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IRM is the third studio album by French electropop singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, with all songs written and produced by Beck except "Le Chat Du Café Des Artistes" (written by Jean-Pierre Ferland). The album title was inspired by the French initialism for an MRI scanner. The title track was released as a free download on 9 October 2009. The album was mostly recorded at Beck's home studio in Los Angeles, California. The lead single is "Heaven Can Wait", a duet with Beck, and was released on 2 November. The music video for "Heaven Can Wait" was directed by Keith Schofield and was released on 19 November 2009. The video for "Heaven Can Wait" was named one of the Top 20 best music videos of 2009 by Spin Magazine. "Trick Pony" is featured in the football video game by EA Sports, FIFA 11.
According to Gainsbourg, IRM "was Beck's view of what I had gone through, and not mine."
In 2012 it was awarded a diamond certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 200,000 copies throughout Europe.




Reception



The album currently has a Metacritic score of 80/100 based on 21 professional reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".




Track listing



Note

^[a] "La Collectionneuse" contains extracts from Guillaume Apollinaire's Alcools and Le Guetteur mélancolique poem collections.




Personnel


Musicians

Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals (all tracks), flute (track 10), piano (13)
Beck Hansen – guitar (1, 3, 5–7, 9–11), drum programming (1, 2), vocals (2, 3, 5, 6, 8–10, 13), bass guitar (2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12), synthesizer (2, 3), percussion (3, 5, 6, 9, 10), piano (3, 5, 10), acoustic guitar (4, 8, 12); marimba, recorder (6); keyboards (12), keyboard bass (13)
David Campbell – string arrangements, conductor (1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11–13)
Drew Brown – drum programming (1, 2), bass guitar (1), string arrangements (2), effects (12, 13); keyboards, strings (13)
Matt Mahaffey – banjo (1)
Justin Meldal-Johnsen – percussion (1)
Joey Waronker – drums (2, 3, 6, 8, 10–12), percussion (2, 3, 6, 10, 12)
Brian LeBarton – drums (2), celeste (4, 10), bass guitar (5, 10), percussion (5, 6, 12, 13), tambourine (5), marimba (6), synthesizer (8), drum machine (10), piano (11)
James Gadson – drums (2, 3, 13)
Matt Sherrod – drums (2, 5)
Alex Acuña – percussion (2, 12)
Bram Inscore – bass guitar (4, 7, 8, 11), celeste (4)
Jason Falkner – acoustic guitar (4), guitar (8)
David Ralicke – saxophone (5, 11)
Matt Demeritt – tenor saxophone (5, 11)
Chris Bautista – trumpet (5, 11)
Monique McGuffin – harp (7)
Alice Attal – voice (10)
Technical

Beck Hansen – production
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Drew Brown – mixing, engineering
Darrell Thorp – mixing, engineering
Rouble Kappor – engineering assistance
Wesley Seidman – engineering assistance
Artwork

Nathalie Canguilhem – art direction
Audrey Prudhomme – design
Fouad Allaoui – design
Raphaël Garnier – design
Autumn de Wilde – photography
Jean-Baptiste Mondino – photography
Nick Knight – photography
Paul Jasmin – photography




Charts






Release history






Sunset Sound EP


On 13 April 2010, Gainsbourg released a five-track EP called Sunset Sound EP, which contains four songs from IRM recorded live at Sunset Sound Recorders with Beck Hansen.




Promotional tour


To promote IRM, Gainsbourg embarked on her first live tour by performing at several venues, music festivals and television shows in North America, Europe and Asia.

9 December 2009 – Taratata on France 2
10 December 2009 – Le Grand Journal on Canal+
11 December 2009 – Taratata on France 4
19 January 2010 – The Bell House, Gowanus, Brooklyn
20 January 2010 – The Bell House
22 January 2010 – Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia
22 January 2010 – Late Show with David Letterman
23 January 2010 – Exclusive concert and interview for Canal+ (France)
23 January 2010 – The Hiro Ballroom, New York City
28 January 2010 – Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW
11 April 2010 – Vogue Theatre, Vancouver
12 April 2010 – Elemental Night Club, Victoria, British Columbia
14 April 2010 - Live performance on KEXP-FM
14 April 2010 – Crocodile Cafe, Seattle
15 April 2010 – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, Oregon
17 April 2010 – Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
18 April 2010 – Coachella Festival, Indio, California
21 April 2010 – Park West, Chicago
23 April 2010 – Olympia, Montreal
24 April 2010 – Olympia, Montreal
25 April 2010 – Webster Hall, New York City
14 June 2010 – Le Cargo, Caen
15 June 2010 - La Coopé, Clermont-Ferrand
16 June 2010 - La Cigale, Paris
19 June 2010 - Cirque Royal, Brussels
20 June 2010 - Aeronet, Lille
22 June 2010 - O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, London
24 June 2010 -Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon
27 June 2010 - Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg
28 June 2010 - Volksbühne, Berlin
29 June 2010 - Malta Festival, Poznań
2 July 2010 - Eurockéennes, Belfort
3 July 2010 - Den Atelier, Luxembourg City
4 July 2010 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux
8 July 2010 - La Cigale, Paris
9 July 2010 - La Cigale, Paris
10 July 2010 - Les Ardentes, Liège
13 July 2010 - Théâtre J Deschamps, Carcassonne
14 July 2010 - Traffic Festival, Turin
15 July 2010 - Festival Internacional de Benicàssim, Benicàssim
16 July 2010 - Les Francofolies de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
18 July 2010 - Latitude Festival, Southwold
24 October 2010 - Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo
26 October 2010 - IMP Hall, Osaka




References






External links


Official site
Charlotte Gainsbourg – IRM (CD, Album) at Discogs

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