| Faithfull, Marianne / Before the Poison |
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| Album: | Before the Poison | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Faithfull, Marianne | Added: | Feb 2005 | |
| Label: | Anti- | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2005-03-21 | Pull Date: | 2005-05-23 |
| Week Ending: | May 22 | May 1 | Apr 24 | Apr 10 | Apr 3 | Mar 27 |
| 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 | |
| 2. | Jan 23, 2006: | Distraction-Limited (Alumnus Version) Crazy Love | 5. | Apr 21, 2005: | Eran Mexico The Mystery of Love | |
| 3. | May 19, 2005: | The Devil's Single Collective Last Song | 6. | Apr 20, 2005: | Mr. Inbetween City of Quartz, Last Song |
| Album Review |
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| Red West Reviewed 2005-03-14 | ||
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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. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 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 |