''Love on the Beat'' is the fifteenth studio album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. On this album, Gainsbourg used American musicians to achieve a funk-heavy rock sound. The album was controversial due to its very sexual lyrical content, with homosexuality and prostitution as the subject matters on many of the tracks. Perhaps the most controversial was "

Lemon Incest "Lemon Incest" is a single recorded by French father and daughter Serge and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was recorded in 1984 and released as a single from Serge's 1985 album ''Love on the Beat'' and on Charlotte's 1986 debut album '' Charlotte For E ...

", which was set to Frédéric Chopin's Étude No. 3 and sung as a duet with his then-13-year-old daughter

Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg (; born 21 July 1971) is a British-French actress and singer. She is the daughter of English actress Jane Birkin and French musician Serge Gainsbourg. After making her musical debut with her father on the song " Lemo ...

Critical reception

The French edition of ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first known for its ...

'' magazine named this album the 63rd greatest French rock album (out of 100).Magazine ''Rolling Stone'', n°18 of February 2010,

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes. Musicians * Serge Gainsbourg – vocals, synthesizer, arrangement * Billy Rush – bass guitar, guitar, production, drum programming *

Larry Fast Lawrence Roger Fast (born December 10, 1951) is an American synthesizer player and composer. He is best known for his 1975–1987 series of synthesizer music albums (''Synergy'') and for his contributions to a number of popular music acts, inclu ...

– synthesizer, synthesizer programming * Stan Harrison – saxophone * George Simms – backing vocals * Steve Simms – backing vocals *

– vocals (on "Lemon Incest") Technical * John Rollo – recording engineering * Nelson Ayres – engineering assistance * Larry Alexander – mixing * Jean Marie Guérin – mastering * Jean-Pierre Haie – remastering * Jean Ber – photography * William Klein – photography * Claude Delorme – photography * Jacques Aubert – photography * Philippe Lerichomme – production

Charts

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1984 albums Serge Gainsbourg albums Philips Records albums Mercury Records albums Obscenity controversies in music