''Charlotte for Ever'' is the debut studio album by Anglo-French musician and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg, released in 1986. All songs except #8 (music by Soviet composer Matvei Blanter) were written by her father,

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative rel ...

. In parts of the world, the album was released under the controversial title " Lemon Incest".

Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. Mercury Records released ...

re-released the album in

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in 2007 under the ''Lemon Incest'' title.

Track listing

# "Charlotte for Ever" (music inspired from

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenians, Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Music of the Soviet Union#Classical music of the Soviet Union, Soviet composers. Khachaturian was born and rai ...

-''Andantino, tableaux d'enfance'', Serge Gainsbourg) – a duet with her father – 3:56 # "Ouvertures éclair" (Serge Gainsbourg) – 4:01 # "Oh Daddy Oh" (Serge Gainsbourg) – 4:19 # "Don't Forget to Forget Me" (Serge Gainsbourg) – 4:43 # "Pour ce que tu n'étais pas" (Serge Gainsbourg) – 3:17 # "Plus doux avec moi" (Serge Gainsbourg) – a duet with her father – 5:03 # "Élastique" (Serge Gainsbourg) – 3:06 # "Zéro pointé vers l'infini" ( Matvei Blanter, Serge Gainsbourg) – 3:51 ;Bonus track on the international version (''Lemon Incest'')

" Lemon Incest" (Serge Gainsbourg,
Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period who wrote primarily for Piano solo, solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown ...
) – a duet with her father – 5:13

;Notes Track 2 "Ouvertures éclair" same music has "Travelling" from the album Bande Originale du Film ''Tenue de soirée''
Track 3 "Oh Daddy Oh" same music has "Quand le sexe te chope" from the single Bande Originale du Film "Sex Shop"
Track 4 "Don't Forget to Forget Me" English adaptation of "Souviens-toi de m'oublier" from the Catherine Deneuves album ''Souviens-toi de m'oublier''
Track 8 "Zéro pointé vers l'infini" music inspired from a traditional Russian song
Track 9 "Lemon Incest" after Étude n°3 en mi majeur op. 10 by Frédéric Chopin

Personnel

* Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals * Serge Gainsbourg – vocals , lyrics, music * Billy Rush – guitar, conductor * John Kumnick – bass guitar * Gary Georgett – keyboards * Tony Smith – drums * Stan Harrison – saxophone * The Simms Brothers (George and Steve Simms) – chorus * Dominique Blanc-Francard, Hubert Blanc-Francard – vocal recording * Jay Vicari – recording * Billy Rush, Philippe Lerichomme – production

References

{{Authority control Charlotte Gainsbourg albums 1986 debut albums Mercury Records albums