SERGE GAINSBOURG - HISTOIRE DE MELODY NELSON

At just under twenty-eight minutes, the short running time and the stylistic consistency and similarity throughout the album gives it qualities more in line with an EP or an extended musical piece with a number of movements. Histoire de Melody Nelson‘s mix of freewheeling guitar, funk style bass guitar, near spoken word vocal delivery, and lush, deep orchestrated string and choral arrangements by Jean-Claude Vannier who composed almost the entire music in collaboration with Gainsbourg for the album, have proven to be highly influential amongst later francophone and anglophone musical performers.

Track Listing: 

1. "Melody" - 7:32
2. "Ballade de Melody Nelson" (Music by Serge Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Vannier) - 2:00
3. "Valse de Melody" - 1:31
4. "Ah! Melody" (Music by Serge Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Vannier) - 1:47
5. "L'hôtel particulier" - 4:05
6. "En Melody" (Music by Serge Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Vannier) - 3:25
7. "Cargo culte" - 7:37