IRM (album)

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.

IRM
Studio album by
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Released7 December 2009 (2009-12-07)
Studio
  • Anonyme (Los Angeles)
  • Blue Mountain (London)
  • Capitol (Hollywood)
  • The Library (North Hollywoood)
  • Ocean Way (Los Angeles)
  • Wack Formula (London)
Genre
Length41:27
Label
ProducerBeck Hansen
Charlotte Gainsbourg chronology
5:55
(2006)		 IRM
(2009)		 Stage Whisper
(2011)
Singles from IRM
  1. "Heaven Can Wait"
    Released: 17 November 2009
  2. "Time of the Assassins"
    Released: 12 April 2010

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.

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