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1969 studio album by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg

Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
Studio album by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
Released June 1969 (1969-06)
Recorded 1968
Studio Fontana Studios, London; Chappell Studios, London; La Gaieté Studios, Paris
Genre Orchestral pop[1]
Length 31:18
Label Fontana
Producer Jean-Claude Desmarty
Serge Gainsbourg chronology
Initials B.B.(1968) Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg(1969) Histoire de Melody Nelson(1971)
Jane Birkin chronology
Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg(1969) Di doo dah(1973)

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]

The song "Jane B" is an adaptation of Frédéric Chopin's Fourth Prelude from Opus. 28 in E minor. The music was arranged by Arthur Greenslade.[3]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [1]
Pitchfork 8.8/10[4]
PopMatters [5]

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."[5]

In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s" list.[6] 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."[6]

All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg

No. Title Vocals Length
1. "Je t'aime... moi non plus" Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin 4:23
2. "L'anamour" Serge Gainsbourg 2:17
3. "Orang-outan" Jane Birkin 2:28
4. "Sous le soleil exactement" Serge Gainsbourg 2:52
5. "18-39" Jane Birkin 2:39
6. "69 année érotique" Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin 3:21
7. "Jane B" Jane Birkin 3:09
8. "Elisa" Serge Gainsbourg 2:31
9. "Le canari est sur le balcon" Jane Birkin 2:20
10. "Les sucettes" Serge Gainsbourg 2:37
11. "Manon" Serge Gainsbourg 2:41

Reissue edition bonus track

No. Title Vocals Length
12. "La chanson de slogan" Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin 2:53

Credits adapted from liner notes.

  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ Gilles Verlant, Loïc Picaud, L'Intégrale Gainsbourg. L'histoire de toutes ses chansons, éditions Fetjaine, 2011.
  4. ^ Tangari, Joe (4 August 2010). "Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin: Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. ^ a b 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.
  6. ^ a b "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (page 8 of 10)". Pitchfork. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Lescharts.com – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. ^ "Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2023.