Pink Elephants is Mick Harvey's second collection of Serge Gainsbourg covers, released in 1997.[4][5]

Pink Elephants
Studio album by Mick Harvey
Released	27 October 1997
Genre	Rock
Length	46:45
Label	Mute[1]
Producer	Mick Harvey with Victor Van Vugt and Tony Cohen
Mick Harvey chronology
Intoxicated Man (1995) Pink Elephants (1997) One Man's Treasure (2005)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]

Critical reception

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "Harvey’s English versions of Gainsbourg songs maintain the latter’s lounge-lizard perversions, hilarious existential angst, and theatrical grandeur."[3] Trouser Press called "I Love You...Nor Do I", the Anita Lane and Nick Cave duet, "erotic" and "the album’s centerpiece."[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Serge Gainsbourg; except where indicated
All lyrics translated by Mick Harvey; except where indicated

1. "Pink Elephants" (Mick Harvey, Bertrand Burgalat) – 2:35
2. "Requiem. . . (Requiem Pour Un Con)" (Gainsbourg, Michel Colombier; translated by Mick Harvey, Larry Norman and Pierre Gottfried Imhof) – 2:35
3. "The Javanaise (La Javanaise)" – 2:30
4. "Black Seaweed (Les Goémons)" (translated by Mick Harvey, Larry Norman and Pierre Gottfried Imhof) – 2:21
5. "Comic Strip" (lyrics by Bill Soly) – 2:42
6. "The Ticket Puncher (Le Poinçonneur Des Lilas)" (lyrics by Mick Harvey and Alain Chamberlain) – 2:50
7. "Non Affair (L'Anamour)" (translated by Mick Harvey, Larry Norman and Pierre Gottfried Imhof) – 2:30
8. "Scenic Railway" (translated by Mick Harvey, Larry Norman and Pierre Gottfried Imhof) – 2:52
9. "To All the Lucky Kids (Aux Enfants De La Chance)" (translated by Mick Harvey, Larry Norman and Pierre Gottfried Imhof) – 3:53
10. "Anthracite (L'Anthracite)" (translated by Mick Harvey, Larry Norman and Pierre Gottfried Imhof) – 2:20
11. "Manon" (translated by Mick Harvey, Larry Norman and Pierre Gottfried Imhof) – 2:20
12. "I Love You...Nor Do I (Je t'aime... moi non plus)" – 4:38
13. "The Ballad of Melody Nelson (La Ballade de Melody Nelson)" (Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Vannier; translated by Mick Harvey and Sarah Owen) – 1:56
14. "Torrey Canyon" (translated by Mick Harvey and Sarah Owen) – 3:12
15. "Who is 'in' Who is 'Out' (Qui Est 'In' Qui Est 'Out' )" (lyrics by Mick Harvey and Alain Chamberlain) – 3:14
16. "Hotel Specific (L'Hôtel Particulier)" (Gainsbourg, Jean-Claude Vannier; lyrics by Mick Harvey, Katy Beale and Alain Chamberlain) – 3:42

"Pink Elephants'" is an original composition by Mick Harvey and Bertrand Burgalat.

Personnel

• Mick Harvey – vocals, guitar, bass
• Anita Lane – vocals on "I Love You...Nor Do I" and "The Ballad of Melody Nelson"
• Nick Cave – vocals on "I Love You...Nor Do I"
• Chris Hughes – drums
• Nick Burton – violin
• Steve Bentley-Klein – violin
• James Cruickshank – organ, vocals
• David McClymont – bass
• Loene Carmen – backing vocals on "Torrey Canyon" and "Who Is 'In' Who Is 'Out'"
• Monica McMahon – backing vocals on "Torrey Canyon" and "Who Is 'In' Who Is 'Out'"
• Abigail Trundle – cello
• Bertrand Burgalat – string arrangements
• Kiernan Box – accordion on "The Javanaise"
• Eleanor Gilchrist – violin
• Theresa Whipple – viola
• Jeremy Morris – violin
• Sarah Beardsley- guitar

Technical

• P.A. Taylor - sleeve layout
• Katy Beale - photography

References