''Kékéland'' is the fourteenth album by experimental French singer

Brigitte Fontaine Brigitte Fontaine, (born 24 June 1939) is a singer of avant-garde music. She has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry, and world. She has collaborated with Stereolab, Mich ...

, released in 2001 on the

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label. It is almost entirely composed of collaborations. Fontaine exceptionally wrote two songs in English (''Kékéland'' and ''God's Nightmare''). ''Y'a des zazous'' is one of her rare covers, of French singer

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. Because of the number of high-profile artists featured on the album, it had a better promotion and sold well, being certified gold record with more than 130,000 albums sold, a first for Fontaine.

Track listing

Charts

Brigitte Fontaine albums 2001 albums Virgin Records albums {{2000s-album-stub