![]() ![]() ![]() While it’s true that the 1979 LP marked a clear kink in the road and is widely considered to be Faithfull’s masterpiece, it now sounds like a time-stamped product of the new wave era. The good album in Barber’s reckoning is Broken English. In which case, why does she continue to fascinate? She has dismissed her early recordings as “cheesecake”, though her habitual flintiness has prompted others to diminish her achievements too: in a famously combative interview with Lynn Barber, the journalist tried to extract some small revenge by suggesting that Faithfull was “a singer with one good album”. If Faithfull sounded damaged – vocally, she did – the point was underlined. In the clichéd telling of it, Faithfull was manipulated and underestimated, if not exploited, during her pop career, before clambering from the wreckage and finding her own voice. ORDER NOW: Björk is on the cover of the latest issue of Uncut. ![]() Though she’s now revered as an elder stateswoman and a valued collaborator – Warren Ellis is her latest pet – this compilation explores the first two acts of Faithfull’s career. ![]() Throughout her storied life, Marianne Faithfull has been in a tussle with her reputation. ![]()
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