Prohibition is the seventeenth album by experimental French singer Brigitte Fontaine, released in 2009 on the Polydor label. The album features political content, as it is described by Fontaine as "a rebellious album", and the song Partir ou rester was written as a reaction to the 2007 French presidential election.[1]

Prohibition
Studio album by
Released5 October 2009
Genrechanson
Length47:00
LabelPolydor, Universal Music France
ProducerIvor Guest
Brigitte Fontaine chronology
Libido
(2006)
Prohibition
(2009)
L'un n'empêche pas l'autre
(2011)

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Dura lex" 
2."Entre guillemets" 
3."La Fiancée de Frankenstein" 
4."Prohibition" 
5."Il s'en passe" 
6."Harem" 
7."Pas ce soir" 
8."Soufi" (with Grace Jones) 
9."Just You and Me" 
10."Partir ou rester" (with Philippe Katerine) 
11."Je suis un poète" 
12."Thérèse" (bonus downloadable track) 

Personnel

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  • Lyrics: Brigitte Fontaine
  • Music: Areski Belkacem
  • Producer: Ivor Guest
  • Seb Rochford - drums
  • Tom Herbert - bass guitar
  • Leo Abrahams, Leopold Ross - guitar
  • David Coulter - multiple instruments
  • Robert Logan - keyboards, cello

Charts

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Chart Peak
position
France 22
Belgium 90

References

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  1. ^ (in French) Valérie Lehoux et Hugo Cassavetti (6 October 2009). "Brigitte Fontaine: "Aujourd'hui, je fais moins peur"". telerama.fr. Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.