And how then runs to the device sweet thing with English and Austro-Hungarian roots shortly afterwards. In the hands of the Stones leaders Mick Jagger and Keith Richard and thus also on Alcohol and Other Drugs In the seventies, it's not just her singing career, but also with herself so far downhill that Faithfull finally mistaken as a homeless heroin junkie through the streets of London. In her fascinating autobiography can read you what this woman been through everything, but this also loaded whole tons of its own guilt.
1979, however, she receives miraculously the chance to record another album. BROKEN ENGLISH device not only an artistic, but also to a commercial triumph, which is essentially determined by the as a single decoupled, electronically-melancholic cover version "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" (originally by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show) promoted decisively ,
Above all, the record-buying public in Germany to help the stranded 33-year-olds about to start a new life, because the Single lands in this country at No. 5 (29 weeks in the charts) and the album even in 4th place (32 weeks in the charts). The at once erotic and brittle voice of the singer, the then contemporary 'wavige' production and of course fantastic songs like the title track "Broken English", "Guilt" or John Lennon's "Working Class Hero" provide a plate special kind of experience. At that time hits they exactly the zeitgeist and influenced several bands that the sucking nectar from this sound in the early 80s.
Published over the next some thirty Jahre 'La Faithfull' only whole nine more albums, but secure her a steady income and artistic autonomy.
And now, at the ripe age of 67 years, so GIVE MY LOVE TO LONDON: eleven wonderful songs with great lyrics mostly between mellow irony, sadness and love suffering. The title derived either by itself (always in collaboration with others) or were of soulmate stars like Roger Waters (ex-Pink Floyd), Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen and the late 1981 at an advanced age Hoagie Carmichael ("Georgia on My Mind ") written.
Marianne Faithfull has always placed in her long career on good melodies value, and so it is again now.
"Falling Back" with its touching strings would have been a hit all those years ago, maybe "True Lies".
"Deep Water", which she wrote with Nick Cave and his twin sons, you never get out of your head.
"Mother Wolf" shaken not only musically, but also lyrically, you as a highly current reckoning with Islamist terrorist groups could but understand ('We are the Free People / We do not kill for pleasure / (...) / You people only Kill For Pleasure / You have no need and yet you can not seem to stop / (...) / My God, how you disgust me! ').
"Going Home" is actually a deeply ironic self-billing by Leonard Cohen, which is producing at the end of a goose bumps 'Male Choir' from Rob Ellis and Brian Eno further refined.
The Rocker "The Price of Love" by the Everly Brothers in 1976 gecovert much more convincing Bryan Ferry. Due to the booklet, I was very surprised at how incredibly sad is the text of this song. That had never been clear to me before. To this extent he fits it somehow on the album.
The text of Nick Cave's "Late Victorian Holocaust" I remain, however, a certain mystery, as well as of the very atypical for Roger Waters song "Sparrows Will Sing". In general, the words act on this album occasionally somewhat abstract, can be very concrete with a little imagination but also. So is just art. Your mind only arises in the mind of each recipient.
Marianne Faithfull's voice over the years become much darker and desperater again. By contrast, she sounded even on BROKEN ENGLISH still downright lovely. But the stimulus is thus rather greater. Behind it are as many life experiences as cigarettes and whiskey.
Unfortunately On the negative side is the sound of this album. The often quite 'alternative' is therefore coming final mix by Mark Ellis aka Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails and many more) is flat and almost no bass, therefore, and the sibilance in vocals whisper even on the CD as a bad pressed LP.
In addition, the cover with his square LP format does not fit into the CD rack and also consists of cheaper hard cardboard. What shoud that?
But for all that may Marianne Faithfull probably rather little. She herself has achieved with this, bitterly ironic GIVE MY LOVE TO LONDON-titled album is another highlight of her artistic career. This is a record for the autumn. And standing by chance right now on the calendar. ;-)