''Pink Elephants'' is Mick Harvey's second album of

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French musician, singer-songwriter, actor, author and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provoca ...

covers, released in 1997.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "Harvey’s English versions of Gainsbourg songs maintain the latter’s lounge-lizard perversions, hilarious existential angst, and theatrical grandeur." ''

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'' called "I Love You...Nor Do I", the Anita Lane and

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duet, "erotic" and "the album’s centerpiece."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Serge Gainsbourg, except where indicated. #"Pink Elephants" (Mick Harvey,

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) – 2:35 #"Requiem. . ." (Gainsbourg, Michel Colombier) (translation: Larry Norman, Pierre Gottfried Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:35 #"The Javanaise" (translation: Harvey) – 2:30 #"Black Seaweed" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:21 #"Comic Strip" (translation: Bill Soly) – 2:42 #"The Ticket Puncher" (translation: Harvey & Alain Chamberlain) – 2:50 #"Non Affair" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:30 #"Scenic Railway" (translation: by Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:52 #"To All the Lucky Kids" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 3:53 #"Anthracite" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:20 #"Manon" (translation: Norman, Imhof, & Harvey) – 2:20 #" I Love You...Nor Do I" (Harvey) – 4:38 #" The Ballad of Melody Nelson" (Gainsbourg,

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) (translation: Sarah Owen & Harvey) – 1:56 #"Torrey Canyon" (translation: Owen & Harvey) – 3:12 #"Who Is 'In' Who Is 'Out'" (translation: Harvey & Chamberlain) – 3:14 #"Hotel Specific" (Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Vannier) (translation: Harvey, Katy Beale, & Chamberlain) – 3:42

Personnel

*Mick Harvey – vocals, guitar, bass * Anita Lane – vocals on "I Love You...Nor Do I" and "The Ballad of Melody Nelson" *

– vocals on "I Love You...Nor Do I" *Chris Hughes – drums *Nick Burton – violin *Steve Bentley-Klein – violin *

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– organ, vocals *David McClymont – bass *

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– backing vocals on "Torrey Canyon" and "Who Is 'In' Who Is 'Out'" *Monica McMahon – backing vocals on "Torrey Canyon" and "Who Is 'In' Who Is 'Out'" *Abigail Trundle – cello *

– string arrangements *Kiernan Box – accordion on "The Javanaise" *Eleanor Gilchrist – violin *Theresa Whipple – viola *Jeremy Morris – violin *Sarah Beardsley- guitar Technical *P.A. Taylor - sleeve layout *Katy Beale - photography

References

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