| Histoire de Melody Nelson | ||||
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| Released | 24 March 1971 | |||
| Recorded | 21 April 1970 – 4 February 1971 | |||
| Studio | Studio Marble Arch, London, England; Studio des Dames, Paris, France | |||
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| Length | 27:57 | |||
| Language | French | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Producer | Jean-Claude Desmarty | |||
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Histoire de Melody Nelson ([is.twaʁ də me.lɔ.di nɛl.sɔn] "Story of Melody Nelson") is a 1971 concept album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. Produced by Jean-Claude Desmarty, the album was released on March 24, 1971 through Philips Records. Its narrative follows an illicit romance which develops between the middle-aged narrator and fourteen-year-old girl Melody Nelson, portrayed on the album and its cover art by Gainsbourg's then-partner Jane Birkin.
Histoire de Melody Nelson is considered by many critics and fans to be Gainsbourg's most influential and accomplished work, as well as one of the greatest French-language albums in popular music history.[3]
- ^ "Permanent Records: Histoire De Melody Nelson by Serge Gainsbourg". The A.V. Club. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ Hultkrans, Andrew (May 2009). "Reissues". Spin. Vol. 25, no. 5. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- ^ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071