''Ex-fan des sixties'' is an album by

Jane Birkin Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-French singer and actress. She attained international fame and notability for her decade-long musical and romantic partnership with Serge Gainsbourg. She also had a prolific career ...

. The album was released in 1978. All songs on the album were written by Serge Gainsbourg and produced by Philippe Lerichomme. "Dépressive" was inspired by "Sonate n°8, opus 13" by

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. Birkin has said that she had difficulties recording the album and that they had to stop recording and start again six months later.

Track listing

Personnel

*Jane Birkin - vocals *Brian Odgers - bass *Dougie Wright - drums *Jim Lawless - percussion *

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- arrangements, conductor ;Technical *Peter Olliff - engineer *Serge Gainsbourg - artwork *André Berg - photography

References

External links

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Jane Birkin "Ex fan des sixties"`(official live) | Archive INA
(title song) on

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