Serge Gainsbourg – Rock Around The Bunker (1975/2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Serge Gainsbourg – Rock Around The Bunker (1975/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 28:59 minutes | 560 MB | Genre: French Pop
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Mercury Records

The sequence of brilliant, if somewhat unconventional, concept albums which occupied Serge Gainsbourg through the early to mid-’70s continues with an album which can be (and indeed has been) described as either a European reclamation of the pop potential of the Third Reich, following the success of Mel Brooks’ The Producers, or an acerbic reclamation of a Jew’s own humanity 30 years after the Nazis forced him to walk the streets in a bright yellow star. Or, and seen within the context of its maker’s entire oeuvre, it might just be the slaughter of another of the sacred cows which Gainsbourg found so irresistible. His previous album, Vu de Exterieur, was dedicated to merde and pets; his next, L’Homme a Tete de Chou, tells the tale of an especially sadistic murderer. What more fitting, then, that in between times he should seize upon Adolf Hitler as a suitable theme. Recorded in England with a crack session band – who themselves were probably cracking up as the vision unfolded before them – Rock Around the Bunker is breezy, pop-inflected rock delivered, naturally, in precisely the same tones of honeyed lasciviousness and conspiratorial glee that Gainsbourg always employed for solo performances. Spy themes, pop hooks, rolling rhythms, and killer choruses – all the tricks of Gainsbourg’s trade are here, and if you don’t speak French, it could be about anything. Right?

Tracklist:
01. Serge Gainsbourg – Nazi Rock (03:10)
02. Serge Gainsbourg – Tata teutonne (02:47)
03. Serge Gainsbourg – J’entends des voix off (02:04)
04. Serge Gainsbourg – Eva (03:13)
05. Serge Gainsbourg – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (03:28)
06. Serge Gainsbourg – Zig zig avec toi (03:37)
07. Serge Gainsbourg – Est-ce est-ce si bon ? (03:15)
08. Serge Gainsbourg – Yellow Star (01:39)
09. Serge Gainsbourg – Rock Around The Bunker (03:25)
10. Serge Gainsbourg – SS In Uruguay (02:16)

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