Irm

AlbumDec 07 / 200914 songs, 43m 53s
Indie Pop Art Pop
Popular
8.4 / 10

After a 2006 album created in collaboration with Air and Jarvis Cocker, Charlotte Gainsbourg returns with a surprisingly great LP written and produced by Beck.

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Beck produced, composed, and wrote most of the lyrics for Charlotte Gainsbourg’s new IRM, so cynical listeners might assume that all the star of Antichrist brought to the table were audio samples of an MRI machine (from which the album gets its title) and the looming legacy of her provocateur father, Serge Gainsbourg.…

A lot happened to Charlotte Gainsbourg between the release of 5:55 and IRM.

8.0 / 10

As an actress, Charlotte Gainsbourg has made a career by placing herself in the hands of collaborators. Four years after her last album, 5:55, Gainsbourg is back with a little help from a friend—this time, Beck.

8 / 10

Although credited solely to Charlotte, ‘IRM’ was recorded in collaboration with Beck to the extent that he would flesh out lyric ideas and has composed all the music.

Charlotte Gainsbourg makes another push at mirroring her father’s musical success on IRM, her major label debut.

9 / 10

<p>Slowly, through this surreal, mysterious CD, what drives Charlotte Gainsbourg begins to emerge, says <strong>Maddy Costa</strong></p>

Album Reviews: Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM

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2.5 / 5

Charlotte Gainsbourg - IRM review: Charlotte Gainsbourg doesn't quite know what she wants.

Charlotte Gainsbourg's quiet, intimate voice is to the fore on IRM, her collaboration with Beck. Rating: * * * *

8 / 10