Brigitte FontaineBest Brigitte Fontaine Albums Ranked

Kekeland

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8.0

“With the recent rebirth of Paris and its arts, French artists and celebrities have been showing up everywhere. In fashion, all the youth energy is carried on in Paris with Nicolas Ghesquiere, Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, and Stella McCartney, among others, all calling the city their own. French cinema is also getting over its dry spell with a new Charlotte Gainsbourg film in the works, as well as Americ”

Brigitte Fontaine est Folle

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7.3

“The curious French chanteuse Brigitte Fontaine’s oeuvre was a touchstone for a number of 90s alt-rock icons like Beck, Sonic Youth, Björk, Jarvis Cocker, and Stereolab. But only with recent reissues of her third and fourth albums—1968’s playful Est…Folle and 1971’s more avant-garde Comme à La Radio (which she recorded with Art Ensemble of Chicago)—is her music domestically available in the US.”