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1997 studio album by Mick Harvey
Pink Elephants is
Mick Harvey 's second album of
Serge Gainsbourg covers, released in 1997.
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Critical reception
Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Harvey’s English versions of Gainsbourg songs maintain the latter’s lounge-lizard perversions, hilarious existential angst, and theatrical grandeur."
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Trouser Press called "I Love You...Nor Do I", the
Anita Lane and
Nick Cave duet, "erotic" and "the album’s centerpiece."
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Serge Gainsbourg, except where indicated.
"Pink Elephants" (Mick Harvey,
Bertrand Burgalat ) – 2:35
"Requiem. . ." (Gainsbourg,
Michel Colombier ) (translation: Larry Norman, Pierre Gottfried Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:35
"The Javanaise" (translation: Harvey) – 2:30
"Black Seaweed" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:21
"Comic Strip" (translation: Bill Soly) – 2:42
"The Ticket Puncher" (translation: Harvey & Alain Chamberlain) – 2:50
"Non Affair" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:30
"Scenic Railway" (translation: by Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:52
"To All the Lucky Kids" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 3:53
"Anthracite" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:20
"Manon" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:20
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I Love You...Nor Do I " (Harvey) – 4:38
"
The Ballad of Melody Nelson " (Gainsbourg,
Jean-Claude Vannier ) (translation: Sarah Owen & Harvey) – 1:56
"Torrey Canyon" (translation: Owen & Harvey) – 3:12
"Who Is 'In' Who Is 'Out'" (translation: Harvey & Chamberlain) – 3:14
"Hotel Specific" (Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Vannier) (translation: Harvey, Katy Beale, & Chamberlain) – 3:42
Personnel
Mick Harvey – vocals, guitar, bass
Anita Lane – vocals on "I Love You...Nor Do I" and "The Ballad of Melody Nelson"
Nick Cave – vocals on "I Love You...Nor Do I"
Chris Hughes – drums
Nick Burton – violin
Steve Bentley-Klein – violin
James Cruickshank – organ, vocals
David McClymont – bass
Loene Carmen – backing vocals on "Torrey Canyon" and "Who Is 'In' Who Is 'Out'"
Monica McMahon – backing vocals on "Torrey Canyon" and "Who Is 'In' Who Is 'Out'"
Abigail Trundle – cello
Bertrand Burgalat – string arrangements
Kiernan Box – accordion on "The Javanaise"
Eleanor Gilchrist – violin
Theresa Whipple – viola
Jeremy Morris – violin
Sarah Beardsley- guitar
Technical
P.A. Taylor - sleeve layout
Katy Beale - photography
References