Faithfull, Marianne / Before the Poison
Album: | Before the Poison | Collection: | General | |
Artist: | Faithfull, Marianne | Added: | Feb 2005 | |
Label: | Anti- |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2005-03-21 | Pull Date: | 2005-05-23 |
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Week Ending: | May 22 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 10 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Apr 05, 2011: | Bisous Bijoux
Last Song |
4. | Apr 28, 2005: | Happy Hour
Last Song |
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2. | Jan 23, 2006: | Distraction-Limited (Alumnus Version)
Crazy Love |
5. | Apr 21, 2005: | Eran Mexico
The Mystery of Love |
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3. | May 19, 2005: | The Devil's Single Collective
Last Song |
6. | Apr 20, 2005: | Mr. Inbetween
City of Quartz, Last Song |
Album Review
Red West
Reviewed 2005-03-14
Reviewed 2005-03-14
The doyenne of goth folk-rock lends her smoky voice to tunes for the most part penned by PJ Harvey or Nick Cave- the Cave tunes 3 & 7 have him playing piano (plus she says "loverman" in track 7, referencing Cave.)
Music for a lounge of decay. She’s like Annie Anxiety Bandez for the masses.
1. Starts w/singing & guitar, singer/songwriter style, then full band, (Not a cover, nothing like Julie Cruise's theme from "Blue Velvet")
+2.overdriven guitar, backing vocals, art-rock, a bit like John Cale.
+3.slow, pretty Cave piano, Faithful’s lyrics are Cave-like as well. Chorus lacks oomph that the verses have, unfortunately. Should be in a musical.
++4.Minor key, midtempo sadness. Singer/songwriter guitar/sing intro, strong verse and a chorus that sticks in my head. Anti-urban sprawl?
++5.spooky piano+guitar intro. Slow, 3/4 time. Psycho mom talks to child. Curiously makes me think of both Michael Gira (Swans/Angel of Light), and a middle-aged Joanna Newsom.
6.Mid tempo, midtempo and generally sparse, gets loud in chorus. Doesn’t do much for me. “woo woos” from the Stones “Sympathy for the Devil”?
+7.Ah that melodic Cave piano. Bartender, another drink.
8.Lyrics sound forced
+9.Rocker, different from the rest of the record, and the vocal delivery’s like Blondie’s “Rapture”! Major production.
+10.demented novelty music-box lullaby.
Music for a lounge of decay. She’s like Annie Anxiety Bandez for the masses.
1. Starts w/singing & guitar, singer/songwriter style, then full band, (Not a cover, nothing like Julie Cruise's theme from "Blue Velvet")
+2.overdriven guitar, backing vocals, art-rock, a bit like John Cale.
+3.slow, pretty Cave piano, Faithful’s lyrics are Cave-like as well. Chorus lacks oomph that the verses have, unfortunately. Should be in a musical.
++4.Minor key, midtempo sadness. Singer/songwriter guitar/sing intro, strong verse and a chorus that sticks in my head. Anti-urban sprawl?
++5.spooky piano+guitar intro. Slow, 3/4 time. Psycho mom talks to child. Curiously makes me think of both Michael Gira (Swans/Angel of Light), and a middle-aged Joanna Newsom.
6.Mid tempo, midtempo and generally sparse, gets loud in chorus. Doesn’t do much for me. “woo woos” from the Stones “Sympathy for the Devil”?
+7.Ah that melodic Cave piano. Bartender, another drink.
8.Lyrics sound forced
+9.Rocker, different from the rest of the record, and the vocal delivery’s like Blondie’s “Rapture”! Major production.
+10.demented novelty music-box lullaby.
Track Listing
1. | The Mystery of Love | 6. | Before the Poison | |||
2. | My Friends Have | 7. | There Is a Ghost | |||
3. | Crazy Love | 8. | In the Factory | |||
4. | Last Song | 9. | Deperanto | |||
5. | No Child of Mine | 10. | City of Quartz |