L'Homme à tête de chou (Alain Bashung album)

For the original album by Serge Gainsbourg, see L'Homme à tête de chou.
L'Homme à tête de chou
Studio album by
Alain Bashung
Released7 November 2011
GenreFrench rock, Alternative rock, Chanson
LabelBarclay Records, Universal Music Group
Alain Bashung chronology
Dimanches à l'Élysée
(2009) 		L'Homme à tête de chou
(2011) 		En amont
(2018)

L'Homme à tête de chou (The cabbage-headed man) is the first posthumous studio album by Alain Bashung, issued in November 2011 on Barclay Records. It is a track-by-track rerecording of the album of the same name by Serge Gainsbourg, originally recorded as the soundtrack to a dance show by Jean-Claude Gallotta.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."L'Homme à tête de chou"Serge Gainsbourg2:42
2."Chez Max coiffeur pour hommes"Gainsbourg1:12
3."Marilou Reggae"Gainsbourg2:35
4."Transit à Marilou"Gainsbourg1:31
5."Flash Forward"Gainsbourg2:18
6."Aéroplanes"Gainsbourg2:09
7."Premiers symptômes"Gainsbourg2:25
8."Ma Lou Marilou"Gainsbourg3:06
9."Variations sur Marilou"Gainsbourg8:59
10."Meurtre à l'extincteur"Gainsbourg3:16
11."Marilou sous la neige"Gainsbourg2:38
12."Lunatic Asylum"Gainsbourg3:21

Personnel

Musicians

  • Alain Bashung - Vocals
  • Denis Clavaizolle - Orchestration, arrangements, piano, keyboards, programmations, guitars, bass guitars
  • Jean Lamoot - Programmations
  • Éric Truffaz - Trumpet
  • Frédéric Havet - Guitar
  • Pierre Valéry Lobé, Mamadou Koné - Percussions
  • Yann Clavaizolle - Drums
  • Aurélie Chenille - Violin
  • Guillaume Bongiraud - Cello
  • Morgane Imbeaud - Background vocals

Production

  • element-s, Jérôme Witz: Drawings, graphism
  • Guy Delahaye, Marie Fonte, Yannick Hugron, Sylvain Decloitre, Loriane Wagner, Béatrice Warrand, Thierry Verger, Bernard Leloup: Photos

Show

  • Jean-Claude Gallotta: Choreography
  • Jean-Marc Ghanassia: Choreography production
  • Flam: Executive production
  • With support from the Centre Chorégraphique de Grenoble.