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The world got a whole lot sexier yesterday, as 5:55, the new album from French chanteuse (and Serge Gainsbourg spawn) Charlotte Gainsbourg was released in the UK on Because Music. As previously reported, 5:55 features music by Air's Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel as well as lyrics by Gainsbourg with Pulp's Jarvis Cocker and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon. Beck's father, David Campbell, arranged the strings, and Fela Kuti collaborator Tony Allen contributed his percussion skills.

Sample this international conglomeration of hotness with our exclusive mp3 of the song "AF607105", a collaboration with Air (music) and Cocker (lyrics). It's feathery, breathy, and seductive-- exactly what you expect, and exactly what you want.

5:55 tracklist: 01 5:55
02 AF607105
03 The Operation
04 Tel Que Tu Es
05 The Songs That We Sing
06 Beauty Mark
07 Little Monsters
08 Jamais
09 Nocturnal Intermission
10 Everything I Cannot See
11 Morning Song

Having successfully seduced our ears, Gainsbourg will do the same to our eyes when she stars in Michel Gondry's new film, The Science of Sleep, due out this fall.