Audio CD review:
Marianne Faithfull - A Child's Adventure

Marianne Faithfull - A Child's Adventure

Band: Marianne Faithfull Title: A Child's Adventure Rating: Release Date: 15 June, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Times Square 2: The Blue Millionaire 3: Falling From Grace 4: Morning Come 5: Ashes In My Hand 6: Running For Our Lives 7: Ireland 8: She's Got A Problem

Customer Reviews Outcast/Downcast/Miscast The arrangements are hypnotic, the lyrics poetic, the performances memorable. I love this album. Marianne Faithfull has one of the most distinctive voices in popular music to begin with. Her songs "Falling From Grace" and "Running For Our Lives" are the epitome of the lonesome, angry desperation that is within all of us, if we're honest with ourselves and look deeply enough into our private selves. "She's Got a Problem" has two of my all-time favorite lyric lines: "Will the world shake its sensible head/And say the words that have to be said: She's got a problem. ". Flows like a river all of the songs are rich in lyrics and have a wonderful melody. This is my favourite of Marianne Faithful's albums. It comes together as a real work of art. From the memorable Times Square to the cynial Blue Millionaire to the poignant Falling From Grace and the exquisite Morning Come , the catchy Running For Our Lives and the celtic majesty of Ireland. All the songs are incredible in this , a combination of rock and anthemic melody-flows like a river. Still broken but with beauty. The songs speak of a women who is coming to terms with herself and her place in the world. Where as "Broken English" was an angry, gut wrenching affair; "A Childs Adventure" is more somber and introspctive. Now it's still a Marianne Faithfull album so I really couldn't call it a soft sound or relaxed. No this is Marianne faithfull, she who speaks of walking around "Times Square" with a pistol in her suitcase not really kniowing whats coming next but she's ready. There's a light reggea lilt to "Blue Millionare" and a sort of a Medievil sound to "Falling from Grace". This is one of Marianne's most autobiographical peices in telling of her well . . . fall from grace in the public eye. "Morning Comes" is one of the sweetest sounding songs I've had the pleasure of hearing her sing. It's a song full of hope, hope for daybreak and the light to shine on her. "Running For Our Lives" I do believe is one of Mariannes's best singles and is one of the standout tracks on this album. The only reason I could'nt give this album 5 stars is that some of the keyboards haven't aged so good. Where "Broken English" still sounds fresh and cutting, sometimes the keys get a little out of hand or to smooth I should say. What keeps it gripping are the songs and Marianne herself who keeps you hanging on her every word. If your just starting to delve into the rewarding works of Ms. Faithfull of course start with "Broken English", then "Strange Weather" for her chantuese side. After those two try out her most recent album "Before the Poison" to here what she's up to now, you won't be dissappointed. After all that you really can't go wrong with any of her albums, for she's always evolving and changing her sound but always doing exactly what she should. Now back to"A Childs Adventure". This was one of the last Marianne puchases I made and I don't know why I waited so long, probably because it's so hard to find anymore. Now that I have it it's like a missing piece of this terrific artist discovered. This is defintly worth the money to any true Faithfull fan. . . You can see a complete list of all Marianne Faithfull discography, or go back to the Marianne Faithfull tabs