Madame Claude

A great 70s soundtrack from Serge Gainsbourg -- funky, electric, and his most dynamic work ever for the screen -- a set that's almost in the territory of some of the Italian police films from the same time! A good number of tracks here rely strongly on funky drums, slinky keyboards, and bubbling basslines -- strutting out with a nice cop show sort of approach to funk -- and although Jane Birkin sings on one number, the rest of the score is instrumental -- making for a further display of Serge's mighty talents in the 70s. Arrangements and direction are by JP Sabard -- who gets a great sound from Birkin on the sublime "Yesterday, Yes A Day" -- and steps out instrumentally on tracks that include "Yesterday On Fender", "Passage A Tobacco", "Mi Corasong", "Discophteque", "Burnt Island", and "Diapositivisme". © 1996-2008, Dusty Groove America, Inc.