IRM (album)

IRM
Studio album by
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Released7 December 2009 (2009-12-07)
Studio
Genre
Length41:27
Label
ProducerBeck Hansen
Charlotte Gainsbourg chronology
5:55
(2006) 		IRM
(2009) 		Stage Whisper
(2011)
Singles from IRM
  1. "Heaven Can Wait"
    Released: 17 November 2009[1]
  2. "Time of the Assassins"
    Released: 12 April 2010[2][3]

IRM is the third studio album by French electropop singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, with all songs written and produced by Beck except "Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes" (written by Jean-Pierre Ferland). The album title was inspired by the French initialism for an MRI scanner.[4] The title track was released as a free download on 9 October 2009.[5] The album was mostly recorded at Beck's home studio in Los Angeles, California.[6] The lead single is "Heaven Can Wait", a duet with Beck, and was released on 2 November. The music video for "Heaven Can Wait" was directed by Keith Schofield and was released on 19 November 2009.[7] The video for "Heaven Can Wait" was named one of the Top 20 best music videos of 2009 by Spin Magazine.[8] "Trick Pony" is featured in the football video game by EA Sports, FIFA 11.

According to Gainsbourg, IRM "was Beck’s view of what I had gone through, and not mine."[9]

In 2012 it was awarded a diamond certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 200,000 copies throughout Europe.[10]

  1. ^ "Heaven Can Wait by Charlotte Gainsbourg on iTunes". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  2. ^ "Time of the Assassins by Charlotte Gainsbourg on Amazon". Amazon.fr. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  3. ^ Hughes, Josiah (2010-04-15). "Time of the Assassins single release". Exclaim.ca. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  4. ^ "IRM Songfacts". Songfacts.com. 2010-01-10. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  5. ^ ""IRM" Charlotte Gainsbourg New Album produced by Beck". 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-07-07. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
  6. ^ "Charlotte Gainsbourg's Skull Sessions". February 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-10-26.
  7. ^ "Charlotte Gainsbourg - Heaven can wait". YouTube. 2010-01-22. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  8. ^ "The 20 Best Videos of 2009". SPIN.com. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
  9. ^ E.W. (12 October 2017). "In "Rest", Charlotte Gainsbourg explores the sharp edges of grief". The Economist.
  10. ^ "Aktuelles VUT: VUT - Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmer*innen e. V."