L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg

L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg
L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg
Studio album by Serge Gainsbourg
Released	April 3, 1961
Recorded	8, 10, 14 February 1961; 6, 9, 13, 16 March 1961
Studio	Studio Blanqui, Paris
Genre	Jazz; French pop;
Length	24:55
Label	Philips
Producer	Jean-Yves Billet
Serge Gainsbourg chronology

L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg is the third studio album by French musician Serge Gainsbourg, released in 1961.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Dean McFarlane of AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing: "One of his most intoxicating amalgams of jazz and pop styles, L'Etonnant Serge Gainsbourg comes highly recommended to fans of '60s French pop."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"La Chanson de Prévert" (original by Michèle Arnaud)		3:01
2.	"En Relisant Ta Lettre"		2:01
3.	"Le Rock de Nerval"	music: Serge Gainsbourg; lyrics: Gérard de Nerval	1:51
4.	"Les Oubliettes"		2:28
5.	"Chanson de Maglia"	music: Serge Gainsbourg; lyrics: Victor Hugo	2:05
6.	"Viva Villa"		3:23
7.	"Les Amours Perdues" (original by Juliette Gréco)		2:57
8.	"Les Femmes C'est du Chinois"	lyrics: Serge Gainsbourg; music: Alain Goraguer	2:32
9.	"Personne"		2:44
10.	"Le Sonnet d'Arvers"	music: Serge Gainsbourg; lyrics: Alexis Félix Arvers	1:53

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Serge Gainsbourg – vocals
Paul Rovère – double bass
Christian Garros – drums
Alain Goraguer – piano, arrangements, conductor
Alain Goraguer et Son Orchestre – orchestra
Barthélémy Rosso – acoustic guitar on "La Chanson de Prévert"

Technical

Jacques Plait – executive production
Jacques Aubert – photography

References

^ ^a ^b McFarlane, Dean. "L' Etonnant Serge Gainsbourg - Serge Gainsbourg". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

External links

L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg at Discogs (list of releases)
L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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[allmusic-1] McFarlane, Dean. "L' Etonnant Serge Gainsbourg - Serge Gainsbourg". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 May 2019.

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