La belle et le blues

"The 25 tracks cherry-picked from Bardot's catalogue are unimpeachable: the essentials. There's the very steamy, originally shelved pre-Jane Birkin version of Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus, the fevered, My Bloody Valentine-influencing Bonnie And Clyde, and 1963's charming twist-popper L'Appareil À Sous. Not everything here was made with or written by [Serge] Gainsbourg, but Bardot's "art brut" charisma colours everything. With great mastering, an insightful track-by-track commentary and [a] Bardot-featuring essay, this is a winner".