Charlotte Gainsbourg was born into show business. The daughter of the acclaimed English actress/singer/model Jane Birkin and the brilliant French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte started her professional career at thirteen. While she became one of France's leading movie actresses (appearing in many English-language films as well), Charlotte has a short but significant CV as a recording artist. An infamous provocateur, Serge Gainsbourg cut the duet "Lemon Incest" with his daughter when she was barely in her teens. In real life, Serge was a doting father, and he recorded an entire album for her in 1986. During the rest of the 1980s and '90s, Charlotte concentrated on acting, earning her place as a celebrated teen actress and an unconventional leading lady. Almost impossibly slender (like her parents), with unconventional features, Charlotte became a surprise sex symbol for the American indie rock set. In 2006, Gainsbourg returned to recording, cutting the album 5:55 with an impressive guitar-pop dream team -- Air, Jarvis Cocker (Pulp) and Neil Hannon (the Divine Comedy) crafted songs with the singer and producer Nigel Godrich, who has worked with Beck and Radiohead.
- Nick Dedina
Charlotte Gainsbourg was born into show business. The daughter of the acclaimed English actress/singer/model Jane Birkin and the brilliant French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, Charlotte started her professional...
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1. The Songs That We Sing (3:56) | 5:55 | $0.99 |
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2. 5:55 (5:52) | 5:55 | $0.99 |
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3. Tel Que Tu Es (3:09) | 5:55 | $0.99 |
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4. Everything I Cannot See (6:45) | 5:55 | $0.99 |
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5. Set Yourself On Fire (4:10) | 5:55 | $0.99 |
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6. The Operation (4:56) | 5:55 | $0.99 |
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7. Zéro Pointé Vers L'Infini (4:50) | Lemon Incest | $0.99 |
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8. Somewhere Between Waking & Sleeping (4:45) | 5:55 | $0.99 |
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9. Oh Daddy Oh (4:18) | Lemon Incest | $0.99 |
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10. Elastique (3:05) | Lemon Incest | $0.99 |
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