''Libido'' is the sixteenth 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

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

on the

Polydor Polydor Records Ltd. is a German-British record label that operates as part of Universal Music Group. It has a close relationship with Universal's Interscope Geffen A&M Records label, which distributes Polydor's releases in the United States. ...

label. It once again features a collaboration with -M- on the song ''Mister Mystère'', which -M- also sang solo on his fourth album, to which it gave its title. Brigitte Fontaine, for the first time in more than thirty years, calls upon arranger

Jean-Claude Vannier Jean-Claude Vannier (born 1943) is a French musician, composer and arranger. Vannier has composed music, written lyrics, and produced albums for many singers. Vannier is regarded as an important musician in his native country; music critic Andy V ...

for some songs, ''Barbe à papa'' and ''Mendelssohn''. The title of ''Château intérieur'' comes from a book by

Teresa of Ávila Teresa of Ávila, OCD (born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada; 28 March 15154 or 15 October 1582), also called Saint Teresa of Jesus, was a Spanish Carmelite nun and prominent Spanish mystic and religious reformer. Active during th ...

, although Fontaine admitted she didn't read it.

Track listing

Personnel

* Lyrics:

* Music:

Areski Belkacem Areski Belkacem (born 23 January 1940), also known simply as Areski, is a French singer, multi-instrumentalist, comedian and composer. Biography Areski grew up in Versailles, where his parents, of kabyle (Berber) descent, were welcoming Alge ...

except 6, 7 composed by

, 11 composed by -M-. * Direction: Areski Belkacem except 7 (Jean-Claude Vannier), 11 (-M-). * Editions Allo Music/Labo M Edition & Jean-Claude Vannier éditions

Charts

References

Brigitte Fontaine albums 2006 albums {{2000s-album-stub