Stage Whisper
This 2xCD splits itself between live recordings of songs from the French singer's most recent LPs and unreleased studio tracks, including two songs with Beck.
The half-live, half-studio double-album Stage Whisper is the sort of overly padded stopgap release that record companies frequently trot out between proper albums. For the understated singer-songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg, Whisper comes after 2009’s well-regarded IRM, and with just seven new songs (out of 19 tracks),…
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Following the quietly brilliant IRM would be a tough act for almost any artist, so Charlotte Gainsbourg extends the afterglow of her second album a bit longer with this collection of previously unreleased songs and live tracks.
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More of a stop-gap than a proper fourth album, Charlotte Gainsbourg still manages to produce a few gems on Stage Whisper, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong>
<p>A mixed bag of album outtakes and live recordings proves Gainsbourg sounds better in the studio than on stage, writes <strong>Rebecca Nicholson</strong></p>