Brigitte Bardot - Best of

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Music Review: Lightweight pop of the sixties and seventies
Rating: 5 Stars

On this album, there are two duets with Serge Gainsbourg. Je t'aime moi non plus was intended for release as a single but it remained in the vaults - I think Brigitte decided she didn't want it released. In any case, Serge then recorded it with Jane Birkin. That version was released as a singe but was quickly banned in France. The singles were shipped across to the UK, where it was banned by the BBC but allowed to go on sale. It sold well, eventually reaching number one on the UK charts - a rare achievement for a record sung in a foreign language. The other duet between Serge and Brigitte is an original song about Bonnie and Clyde.

There is also a duet with Sacha Distel - a cover of Stevie Wonder's You are the sunshine of my life. Like everything else here, it is sung in French. It occurs to me that this is an ideal song for a duet although I've never heard any other duet version of this song. Among the solo recordings, highlights are L'appareil a sous, La Madrague and Harley Davidson. There are liner notes in English - this is a British compilation.

Brigitte's music is not essential, even if you are building a collection of French pop music, but it is worth an occasional listen, especially for Je t'aime moi non plus.

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Broadway & Vocalists CDs

• Music > Styles
• World Music
• Pop
• Rock