Pitchfork

Sacre bleu, Francophiles! Holy mixtapes, indie kids! Your two cherished worlds are about to coalesce in a big way. The center of gravity: suave, debonair, and--admit it-- rather creepy French crooner Serge Gainsbourg.

\n\n\ All your quasi-indie heroes (Cat Power, Franz Ferdinand, Portishead, Jarvis Cocker, Feist, Placebo, The Kills), alongside requisite veterans (Michael Stipe, Marianne Faithfull), original Gainsbourgian chanteuses (Jane Birkin, Fran\xE7oise Hardy), and Jack White's boo (Karen Elson) have teamed up to pay tribute to the perpetually unshaven songsmith on the forthcoming covers comp Monsieur Gainsbourg Revisited, due out next month.

\n\n\ Monsieur bears numerous fruits of amour: Cat Power scores with Elson on a rendition of \"Je t'aime...Moi Non Plus\", while Franz makes love to aging cover-girl Jane Birkin to the tune of \"Sorry Angel\". Brits Jarvis Cocker, Placebo, and the Rakes all get their Serge on. And there's even a little trip-hop nostalgia, with contributions from 1995's flag-bearers Portishead (yay!) and Tricky.

\n\n\ Tres bien:

\n\n\ 01 Franz Ferdinand and Jane Birkin: \"A Song for Sorry Angel\"
\n\ 02 Cat Power and Karen Elson: \"I Love You (Me Either)\"
\n\ 03 Jarvis Cocker and Kid Loco: \"I Just Came to Tell You That I'm Going\"
\n\ 04 Portishead: \"Requiem for Anna\"
\n\ 05 Faultline, Brian Molko, and Fran\xE7oise Hardy: \"Requiem For A Jerk\"
\n\ 06 Michael Stipe: \"L'H\xF4tel\"
\n\ 07 Tricky: \"Au Revoir Emmanuelle\"
\n\ 08 Marianne Faithfull and Sly and Robbie: \"Lola R. For Ever\"
\n\ 09 Gonzales, Feist, and Dani: \"Boomerang 2005\"
\n\ 10 Marc Almond and Trash Palace: \"Boy Toy\"
\n\ 11 Placebo: \"The Ballad of Melody Nelson\"
\n\ 12 The Rakes: \"Just a Man With a Job\"
\n\ 13 The Kills: \"I Call It Art\"
\n\ 14 Carla Bruni: \"Those Little Things\"

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