Couleur Café, Serge Gainsbourg, Music CD

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Couleur Café


1	Cha Cha Cha du Loup Instrumental 1:31
2	Mambo Miam Miam 2:34
3	L' Anthracite 2:33
4	Laissez-Moi Tranquille (Leave Me Alone) 2:02
5	Cha Cha Cha du Loup 1:56
6	L' Eau a la Bouche 2:30
7	Les Amours Perdues 2:58
8	Erotico-Tico Instrumental 1:25
9	Ces Petits Reins 2:03
10	Baudelaire 2:26
11	Couleur Café 2:11
12	Pauvre Lola 2:28
13	Les Cigarillos 1:44
14	New York USA 2:17
15	Tatoue Jeremie 1:44
16	Ce Grand Mechant Vous 2:22
17	La Bas C'Est Naturel 2:29
18	Joanna 2:02
19	Marabout 2:10
20	L' Ami Cauotte 3:07

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A French craze for exotic rhythms and dances like the cha-cha and the mambo inspired Serge Gainsbourg to explore Latin and Caribbean rhythms at the outset of his career; Couleur Cafe collects 20 of these beat-driven recordings, which span from 1959 to work from as late as 1974. More than his jazz performances of the same period, the earliest songs on the set presage the direction taken on his pop records; in addition to the distinctly snotty attitude which pervades cuts like "Laissez-Moi Tranquille" and "L'Anthracite," the nine tracks taken from the 1964 recording Gainsbourg Percussions innovatively embrace African rhythms while focusing on the thematic concerns (specifically cigarettes, American culture and young girls) of his seminal later work. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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Couleur Café


1	Cha Cha Cha du Loup Instrumental 1:31
2	Mambo Miam Miam 2:34
3	L' Anthracite 2:33
4	Laissez-Moi Tranquille (Leave Me Alone) 2:02
5	Cha Cha Cha du Loup 1:56
6	L' Eau a la Bouche 2:30
7	Les Amours Perdues 2:58
8	Erotico-Tico Instrumental 1:25
9	Ces Petits Reins 2:03
10	Baudelaire 2:26
11	Couleur Café 2:11
12	Pauvre Lola 2:28
13	Les Cigarillos 1:44
14	New York USA 2:17
15	Tatoue Jeremie 1:44
16	Ce Grand Mechant Vous 2:22
17	La Bas C'Est Naturel 2:29
18	Joanna 2:02
19	Marabout 2:10
20	L' Ami Cauotte 3:07

All Music Guide

A French craze for exotic rhythms and dances like the cha-cha and the mambo inspired Serge Gainsbourg to explore Latin and Caribbean rhythms at the outset of his career; Couleur Cafe collects 20 of these beat-driven recordings, which span from 1959 to work from as late as 1974. More than his jazz performances of the same period, the earliest songs on the set presage the direction taken on his pop records; in addition to the distinctly snotty attitude which pervades cuts like "Laissez-Moi Tranquille" and "L'Anthracite," the nine tracks taken from the 1964 recording Gainsbourg Percussions innovatively embrace African rhythms while focusing on the thematic concerns (specifically cigarettes, American culture and young girls) of his seminal later work. Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Format: CD
Release Date: 02/25/1997
Label: ISLAND / MERCURY
Catalog No.: 528949
UPC: 731452894922
Sales Rank: 61,224

Album Credits
Performance Credits
Serge Gainsbourg		Primary Artist, Guitar, Piano, Vocals

Technical Credits
Michel Colombier		Arranger, Director
Alain Goraguer		Arranger, Director
Jean-Pierre Sabar		Arranger, Director
Jean Guerin		Mastering
Jean-Yves Billet		Producer, Engineer
Claude Dejacques		Producer
Jean-Pierre Haie		Contributor
Elisabeth Vincentelli		Liner Notes
Les Télécréateurs		Graphic Design
Philippe Lerichomme		Producer