Rest (Charlotte Gainsbourg album)

Rest is the fifth album by French singer and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was primarily produced by French electronic musician SebastiAn, and released on November 17, 2017 by Because Music. It is her first album release in six years, and features collaborations with Paul McCartney, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, Owen Pallett and Connan Hosford, among others. The tracks "Rest" and "Deadly Valentine" were released as singles and music videos, both directed by Gainsbourg herself.

Rest
Studio album by
Charlotte Gainsbourg
ReleasedNovember 17, 2017 (2017-11-17)
Studio
  • A.S. (Paris)
  • Palestine (Paris)
  • Motorbass (Paris)
  • Electric Lady (New York)
  • Crowdspacer (Brooklyn, New York)
Length46:23
Language
LabelBecause
ProducerSebastiAn[lower-alpha 1]
Charlotte Gainsbourg chronology
Stage Whisper
(2011)		 Rest
(2017)		 Take 2
(2018)
Singles from Rest
  1. "Rest"
    Released: September 8, 2017
  2. "Deadly Valentine"
    Released: September 21, 2017

The album explores the deaths of Gainsbourg's father Serge Gainsbourg and half-sister Kate Barry, with a focus on the theme of alcohol addiction. She has commented that "the album took a different direction. I wanted to express [my grief] not only with sadness but with anger."[1] The lyrics are in English and French.[1][2]

Background

When they first met, SebastiAn told Gainsbourg that he would like to work with her but that he wanted the project to be done in French, but she refused to do so. A year later, Gainsbourg, after the death of her sister Kate Barry, contacted him again and told him that she would like to say certain things and that she could only say them in French.[3] Thus, they started working on Rest in New York.[4]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.5/10[5]
Metacritic80/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The A.V. ClubB+[8]
The Guardian[9]
Mojo[10]
The Observer[11]
Pitchfork8.7/10[12]
Q[13]
Rolling Stone[14]
The Times[15]
Uncut8/10[16]

Rest received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 80 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 22 reviews.[6] Olivia Horn of Pitchfork awarded the album a "Best New Music" designation, claiming "it is at once scorchingly intimate and fantastically oversized".[12] Exclaim!'s Anna Alger praised Gainsbourg for striking "a balance between sombre beauty and a mix of Euro disco, funk and pop."[17]

Accolades
Publication Accolade Rank Ref.
Albumism 50 Best Albums of 2017
11
[18]
BrooklynVegan Top 50 Albums of 2017
29
[19]
Drowned in Sound Favourite Albums of 2017
64
[20]
FLOOD Magazine The Best Albums of 2017
5
[21]
Earbuddy 100 Best Albums of 2017
13
[22]
Noisey The 100 Best Albums of 2017
99
[23]
Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2017
17
[24]
The 20 Best Pop and R&B Albums of 2017
5
[25]
The Independent 30 Best Albums of 2017
24
[26]
The Guardian The Best Albums of 2017
31
[27]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Charlotte Gainsbourg; all music composed and produced by SebastiAn; except where noted.

No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Ring-a-Ring o' Roses"   4:28
2."Lying with You"   3:18
3."Kate"   3:40
4."Deadly Valentine"   6:04
5."I'm a Lie"   3:29
6."Rest"
Guy-Manuel de Homem-ChristoGuy-Manuel de Homem-Christo3:38
7."Sylvia Says"
  4:27
8."Songbird in a Cage"Paul McCartneyPaul McCartney 4:32
9."Dans vos airs" 
 3:33
10."Les Crocodiles" 
  • SebastiAn
  • Hosford
 3:17
11."Les Oxalis"   7:57
Total length:46:23

Personnel

Charts

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
France (SNEP)[39] Gold 50,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Notes
  1. Except "Rest", produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Additional vocal production and editing by Brian Burton on "Lying with You", "I'm a Lie", "Dans vos airs" and "Les Crocodiles".

References
  1. E.W.: In “Rest”, Charlotte Gainsbourg explores the sharp edges of grief. The Economist (2017).
  2. Anna Gaca: Video: Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Rest”. Spin (2017)
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  7. Phares, Heather. "Rest – Charlotte Gainsbourg". AllMusic. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  8. Waite, Kelsey J. (November 17, 2017). "Charlotte Gainsbourg, Rest". The A.V. Club. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  9. Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (November 16, 2017). "Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest review – musical chameleon finds her voice". The Guardian. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  10. Hutcheon, David (December 2017). "Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest". Mojo (289): 89.
  11. Mongredien, Phil (November 19, 2017). "Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest review – bags of style, not enough substance". The Observer. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
  12. Horn, Olivia (November 17, 2017). "Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest". Pitchfork. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  13. Oldham, James (January 2018). "Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest". Q (380): 109.
  14. Dolan, Jon (November 20, 2017). "Review: Charlotte Gainsbourg Takes Spacey Trip With Sir Paul, Half of Daft Punk". Rolling Stone. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  15. Hodgkinson, Will (November 10, 2017). "Pop review: Charlotte Gainsbourg; Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier". The Times. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  16. Mueller, Andrew (December 2017). "Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest". Uncut (247): 27.
  17. Alger, Anna (November 14, 2017). "Charlotte Gainsbourg: Rest". Exclaim!. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
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  19. "BrooklynVegan's Top 50 Albums of 2017". Brooklynvegan.com. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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  23. "The 100 Best Albums of 2017 - VICE". Noisey.vice.com. December 6, 2017. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
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  25. Katherine St. Asaph (December 19, 2017). "The 20 Best Pop and R&B Albums of 2017". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 21, 2020.
  26. The Independent Staff (November 27, 2017). "30 Best Albums of 2017". The Independent. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  27. The Guardian Staff (December 5, 2017). "The best albums of 2017: the full list". The Guardian. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
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