℗ 1971 Mercury Music Group
| Released | 1971 |
| Duration | 28m 11s |
| Record Label | Mercury (France) |
| Genre | Francophone |
Histoire de Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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Melody
Serge Gainsbourg |
7:36 | |||
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1.2
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Ballade de Melody Nelson
Serge Gainsbourg; Jane Birkin; Jean-Claude Vannier |
2:01 | |||
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1.3
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Valse de Melody
Serge Gainsbourg |
1:32 | |||
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1.4
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Ah Melody
Serge Gainsbourg |
1:50 | |||
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1.5
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L'hôtel particulier
Serge Gainsbourg; Jean-Claude Vannier |
4:06 | |||
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1.6
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En Melody
Serge Gainsbourg; Jean-Claude Vannier |
3:26 | |||
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1.7
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Cargo culte
Serge Gainsbourg; Jean-Claude Vannier |
7:40 |
"... an album of extraordinarily masterful music ... the most consistently convincing work of his life, conveying fluctuating moods against a breadth of style with outbreaks of fuzz guitar, one or two bars of blues piano, briefly sweeping strings, lightheaded pop bliss, funky eroticism and a sense of impending doom ... anyone with an interest in hearing a blueprint for trip-hop or a master class in the depiction of desire in pop music, should be sure to listen to this mysterious, timeless, contradictory album."
- PopMatters.com
This 1971 release from Serge Gainsbourg is considered one of his greatest and most influential; certainly one of his most adventurous. A concept album that tells the story of an accidental meeting with a teenage Melody Nelson and the romance that follows, this was named by Rolling Stone France as the fourth greatest French rock album of all time.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Mercury (France) Studio Masters
Tracks 1, 2 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit.
Tracks 1, 2 – 44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM, mastered in 96 kHz / 24-bit.
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.75 -3.09 to -0.36 | -21.52 -23.43 to -19.05 | -18.50 -20.10 to -15.30 | 13 11 to 13 | |
| 1 | Melody | -2.18 | -23.43 | -20.1 | 13 |
| 2 | Ballade de Melody Nelson | -0.81 | -20.49 | -18.7 | 12 |
| 3 | Valse de Melody | -2.81 | -20.71 | -18.3 | 11 |
| 4 | Ah Melody | -3.09 | -22.35 | -19.8 | 13 |
| 5 | L'hôtel particulier | -2.50 | -22.64 | -19.8 | 13 |
| 6 | En Melody | -0.36 | -19.05 | -15.3 | 13 |
| 7 | Cargo culte | -0.52 | -21.97 | -17.5 | 13 |