Album · 1971
Histoire de Melody Nelson
Histoire de Melody Nelson is a 1971 rock album by Serge Gainsbourg. It runs 16 tracks across 62 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 2.0/5 from 2 ratings.
Rock · Art Pop · Baroque Pop
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- 2.0 /5
- 2 ratings
- 92 /100
- 10 critics
- 16
- Tracks
- 62 min
- Runtime
- 127 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
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2 ratings · avg 2.0
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- AllMusic5/5
- Pitchfork10/10
- PopMatters10/10
- Tiny Mix Tapes5/5
- The A.V. ClubA
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- Under the Radar9/10
- Uncut4/5
- Spin8/10
- Blender4/5
- Metacriticaggregate96/100
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Histoire de Melody Nelson album cover
The Histoire de Melody Nelson cover was photographed by Tony Frank.
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16 tracks · 62 min
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Histoire de Melody Nelson is a 1971 concept album by French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. Produced by Jean-Claude Desmarty, the album was released in March 1971 through Philips Records. The Lolita-esque pseudo-autobiographical plot of the album involves the middle-aged Gainsbourg unintentionally colliding his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost into teenage girl Melody Nelson's bicycle, and the subsequent seduction and romance that ensues. Histoire de Melody Nelson is considered by many critics and fans to be Gainsbourg's most influential and accomplished album. It is also regarded one of the greatest albums of all time by a number of prominent music publications, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine having named this album the 4th greatest French rock album.
In brief
- Is Histoire de Melody Nelson good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Histoire de Melody Nelson 2.0/5 from 2 ratings.
- When was Histoire de Melody Nelson released?
- Histoire de Melody Nelson was released in 1971.
- How many tracks are on Histoire de Melody Nelson?
- Histoire de Melody Nelson has 16 tracks, with a runtime of 62 minutes.
- What genre is Histoire de Melody Nelson?
- Histoire de Melody Nelson is catalogued under Rock, Art Pop, Baroque Pop.
- What BPM is Histoire de Melody Nelson?
- Histoire de Melody Nelson runs at a median tempo of 127 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Histoire de Melody Nelson?
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