As the end of the 70's crept towards the 1980's, Serge Gainsbourg sought to reinvent himself just a little with a change in genres. However it is you define the music that Monsieur Gainsbourg became well known for making throughout his career it is certaintly not reggae music, but this is in fact a percentage of his output. In 1979 Aux Armes et Caetera was released. The album features Sly and Robbie, The I-Threes and Ansell Collins among others and is essentially a classic dub album with the french language spewed all over it.
The title track is apparently a reggae version of the French national anthem. This album is not Gainsbourg's only foray into reggae. More was to come, but I like this one the best.
Aux Armes et Caetera
Daisy Temple
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