Delirium Tremens (Mick Harvey album) explained

Delirium Tremens
Type:	studio
Artist:	Mick Harvey
Cover:	Delirium Tremens (Mick Harvey album).jpg
Released:	24 June 2016
Studio:	Birdland Studios, Prahran, Victoria; Candy Bomber Studio, Berlin; CBE Studio, Paris
Genre:	Rock
Length:	40:00
Label:	Mute
Producer:	Mick Harvey
Prev Title:	Four (Acts of Love)
Prev Year:	2013
Next Title:	Intoxicated Women
Next Year:	2017

Delirium Tremens is the third of four albums by Mick Harvey, presenting the songs of Serge Gainsbourg, sung in English. It was preceded by Intoxicated Man in 1995 and Pink Elephants in 1997, and followed by Intoxicated Women in 2017.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Serge Gainsbourg, except: "I Envisage", written by Alain Bashung and Serge Gainsbourg; and "The Decadance", written by Addie Brik and Serge Gainsbourg
All lyrics translated by Mick Harvey.

1. "The Man With the Cabbage Head (L'Homme à tête de chou)" – 2:46
2. "Deadly Tedium (Ce Mortel Ennui)" – 2:46
3. "Coffee Colour (Couleur Café)" – 2:13
4. "The Convict's Song (Chanson du forçat)" – 3:43
5. "SS C'est Bon (Est-ce est-ce si bon?)" – 2:50
6. "I Envisage (J'envisage)" – 6:31
7. "A Day Like Any Other (Un jour comme un autre)" – 2:08
8. "A Violent Poison (That's What Love Is) (Un Poison Violent, C'est Ça L'Amour)" – 2:38
9. "More and More, Less and Less (De plus en plus, de moins en moins)" – 2:38
10. "Don't Say a Thing (Ne dis rien)" – 3:07
11. "Boomerang" – 3:09
12. "The Decadance (La décadanse)" – 5:35

Personnel

(adapted from AllMusic entry^[2])

• Mick Harvey – design concept, cover photography, guitars, keyboards, collage layout, organ, piano, string arrangements, translation, vocals
• Katy Beale – vocals on "The Decadance"
• Bertrand Burgalat – bass, piano, string arrangements
• Hugo Cran - drums
• Toby Dammit - bongos, drums, vibraphone
• Glenn Lewis - bass
• Jessica Ribeiro - backing vocals
• Yoyo Röhm - guitar, piano
• Julitha Ryan - backing vocals
• Steve Shelley - shaker
• J.P. Shilo - accordion, guitars, noise, organ, percussion, slide guitar, vocals, backing vocals
• Lyndelle-Jayne Spruyt - translation assistant, backing vocals
• Xanthe Waite - vocals on "A Day Like Any Other" and "Don't Say a Thing," backing vocals
• Dahlia Adamopoulos, Vincent Catulescu, Biddy Connor, Pauline Hauswirth, Bronwyn Henderson, Anouk Ross, Lizzy Walsh - strings

Technical

• Brenton Conlan, Ingo Krauss - engineer
• David Mestre - French strings engineer
• Lindsay Gravina - mixing

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Mute Records • Mick Harvey • Announces new album, Volume 3 of Serge Gainsbourg translated versions Delirium Tremens - June 24. 25 April 2016.
2. Web site: Delirium Tremens - Mick Harvey - Credits. AllMusic.