Initials B.B.

Initials B.B.
Studio album by Serge Gainsbourg
Released June 1968
Recorded Tracks 4, 6, 10, 12 Fontana Studios, London. December 1965
Tracks 2, 5, 11 Chappell Studios, London. June 1967
Track 8 Recorded at Hoche Studios, Paris. 11,12 December 1967
Tracks 1, 3, 7, 9 Chappell Studios, London. May 1968
Genre Pop-Rock
Length 31:05
Label Philips Records
Producer Claude Dejacques
Serge Gainsbourg chronology

Bonnie and Clyde
(1968)
Initials B.B.
(1968)
Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg
(1969)

Initials B.B is a 1968 album by Serge Gainsbourg originally distributed by Philips Records. The 12 tracks of the album were recorded between 1965 and 1968. All songs were recorded at three different London studios, with the exception of "Bonnie and Clyde" which was recorded in Paris. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 14th greatest French rock album (out of 100).[1]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Serge Gainsbourg. 

No. Title Length
1. "Initials B.B."   3:36
2. "Comic Strip"   2:13
3. "Bloody Jack"   2:11
4. "Docteur Jekyll et Monsieur Hyde"   1:56
5. "Torrey Canyon"   2:43
6. "Shu Ba Du Ba Loo Ba"   2:08
7. "Ford Mustang"   2:41
8. "Bonnie and Clyde - with Brigitte Bardot; arranged and conducted by Michel Colombier"   4:19
9. "Black and White"   2:10
10. "Qui Est « In » Qui Est « Out »"   2:14
11. "Hold Up"   2:20
12. "Marilu"   2:34

Arranged and conducted by Arthur Greenslade tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 and David Whitaker tracks 2, 5, 11

References

  1. Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-107L