Fontanelle (album)

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Fontanelle
Fontanelle cover
Studio album by Babes in Toyland
Released August 11, 1992
Recorded Pachyderm Studios, Cannon Falls, MN
Genre Grunge
Length 37:09
Label Reprise Records
Producer Lee Ranaldo and Kat Bjelland
Professional reviews
Babes in Toyland chronology
The Peel Sessions
(1992)		 Fontanelle
(1992)		 Painkillers
(1993)

Fontanelle is an album by grunge band Babes in Toyland, released on August 11, 1992. It was the band's first release on a major label (Reprise Records, a division of Warner Music), and their first recording to feature Maureen Herman on bass.

The album was co-produced by singer/guitarist Kat Bjelland and Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth. It was engineered by Brian Paulson and mixed by Dave Ogilvie. The cover photo--an image of a naked doll held up in front of a mirror--was taken for the album by photographer Cindy Sherman.

The band has explained the album's name as referring to the soft spot on the top of a baby's skull, as well as to a little fountain used by fairies. It's also the name of a magician consulted by Gilles de Rais, the real-life murderer who inspired the fairy tale "Bluebeard." [1]

The process of recording the album is described in the book Babes in Toyland: The Making and Selling of a Rock and Roll Band, by Neal Karlen.

Contents

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All songs by Babes in Toyland

  1. "Bruise Violet"* – 2:52
  2. "Right Now" – 2:19
  3. "Bluebell" – 2:22
  4. "Handsome and Gretel"* – 1:50
  5. "Blood" – 2:44
  6. "Magick Flute" – 3:02
  7. "Won't Tell" – 2:27
  8. "Quiet Room" – 2:59
  9. "Spun" – 3:03
  10. "short song" – 0:41
  11. "Jungle Train" – 2:15
  12. "Pearl" – 1:56
  13. "Real Eyes" – 2:51
  14. "Mother" – 3:13
  15. "Gone" – 2:28
  • * indicates single

[edit] Trivia

  • Fontanelle sold around 220,000

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