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Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)

2013-08-21T16:15:41Z

Marianne Faithfull - Broken English (1979)


01.Broken English
02.Witches' Song
03.Brain Drain
04.Guilt
05.The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
06.What's The Hurry?
07.Working Class Hero
08.Why'd Ya Do It?

After a lengthy absence, Faithfull resurfaced on this 1979 album, which took the edgy and brittle sound of punk rock and gave it a shot of studio-smooth dance rock. Faithfull's whiskey-worn vocals perfectly match the bitter and biting "Why'd Ya Do It" and revitalize John Lennon's "Working Class Hero." –John Floyd, Rovi

Marianne Faithfull had been effectively written off as a one-hit wonder when she reappeared in 1979 to shock everyone with this dark masterpiece. Gone was the bland choirgirl voice of "As Tears Go By," replaced by an instrument that, although ravaged by drink, drugs, and hard living, had gained in expressiveness. The music, which sounded like a synthesizer phalanx hijacked by depressed punks, was perfectly suited to these songs of disillusionment ("Ballad of Lucy Jordan") and loss (the title track). Most powerful was a "Working Class Hero" that matched John Lennon's original sneer for sneer, and an X-rated response to infidelity ("Why D'Ya Do It") that could've been torn from Bill Clinton-inspired headlines. --Ben Edmonds, amazon.com

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Marianne Faithfull - North Country Maid (1966)

2013-08-18T16:00:24Z

Marianne Faithfull - North Country Maid (1966)


01. Green Are Your Eyes (Bert Jansch) - 2:53
02. Scarborough Fair (Traditional, arr.Jon Mark) - 3:03
03. Cockleshells (Mick Taylor) - 3:13
04. The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton) - 2:12
05. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl) - 3:53
06. Sally Free And Easy (Cyril Tawney) - 2:47
07. Sunny Goodge Street (Donovan) - 3:17
08. How Should I Your True Love Know (Traditional, arr.Jon Mark) - 1:15
09. She Moved Thru' The Fair (Traditional, arr.Jon Mark) - 3:05
10. North Country Maid (Traditional, arr.Jon Mark) - 2:32
11. Lullaby (Jon Mark) - 2:37
12. Wild Mountain Thyme (Traditional, arr.Jon Mark) - 3:33
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13. The Most Of What Is Least - 2:55
14. Come My Way (#2) (Jon Mark) - 2:26
15. Mary Ann (#2) (Traditional) - 1:56

Personnel:
- Marianne Faithfull - vocals
- Mike Leander - producer, director
- Jon Mark, Mick Taylor – arrangers

Faithfull was still known primarily as a pop singer when she put out North Country Maid, but this is in fact very close to a pure folk album, with a bit of influence from pop, rock, blues, and jazz. Largely overlooked even by Faithfull fans, it's actually a quite respectable effort, and probably her best LP (other than greatest-hits compilations) from the time when her voice was still on the high side. Ably backed by sessionmen including guitarists Jon Mark and Jim Sullivan, she interprets mostly traditional material on this record, including "She Moved Through the Fair," "Wild Mountain Thyme," "Sally Free and Easy," and "Scarborough Fair." There are some mid-'60s covers too, though, including Donovan's "Sunny Goodge Street" and Tom Paxton's "Last Thing on My Mind." Sometimes, when the bass gets prominent and the arrangements swing, this isn't too far from early Pentangle, as unexpected as that comparison is. The use of sitar on "She Moved Through the Fair" and "Wild Mountain Thyme" is adventurous, and she sings pretty well throughout, with dignity and purity if not utmost imagination or grit. The 1990 CD reissue on Deram U.K. adds three worthwhile bonus tracks: "The Most of What Is Least" (from a 1965 EP) and alternate versions of "Come My Way" and "Mary Anne" (the originals of which had appeared on her 1965 album, Come My Way). --- Richie Unterberger, Rovi

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Marianne Faithfull – A Perfect Stranger – The Island Anthology (1998)

2015-02-13T16:50:08Z

Marianne Faithfull – A Perfect Stranger – The Island Anthology (1998)

CD 1
1.1 - Broken English
1.2 - Witches' Song
1.3 - Guilt
1.4 - The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan
1.5 - Working Class Hero
1.6 - Why D'Ya Do It?
1.7 - Sister Morphine
1.8 - Sweetheart
1.9 - Intrigue
1.10 - For Beauty's Sake
1.11 - So Sad
1.12 - Truth, Bitter Truth
1.13 - The Blue Millionaire (12")
1.14 - Falling From Grace
1.15 - Running For Our Lives

CD 2
2.1 - Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife
2.2 - Trouble In Mind (The Return)
2.3 - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
2.4 - Yesterdays
2.5 - Strange Weather
2.6 - Gloomy Sunday
2.7 - Hello Stranger
2.8 - As Tears Go By
2.9 - A Perfect Stranger
2.10 - Conversation On A Barstool
2.11 - A Waste Of Time
2.12 - Isolation
2.13 - Blazing Away
2.14 - When I Find My Life (Live)
2.15 - Times Square (Live)
2.16 - Ghost Dance
2.17 - Sleep
2.18 - Love In The Afternoon
2.19 - Bored By Dreams
2.20 – She

Because more than half of the 35 songs on this two-disc retrospective of Marianne Faithfull's 1979-95 output come from her three great albums -- Broken English, Dangerous Acquaintances, and Strange Weather -- or are previously unreleased outtakes or B-sides from them, A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology makes a fine primer to Faithfull's often challenging, always mesmerizing (or would that be always challenging, often mesmerizing?) music. "Ballad of the Soldier's Wife," her solid contribution to 1985's Lost in the Stars: The Music of Kurt Weill, is also included, giving Faithfull's hauntingly tragic voice the resonance and attention it demands. Weill and Faithfull seem made for each other, as the bulk of the second disc (comprised of songs from her 1990 live album and the underachieving A Secret Life, as well as the career-capping Strange Weather) makes clear. But there's also a strain to some of these tracks, as if Faithfull's aesthetic wandering eventually will bring her to that elusive cabaret of her dreams. On her best recordings, it indeed sounds like she's home. --- Michael Gallucci, Rovi

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