Love on the Beat
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| Released | 2 October 1984 | |||
| Recorded | June 1984 | |||
| Studio | Studio House of Music, New Jersey | |||
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| Length | 37:10 | |||
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Love on the Beat is a 1984 studio album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. On this album, Gainsbourg used American musicians to achieve a funk-heavy rock sound. The album was controversial due to its very sexual lyrical content, with homosexuality and prostitution as the subject matters on many of the tracks. Perhaps the most controversial was "Lemon Incest", which was set to Frédéric Chopin's Étude No. 3 and sung as a duet with his then-13-year-old daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 63rd greatest French rock album (out of 100).[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg, except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Love on the Beat" | 8:04 | |
| 2. | "Sorry Angel" | 3:57 | |
| 3. | "Hmm Hmm Hmm" | 2:50 | |
| 4. | "Kiss Me Hardy" | 4:25 | |
| 5. | "No Comment" | 5:08 | |
| 6. | "I'm the Boy" | 4:28 | |
| 7. | "Harley David Son of a Bitch" | 3:01 | |
| 8. | "Lemon Incest" | Serge Gainsbourg, Frédéric Chopin | 5:12 |
Personnel
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Musicians
- Serge Gainsbourg – vocals, synthesizer, arrangement
- Billy Rush – bass guitar, guitar, production, drum programming
- Larry Fast – synthesizer, synthesizer programming
- Stan Harrison – saxophone
- George Simms – background vocals
- Steve Simms – background vocals
- Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals (on "Lemon Incest")
Technical
- John Rollo – engineering
- Nelson Ayres – engineering assistance
- Larry Alexander – mixing
- Jean Marie Guérin – mastering
- Jean-Pierre Haie – remastering
- Jean Ber – photography
- William Klein – photography
- Claude Delorme – photography
- Jacques Aubert – photography
- Philippe Lerichomme – production
References
External links
- Love on the Beat at Discogs (list of releases)
- Love on the Beat at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
