Love on the Beat is the fifteenth studio album by French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. On this album, Gainsbourg used American musicians to achieve a funk-heavy rock sound. The album was controversial due to its very sexual lyrical content, with homosexuality and prostitution as the subject matters on many of the tracks. Perhaps the most controversial was "Lemon Incest", which was set to Frédéric Chopin's Étude No. 3 and sung as a duet with his then-13-year-old daughter Charlotte Gainsbourg.
Critical reception
The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 63rd greatest French rock album (out of 100).Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010,
Track listing
Personnel Credits adapted from liner notes.
Musicians Serge Gainsbourg – vocals, synthesizer, arrangement Billy Rush – bass guitar, guitar, production, drum programming Larry Fast – synthesizer, synthesizer programming Stan Harrison – saxophone George Simms – backing vocals Steve Simms – backing vocals Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals (on "Lemon Incest")
Technical John Rollo – recording engineering Nelson Ayres – engineering assistance Larry Alexander – mixing Jean Marie Guérin – mastering Jean-Pierre Haie – remastering Jean Ber – photography William Klein – photography Claude Delorme – photography Jacques Aubert – photography Philippe Lerichomme – production
Charts + 2022 chart performance for Love on the Beat Chart (2022) Peakposition
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