# The best Serge Gainsbourg albums

From Du chant à la une! to Love on the Beat: Gainsbourg's albums ranked from SensCritique readers' votes and critics.

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- Jun 3, 2022 · vinyle_nice
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## Top 15

1. **L'Homme à tête de chou** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1976. Another, darker concept album.
2. **Mauvaises Nouvelles des étoiles** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1981. His second reggae album.
3. **Histoire de Melody Nelson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1971. The cult concept album, with Jean-Claude Vannier's strings.
4. **Aux armes et cætera** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1979. Recorded in Jamaica with Sly & Robbie.
5. **Love on the Beat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1984. The synthetic Gainsbourg of the 1980s.
6. **L'Étonnant Serge Gainsbourg** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1961. Jazz and chanson, with "La Chanson de Prévert".
7. **Gainsbourg Confidentiel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1963. Guitar, double bass and voice, nothing else.
8. **Du chant à la une!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1958. The first album, with "Le Poinçonneur des Lilas".
9. **Gainsbourg Percussions** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1964. African and Latin rhythms.
10. **Initials B.B.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968. Orchestral pop, with "Initials B.B." and "Comic Strip".
11. **Bonnie and Clyde** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1968. The duets with Brigitte Bardot.
12. **Jane Birkin/Serge Gainsbourg** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1969. The first album as a couple with Jane Birkin.
13. **Vu de l'extérieur** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1973. Pop and chanson full of humour.
14. **Rock around the Bunker** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1975. Caustic rock'n'roll.
15. **You're Under Arrest** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 1987. His last studio album, New York funk.

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