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Released
  
1959 (1959)

Genre
  
French pop, jazz

Studio
  
Studio Blanqui, Paris

Label
  
Philips

Recorded
  
12, 14, 25, 27 and 29 May and 4 June 1959

N° 2 (1959)
  
L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg (1961)

N° 2 is the second album by French musician Serge Gainsbourg, released in 1959. It features Gainsbourg backed by the Alain Goraguer Orchestra. The album was not well received at the time of its release. Music journalist and Gainsbourg biographer Sylvie Simmons described the album as "...mutant jazz-pop engaged in an unnatural act with chanson, French literature and Americana..."

Contents

The album cover is a reference to French author and musician Boris Vian. The cover of Lovage's 2001 debut album pays homage to the cover.

Track listing

All songs written by Serge Gainsbourg except where noted.

  1. "Le Claqueur de Doigts" – 3:07
  2. "La Nuit d'Octobre" (Poem: Alfred de Musset; Music: Gainsbourg) – 3:05
  3. "Adieu Créature" – 2:11
  4. "L'Anthracite" – 2:32
  5. "Mambo Miam Miam" – 2:35
  6. "Indifférente" (Words: Gainsbourg; Music: Gainsbourg/Alain Goraguer) – 2:17
  7. "Jeunes Femmes et Vieux Messieurs" – 2:04
  8. "L'Amour à la Papa" – 2:48

Arrangements by Alain Goraguer

Personnel

  • Paul Rovère - double bass
  • Christian Garros - drums
  • Alain Goraguer - piano, arrangement, conductor
  • Denis Bourgeois - executive producer

    • References

    N° 2 Wikipedia
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