Serge Gainsbourg Aux Armes et Cætera

• Javanaise Remake
• Aux Armes et Caetera - Serge Gainsbourg, De Lisle, R.
• Les Locataires
• Des Laids des Laids
• Brigade des Stups
• Veille Canaille (You Rascal You) - Serge Gainsbourg, Plante, J.
• Lola Rastaquouère
• Relax Baby Be Cool
• Daisy Temple
• Eau et Gaz À Tous Les Étages
• Pas Long Feu
• Marilou Reggae

In 1979 Serge Gainsbourg headed to Jamaica in search of the rocksteady sound. For Aux Armes et Caetera he enlisted legendary Kingston producers Sly and Robbie and backup vocalists the I-Threes, a trio of three women who also sang with Bob Marley. The sound is dub reggae, with Serge chanting in his familiar sex-drenched drawl. And, somehow, it works. This reissue is an amusing look into a late-1970s Franco-Jamaican collaboration.

Abstract by Patrick Burns