Morceaux de choix

by Brigitte Fontaine

Morceaux de choix cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1999-01-01
  • Label: Unknown
  • Country: France
  • Community rating: 3.99/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A collection spanning Brigitte Fontaine's career, from her 1960s chanson experiments with Jacques Higelin to her long partnership with Areski Belkacem. Fontaine's deadpan delivery and absurdist writing kept her at the margin of French pop for four decades.

Genres

Descriptors: eccentric, vocal, experimental, theatrical

Tracklist

  1. Brigitte
  2. Le Nougat
  3. Cet Enfant Que Je T'avais Fait
  4. Comme 脌 La Radio
  5. Conne
  6. Chat
  7. Il Pleut
  8. C'est Normal
  9. J'ai 26 Ans
  10. La Femme 脌 Barbe
  11. D'ailleurs
  12. Ah Que La Vie Est Belle
  13. Lettre 脌 Monsieur Le Chef De Gare De La Tour De Carol
  14. La Cour
  15. Il Se M锚le 脌 Tout 脟a
  16. La Caravane
  17. Belle Abandonn茅e
  18. Dressing

Credits

  • Brigitte Fontaine - primary artist, written-by, adapted by
  • Duke Ellington - music by, lyrics by
  • Marcus Mam - photography by
  • Olivier Bloch-Lain茅 - written-by
  • Areski Belkacem - written-by
  • Jacques Higelin - written-by
  • Arnold Turboust - written-by
  • Etienne Daho - written-by
  • Jean-Claude Vannier - written-by
  • Jean-Charles Capon - written-by

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