In 2010, the French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 28th greatest French rock album...considered as "the other" masterpiece of Serge Gainsbourg's discography, alongside “Histoire de Melody Nelson”, “L'Homme à tête de chou” – a concept album about a man in his forties falling in love with a rather free-minded shampoo girl - had not yet revealed all its secrets – until now! Almost 45 years after its release, the rediscovery of the multitrack tapes recorded in London in the summer of 1976 confirms that behind Gainsbourg's virtuoso talk-over was an extraordinary musical edifice. The new mix for this 2023 release rebalances the vocal and instrumental parts while retaining its original intent.
TRACK LISTING
mix 2023
L’homme à La Tête De Chou
Chez Max Coiffeur Pour Hommes
Marilou Reggae
Transit à Marilou
Flash Forward
Aéroplanes
Ma Lou Marilou
Premiers Symptômes
Variations Sur Marilou
Meurtre à L’extincteur
Marilou Sous La Neige
Lunatic Asylum
instrumental Versions (only On Double Lp Edition)
L’homme à La Tête De Chou
Chez Max Coiffeur Pour Hommes
Marilou Reggae
Transit à Marilou
Flash Forward
Aéroplanes
Ma Lou Marilou
Premiers Symptômes
Variations Sur Marilou
Meurtre à L’extincteur
Marilou Sous La Neige
Lunatic Asylum
Transit à Marilou = Alternative
Ma Lou Marilou Alternative
Meurtre à L’extincteur -alternative
Lunatic Asylum -alternative
Variations Sur Marilou - Alternative