Is that new Jane Birkin album any good?

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Has anyone heard Fictons yet? A ton of special guests; Gonzales, Beth Gibbons, Johnny Marr, Neil Hannon, Dominique A and Rufus Wainwright among others. She does songs by Tom Waits, Neil Young and Kate Bush.

This is the kind of album that probably looks better on paper than it actually sounds ( like the Faithful LP mentioned above)

Jeff K (jeff k), Saturday, 8 April 2006 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...
It's pretty good. The cover of "mother stands for comfort" is pretty awesome, so is "alice"

kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 3 June 2006 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link

Whenever this (Arabesque) comes up on shuffle, I skip it. But somehow I can't bring myself to delete it from my HD...

pleased to mitya (mitya), Saturday, 3 June 2006 17:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Fictions isn't as good as Rendez-Vous. But it has some high points -- the Gonzales composition "Living In Limbo" is probably the best original.

brittle-lemon (brittle-lemon), Saturday, 3 June 2006 18:26 (seventeen years ago) link

twelve years pass...

Fictions is great! Alice, Waterloo Station, Harvest Moon my faves so far... but loving the simple, lush production, the lightness of her singing. Very confident.

niels, Thursday, 2 August 2018 10:16 (five years ago) link

The only musician best known for a purse

Lee626, Thursday, 2 August 2018 10:27 (five years ago) link

two years pass...

To answer the thread's question in 2021: yes, yes it is! Oh! Pardon tu dormais... is her latest, released in December, and it's very good. Wistful, melancholy, with dark and sad lyrics that deal with the death of her daughter Kate Barry, for one. But her music is never hermetic, you find yourself engaged near instantly.

A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 14:00 (three years ago) link

I haven't listened to it but it was produced by Etienne Daho. I've watched an interview of them two recently and they seemed very proud and happy of their work together. Since I like them both a lot I guess I should give this a try !

AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 14:08 (three years ago) link

You should!

A Scampo Darkly (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 14:28 (three years ago) link


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