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Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Et Caetera (1979/2001/2013) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

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Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Et Caetera (1979/2001/2013) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/96kHz]

Serge Gainsbourg - Aux Armes Et Caetera (1979/2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 33:15 minutes | 740 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Serge Gainsbourg's "Aux Armes Et Caetera", his biggest commercial success, was recorded in Jamaica with reggae greats Sly and Robbie and vocalists from the I Threes including Rita Marley. The first of two reggae albums from Gainsbourg, it sold over 400,000 copies within months of its release in March 1979 and yielded several big hits, including the controversial (at the time) title song, a reggae version of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise".

This is one messed up set. Dig the fact that this is Serge Gainsbourg in dread beat and booze. Aux Armes et Cætera is literally Gainsbourg on the rocksteady tip with Sly and Robbie, Flabba Holt, Michael "Mao" Chung, Ansel Collins, I-Threes, Rita Marley, Marcia Griffiths, and Judy Mowatt, Sticky Thompson, Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, and a bunch of French folks playing puff-the-ganja and help the white man in Kingston. Gainsbourg knew what he wanted – a Lee Perry-styled dubber and dread outing – and he knew the cats to hire to get it. It contains 15 cuts; some, such as "Javanise," are remakes, while others, ("Des Laids, Des Laids") were written for the session. The Jamaican studio musicians are solid, rocking it down the pipe dark, smoky, and deadly in their grooves. While Serge would seemingly be at a creative impasse, having been one of the whitest men ever to record a side, his tunes work here because he's allowed them to be completely transformed by the Rastas, and his vocals work because they are chanted rather than sung. This is weird, dangerous, and campy music, but it works like a charm. In its day this album was reviled: now it's the work of a visionary. Go figure, but if you dig Gainsbourg, this is for you.

Tracklist:

01 - Javanaise Remake
02 - Aux Armes Et Caetera
03 - Les Locataires
04 - Des Laids Des Laids
05 - Brigade Des Stups
06 - Vieille Canaille
07 - Lola Rastaquouère
08 - Relax Baby Be Cool
09 - Daisy Temple
10 - Eau Et Gaz A Tous Les Etages
11 - Pas Long Feu
12 - Marilou Reggae Dub

Analyzed: Serge Gainsbourg / Aux Armes Et Caetera
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 0.00 dB -11.66 dB 3:09 01-Javanaise Remake
DR11 0.00 dB -12.32 dB 3:07 02-Aux Armes Et Caetera
DR10 0.00 dB -11.14 dB 2:10 03-Les Locataires
DR10 0.00 dB -10.96 dB 2:38 04-Des Laids Des Laids
DR10 0.00 dB -11.02 dB 1:58 05-Brigade Des Stups
DR13 0.00 dB -14.49 dB 3:02 06-Vieille Canaille
DR11 0.00 dB -11.88 dB 3:42 07-Lola Rastaquouère
DR11 0.00 dB -12.53 dB 2:32 08-Relax Baby Be Cool
DR12 0.00 dB -12.77 dB 3:55 09-Daisy Temple
DR10 0.00 dB -11.95 dB 0:37 10-Eau Et Gaz A Tous Les Etages
DR11 0.00 dB -12.22 dB 2:37 11-Pas Long Feu
DR11 0.00 dB -11.87 dB 3:49 12-Marilou Reggae Dub
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2970 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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