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". 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. Reception. The album currently has a Metacritic score of 80/100 based on 21 professional  reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Track listing. String arrangements by David Campbell (tracks 1, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13) Section::::"Sunset Sound EP". On 13 April 2010, Gainsbourg released a five-track EP called "Sunset Sound EP", which contains four songs from "IRM" recorded live at Sunset Sound Recorders with Beck Hansen. Promotional tour. To promote "IRM", Gainsbourg embarked on her first live tour by performing at several venues, music festivals and television shows in North America, Europe and Asia.