagnetThe results are everything you'd expect from the guys responsible for Pulp's This Is Hardcore, Air's Moon Safari and Beck's Sea Change. [#75, p.98]
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She sounds forever Gainsbourg – not a bad thing in this case.
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Q MagazineIt feels awkward. [Oct 2006, p.119]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 6 out of 8
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Mixed: 2 out of 8
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Negative: 0 out of 8
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AndrewHOct 2, 2006Wonderful! best of 06.
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visnjakDec 1, 2006adorable
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AlanMApr 24, 2007Mom and Dad would be proud.
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May 20, 2012
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SergeASJan 11, 2007
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DavifFNov 17, 2006It's pleasant, soothing, a perfect soundtrack for me when I write. Utimately though a bit inconsequential, slight. Love her accent though.
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MattD.May 9, 2007
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