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- Summary: The third set of English translated Serge Gainsbourg songs from the Bad Seeds member features contributions from Xanthe Waite and Katy Beale.
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- Record Label: Mute
- Genre(s): Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Experimental Rock, Neo-Psychedelia, Tribute Albums
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UncutJun 24, 2016Harvey's intimate understanding of Serge's rich catalogue allows him to smother markedly different compositions such as "Ce Mortel Enniu" (1958) and perverted mid-70s gear "SS Si Bon" and "L'Homme a Tete De Chou" with a menacing Bad Seeds swagger that unifies Delirium Tremens. [Aug 2016, p.76]
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Jul 7, 2016Eleven great tracks out of twelves is a handsome return though, and the listener must surely delight in the fact that Harvey isn’t done with Gainsbourg just yet.
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Jul 15, 2016These are not easy songs to sing, but Harvey, more than anyone, gets to the heart of darkness within even the most luscious Gainsbourg arrangement.
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Jul 5, 2016Harvey remains mostly reverential to his sacrilegious source, but Delirium Tremens is much more than just Gainsbourg fed through Google Translate. Rather, it amplifies the unsettling undercurrents that always stewed beneath Gainsbourg’s impeccable arrangements.
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Jul 27, 2016Typically for Gainsbourg, there's a real mix of things going on here, from relaxed fun laced with irony through to quirky takes on love songs full of the louche suggestiveness befitting of the most ardent romantic.
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Jun 24, 2016Delirium Tremens holds many enjoyably solid, if occasionally thorny, rewards.
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MojoJul 27, 2016Sleepy Eyes is an immediate standout, as is the mellow but life-affirming title song. More playful is the excellent Two And Two Don't Make Five, a kitsch retro-groove spiked with humour and a funky organ solo. [Sep 2016, p.94]
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