Fontanelle (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Fontanelle
Type = Album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:6pkcu3y5anok~T1 link] | Last album = "The Peel Sessions"
(1992)
This album = "Fontanelle"
(1992)
Next album = "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." [http://vampires.monstrous.com/gilles_de_rais_alias_blue_bear.htm]

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.

Track listing

All songs by Babes in Toyland
#"Bruise Violet"* – 2:52
#"Right Now" – 2:19
#"Bluebell" – 2:22
#"Handsome and Gretel"* – 1:50
#"Blood" – 2:44
#"Magick Flute" – 3:02
#"Won't Tell" – 2:27
#"Quiet Room" – 2:59
#"Spun" – 3:03
#"short song" – 0:41
#"Jungle Train" – 2:15
#"Pearl" – 1:56
#"Real Eyes" – 2:51
#"Mother" – 3:13
#"Gone" – 2:28
* * indicates single

Trivia

*Fontanelle sold around 220,000

Personnel

*Kat Bjelland - Guitar,Vocals
*Lori Barbero - drums, Vocals on Magick Flute
*Maureen Herman - Bass

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:de7zefrkhgf2 All Music Guide: "Fontanelle"]