Harvey, Mick - Delirium Tremens

NEW VINYL LP ON MUTE 2016

180 GRAM VINYL

Third Volume of Serge Gainsbourg Reinterpretations by Mick Harvey (Crime & The City Solution, The Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party). It was a mixtape made by a Frenchman and handed to Mick Harvey (Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Crime & The City Solution) in reunified Berlin that first alerted him to the oeuvre of Serge Gainsbourg. Like the rest of us, he'd heard "Je T'aime (Moi Non Plus)," but the variety and depth of Gainsbourg's genius took him aback – so much so that he set about fastidiously translating the lyrics into English and disseminating the chansons to the anglophone world with a missionary zeal. The scope of the project he undertook was breathtaking.

Tracklist

1. The Man With The Cabbage Head (L'homme à Tête De Chou)
2. Deadly Tedium (Ce Mortel Ennui)
3. Coffee Colour (Couleur Cafe)
4. The Convict's Song (Chanson de Forçat)
5. SS C'est Bon (Est-ce Est-ce Si Bon)
6. I Envisage (J'envisage)
7. A Day Like Any Other (Un Jour Comme Un Autre)
8. A Violent Poison That's What Love Is (Un Poison Violent C'est Ça L'amour)
9. More and More, Less and Less (De Plus en Plus De Moins en Moins)
10. Don't Say a Thing (Ne Dis Rien)
11. Boomerang
12. The Decadance (La Decadanse)