- Record Label: Light In The Attic
- Release Date: Mar 24, 2009
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 71 Ratings
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Positive: 57 out of 71
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Mixed: 4 out of 71
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Negative: 10 out of 71
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JimmyJimMay 3, 2009Few albums are as flawless as this one. When you listen to Cargo Culte, you just can't believe it was recorded in 1971! Many recent releases sound so dated compared to it. More important, the lyrics are true poetry.
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DanDMay 26, 2009A perfect mix of music, texture and mood. The music perfectly reflects the mood and the evocative meaning of the text, also perfect. Very much appreciated if you can understand the french subtelties, nothing's lost in the translation.
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ClifCarneiroMay 24, 2009
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AGuyMay 5, 2009Great string arrangements, amazing musicianship, and a unique concept. Gainsbourg entrances even those foreign to the language and creates France's masterpiece of the 20th century through kinky themes and a stalker's dispair. The length of the album is bittersweet - but just makes the whole album worth listening to several times. A cult classic in its own right.
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JamesMApr 28, 2009This is a monster.
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Mar 11, 2019Serge Gainsbourg, getting borrowed elements of Bowie and Velvet Underground predicted punk from France But although irreverence, Histoire de Melody Nelson can be orchestral and exquisite.
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Dec 7, 2015this album is a masterpiece, especially the song CARGO CULTE in which the guitar is like a divagation arround the bass line, and the end with the backing vocals is awesome
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jyotirmayadasMay 5, 2009It is really cool how an album like this - from forty years ago and in French - can grow on you. At first, it is so much hodge-podge, and then after reading more reviews and multiple listens, I "got" it. I am eager to read the lengthy booklet - w/interview Gainsbourg - and I am sure I will become further enthralled by this artist and his work.
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AUserApr 28, 2009A truly innovative album even by today's standards.
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Awards & Rankings
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Lush and languorous, velvet-robe decadent and soft-focus steamy, Histoire is a make-out record and a gross-out record.
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Andy Votel’s encyclopedic liner notes and a Gainsbourg interview make this version the definitive reissue for the as-yet unsullied.
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This reissue on luxuriously hefty vinyl is the first time the album's been released in the U.S.--a superb opportunity to hear a record that's been occasionally imitated but never matched.