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Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
Studio album by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg
Released	June 1969 (1969-06)
Recorded	1968
Studio	Fontana Studios, London; Chappell Studios, London; La Gaieté Studios, Paris
Genre	Orchestral pop
Length	31:18
Label	Fontana
Producer	Jean-Claude Desmarty
Serge Gainsbourg chronology
Initials B.B. (1968) Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (1969) Histoire de Melody Nelson (1971)
Jane Birkin chronology
Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (1969) Di doo dah (1973)

Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (also known as Je t'aime... moi non plus) is a 1969 collaborative studio album by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. It was originally released by Fontana Records. It includes "Je t'aime... moi non plus", which reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.

The song "Jane B" is an adaptation of Frédéric Chopin's Fourth Prelude from Opus. 28 in E minor. The music was arranged by Arthur Greenslade.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork	8.8/10
PopMatters

The album has received critical acclaim. D.M. Edwards of PopMatters stated: "The arrangements by Arthur Greenslade are excellent and there are plenty of glimpses of the experimentation which would be a feature of Gainsbourg's music," further describing the album as "sophisticated, timeless pop music."

In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s" list. Writing for Pitchfork, Cameron Cook called it "a love letter read out loud by its recipient: Every note and lyric is meant to highlight a certain aspect of Birkin's persona though Gainsbourg's lens, from her breathless delivery of every line to her heavily accented, coquettish French."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Serge Gainsbourg

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

• Serge Gainsbourg – vocals
• Jane Birkin – vocals
• Arthur Greenslade – arrangement, orchestral direction
• Jean-Claude Desmarty – artistic production
• Jean D'Hughes – photography

Charts

References

1. ^ "Je T'Aime .... Moi Non Plus - Jane Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
2. "Serge Gainsbourg". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
3. Gilles Verlant, Loïc Picaud, L'Intégrale Gainsbourg. L'histoire de toutes ses chansons, éditions Fetjaine, 2011.
4. Tangari, Joe (4 August 2010). "Serge Gainsbourg / Jane Birkin: Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg". Pitchfork. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
5. ^ Edwards, D.M. (16 September 2010). "Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg: Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
6. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s (page 8 of 10)". Pitchfork. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
7. "Lescharts.com – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg – Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg". Hung Medien. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
8. "Jane Birkin Serge Gainsbourg | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

External links

• Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg at Discogs (list of releases)
• Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

• 1969 albums
• Jane Birkin albums
• Serge Gainsbourg albums
• Fontana Records albums
• 1960s French-language albums
• Albums conducted by Arthur Greenslade
• Albums arranged by Arthur Greenslade
• Vocal duet albums