Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg

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]

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)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Pitchfork8.8/10[3]
PopMatters[4]

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."[4]

In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s" list.[5] 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."[5]

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)[6] 128
United States (Billboard 200)[7]196
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References
  1. "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. Tangari, Joe (4 August 2010). "Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin: Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (page 8 of 10)". Pitchfork. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  6. "Lescharts.com – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. Billboard
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