With her second album, IRM, Gainsbourg found a sound and an audience. That was a sound that was developed by her and Beck in a studio. From those studio sessions now comes another eight previously unreleased songs paired up on this album with 11 live tracks. Normally I would say run away from previously unreleased stuff, especially for an artist who essentially has no back catalog, but these songs make a solid collection. Whatever was going on with her and Beck in the studios back in 2009, it worked well enough to essentially create two albums worth of music.
I would normally also stay away from live stuff, and that stands here. To my mind this music doesn't translate that well to a live environment and though I enjoyed the eight new tracks, I found myself just waiting for the live stuff to come to an end.
So I would say just think of this as an EP and stick to the eight tracks of unreleased material and you'll be happy.
Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 2 out of 5 stars for Not Bad.
those scenes of her running down the ramp of the parking garage with the car in pursuit are harrowing.
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