5:55
5:55 is the second album by French musician and actress Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was also her first album in twenty years. Charlotte collaborated on the album with French duo Air, English musician Jarvis Cocker, and Irish singer-songwriter Neil Hannon, and Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich. "The Songs That We Sing" and "5:55" were released as singles. The album went platinum in France, selling over 500,000 copies. In the United States, the album sold 22,000 copies. "The Songs That We Sing" was #78 on Rolling Stones list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.
To distance herself from her famous father and mother, Charlotte sang most of the album in English. In France, the album received critical acclaim. Pitchfork described its erotic lyrical content as reminiscent of Serge Gainsbourg's, and Charlotte's vocal approach as similar to that of her mother. Overall, the album received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregator website Metacritic.
The first single, "The Songs That We Sing" was also included in the soundtrack to the 2009 film The Uninvited.
In 2012 it was awarded a platinum certification from the Independent Music Companies Association which indicated sales of at least 400,000 copies throughout Europe.
Track listing
Bonus tracks
On some releases one or two bonus tracks were added.Personnel
- Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals
- Jean-Benoît Dunckel – piano, organ, synthesizer, glockenspiel, vibraphone, backing vocals, synth drums
- Nicolas Godin – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, bass, glockenspiel, synth drums, synthesizer, tambourine, melodica, percussion
- Neil Hannon – acoustic guitar
- Jeremy Stacey – drums
- Tony Allen – drums
- The Millennia Ensemble – strings
- David Richard Campbell – string arrangements, conductor
- Joby Talbot – string arrangements
- Nigel Godrich – production, mixing
- Bob Ludwig – mastering
- Dan Grech-Marguerat – engineering
- Darrell Thorp – engineering
- Florian Lagatta – engineering
Chart performance
Album
Singles
;"The Songs That We Sing"| Chart | Peak position |
| French SNEP Singles Chart | 30 |
| Belgian Ultratip Chart | 10 |
| Belgian Ultratip Chart | 4 |
| UK Singles Chart | 129 |
| Billboard European Hot 100 Singles | 87 |