| Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg |
| Cover: | Jane Berkin-Serge Gainsbourg (album).jpg |
| Recorded: | 1968 |
| Studio: | Fontana Studios, London; Chappell Studios, London; La Gaieté Studios, Paris |
| Label: | Fontana |
| Producer: | Jean-Claude Desmarty |
| Chronology: | Serge Gainsbourg |
| Prev Title: | Initials B.B. |
| Prev Year: | 1968 |
| Next Title: | Histoire de Melody Nelson |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg (also known as Je t'aime... moi non plus) is a 1969 collaborative studio album by Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin. It was originally released by Fontana Records. It includes "Je t'aime... moi non plus", which reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]
The song "Jane B" is an adaptation of Frédéric Chopin's Fourth Prelude from Opus. 28 in E minor. The music was arranged by Arthur Greenslade.[2]
The album has received critical acclaim. D.M. Edwards of PopMatters stated: "The arrangements by Arthur Greenslade are excellent and there are plenty of glimpses of the experimentation which would be a feature of Gainsbourg's music," further describing the album as "sophisticated, timeless pop music."
In 2017, Pitchfork placed it at number 44 on the "200 Best Albums of the 1960s" list.[3] Writing for Pitchfork, Cameron Cook called it "a love letter read out loud by its recipient: Every note and lyric is meant to highlight a certain aspect of Birkin's persona though Gainsbourg's lens, from her breathless delivery of every line to her heavily accented, coquettish French."[3]
Credits adapted from liner notes.