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Before the Poison
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by Marianne Faithfull
Sales Rank: 525551
Price:$29.49
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Album Details
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1. The Mystery of Love - Marianne Faithfull, Harvey, P.J.
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2. My Friends Have - Marianne Faithfull, Harvey, P.J.
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3. Crazy Love - Marianne Faithfull, M. Faithfull-N. Cav
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4. Last Song - Marianne Faithfull, D. Albarn-M. Faithf
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5. No Child of Mine - Marianne Faithfull, Harvey, P.J.
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6. Before the Poison - Marianne Faithfull, M. Faithfull-P.J. H
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7. There Is a Ghost - Marianne Faithfull, M. Faithfull-N. Cav
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8. In the Factory - Marianne Faithfull, M. Faithfull-P.J. h
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9. Desperanto - Marianne Faithfull, M. Faithfull
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10. City of Quartz - Marianne Faithfull, M. Faithfull-J. Bri
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Faithfull's career spans over four decades, beginning with the melancholy of the Jagger/Richards' tune, "As Tears Go By", the first of four hit singles Marianne recorded during the 60's. In 1979, she released the stunning reinvention "Broken English", the album by which her mature career has been measured. "Before The Poison" is another such record, as Faithfull teams with her most sympathetic collaborators yet, including PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Blur's Damon Albarn, and Magnolia composer Jon Brion.
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Listener Reviews & Comments
I have to say that my respect for Marianne Faithfull has been greater for her character and the bare honesty with which she's lived her life, than due to my love for most of her recordings of the last fifteen years. Of course, this has changed dramatically with the release of Before The Poison. This album reveals Faithfull's talent and depth of emotion more than anything in a long time, perhaps harking back as far as Broken English. It is, actually, an interesting paradox, that she can sound so authentically herself although most of the great songs in this CD have been written by other people, and in some cases -No Child Of Mine and Last Song- recorded by their authors before this album was even planned. Whereas Kissin' Time, her album prior to this, also counted on a host of great writers -Beck, Jarvis Cocker and Billy Corgan- this one takes the promise of those collaborations to a higher, more intense level. Eight of the ten songs included here are written or co-written by Nick Cave or PJ Harvey, and the chemistry between them and Ms. Faithfull is stunning. Harvey's The Mystery Of Love and In The Factory could have been included in Uh Huh Her, yet sung by Marianne they were worth saving for this record. In them you'll find the same fierce vulnerability that Harvey's latest exuded. Of course, Child Of Mine -which was included in Uh Huh Her- deserves the same praise, as Faithfull's weathered and wise voice carves new truths out of it. No less impressive is Cave's work. There Is A Ghost and Crazy Love must be counted among Cave's most accomplished ballads, as touching and solemnly vulnerable as the best of Boatman's Call. Last but not least, her version of Damon Albarn's Last Song is equally impressive. Again, she took a beautiful song in its original version -in Blur's Think Tank- and birthed a distinct and soulful version. I doubt that there'll be many albums this young year that will surpass the heart, strength and utter wisdom of these songs. I doubt even more that there will be voices -new or old- that will rival what Marianne Faithfull's can evoke and make you feel. To listen to this album is to be in the glorious presence of the dark and intimate journal of a true artist.
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Before the Poison
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