Est... Folle
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| Released | 1968 | |||
| Recorded | Studio Davout | |||
| Genre | Chanson | |||
| Label | Saravah | |||
| Producer | Pierre Barouh | |||
| Brigitte Fontaine chronology | ||||
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Est... Folle is the third album by experimental French singer Brigitte Fontaine, released in 1968 on the Saravah label. Fontaine herself considers this to be her first real album. Jean-Claude Vannier was responsible for the arrangements.
Reception
The album received a 7.3 rating from Pitchfork, which described it as "playful and charming, even if it offers few hints at the curveballs ahead."[1] AllMusic gave it a four and a half rating.[2]
PopMatters assigned it a score of eight out of ten, remarking "Here, on the album’s final number, she just sounds enamoured by the whole process of simply singing."[3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Pitchfork | 7.3/10 |
| PopMatters |  |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Il pleut" | Brigitte Fontaine - Jean-Claude Vannier | 2:32 |
| 2. | "Le Beau Cancer" | Fontaine - Olivier Bloch-Lainé | 1:59 |
| 3. | "Il se passe des choses" | Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Une fois mais pas deux" | Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé | 2:45 |
| 5. | "L'Homme objet" | Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé | 1:30 |
| 6. | "Éternelle" | Fontaine - Alain Clavier | 2:23 |
| 7. | "Blanche Neige" | Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Comme Rimbaud" | Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé | 1:53 |
| 9. | "Dommage que tu sois mort" | Fontaine - Bloch-Lainé | 2:25 |
| 10. | "Je suis inadaptée" | Fontaine - Vannier | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Cet enfant que je t'avais fait" | Fontaine - Jacques Higelin | 4:25 |
References
- ^ Beta, Andy. "Brigitte Fontaine: Est...Folle / Comme à la Radio". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2025-06-28.
- ^ Est... Folle - Brigitte Fontaine | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2025-06-28
- ^ "Brigitte Fontaine: Brigitte Fontaine Est... Folle". PopMatters. 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2025-06-28.