- rock, french pop
- 28 min
- 7 tracks
- Mercury Music Group
Histoire de Melody Nelson is a 1971 concept album by the French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, arranged and co-written by Jean-Claude Vannier. 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.
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Tracks
- 1Melody7:32
- 2Ballade de Melody Nelson2:01
- 3Valse de Melody1:32
- 4Ah ! Melody1:48
- 5L’Hôtel particulier4:06
- 6En Melody3:26
- 7Cargo Culte7:38
7 tracks, 28 minutes.
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- Artist
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Label
- Mercury Music Group
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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