Charlotte Gainsbourg is a busy woman. Somehow during her acting career she has found the time to make albums of breezy french-inspired pop. However, for her third album she found a fellow busybody in musical chameleon Beck to help in putting together her latest effort IRM. And the differences are quite noticeable from the outset. The instrumentations found here are very similar to Beck's more recent efforts Modern Guilt and The Information. Stripped down recording practices in which live instruments are used; quite different from the late 90s Beck that brought him so much praise and popularity. The problem is that even though things click well between the two (most noticeably on the duet "Heaven Can Wait"), things never progress much further than that of a "pop album." Songs are brief and formulaic with few moments of "wow" occurring. Still, props have to be given to both to not only find the time to record this album but also produce something that may not blow minds but will, ultimately, satisfy.
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