セルジュ・ゲンズブールと女優ジェーン・バーキンとの間に生まれたフランスを代表する女優シャルロット・ゲンズブール。15歳の時にリリースされた『CHARLOTTE FOR EVER』(1986年)に続く、2NDソロ・アルバム『5:55』が2023年エディションでヴァイナル再発!

ナイジェル・ゴドリッチ(RADIOHEAD、BECK他)がプロデュース、AIRのニコラ・コダン&ジャン・ブノワ=ダンケル、元PULPのジャーヴィス・コッカー、ディヴァイン・コメディのニール・ハノン、ストリングス・アレンジにはベックの父でもあるデヴィッド・キャンベル、ドラムにフェラ・クティの片腕、トニー・アレンと、世界 を代表する一流アーティスト達がこぞって参加した2ndアルバム!
参加メンバーの豪華さだけではなく、その繊細で表情豊かな歌声を聴けば、本作がシャルロット・ゲンズブールにしか作りえないアルバムだということを認識させてくれます。

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2023/09/20）

Even though 5:55 isn't technically Charlotte Gainsbourg's first solo album (that would be Charlotte for Ever, which was released when she was 13), it is her first solo album as an adult and, with the help of a dream team of collaborators, it's a fittingly sophisticated set that touches on her father Serge's brilliantly louche, literate pop without being overshadowed by it. Air's Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin (who paid tribute to Serge Gainsbourg particularly well on 10,000 Hz Legend's "Wonder Milky Bitch") wrote 5:55's delicate music, while Jarvis Cocker and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon penned its lyrics. This mingling of French and English influences is mirrored in Gainsbourg's subtly expressive voice and accent, which provides the perfect complement to the album's lush sounds and vivid imagery. On "AF607105" -- the most Air-like song here -- she's a stewardess recounting the most glamorous plane crash ever; she performs an autopsy on a relationship on "The Operation," finally stating that "the heart was rejected by the host." As good as the atmospheric heartache of the first half of 5:55 is, it's on the second half, when Gainsbourg and her crew stretch out a bit, that the album really gets interesting. "Jamais," a slightly tough, witty cautionary tale about literally acting like you're in love, is a standout, while the sexy, obsessive "Beauty Mark" and "Everything I Cannot See" would make her father proud. ~ Heather Phares

Rovi