Album
Before The Poison
2004 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Before The Poison is an Alt/Indie album by Marianne Faithfull, originally released in 2004. On Gatefold: 14 pressings tracked.
About
"With 2005's <i>Before the Poison</i>, Marianne Faithfull continues to find new collaborators who fit perfectly with her foreboding sense of pop. This time out, it's PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, and Aimee Mann producer Jon Brion who help Faithfull navigate her way through a dark night of beautiful losing. She has an unmistakable voice, one that immediately adds an extra dose of gravitas to anything she contemplates. Where her previous albums with producer Hal Willner (1987's <i>Strange Weather</i>) and film scorer Angelo Badalamenti (1995's <i>A Secret Life</i>) couched Faithfull in consistently quiet, often languid settings to allow her to indulge in her most seductive purrs, <i>Poison</i> adds an occasional level of abrasion with the Harvey-engineered ""My Friends Have,"" where scruffy guitar chords do righteous battle and the Hal Willner-enhanced ""Desperanto"" where things turn quite tribal. Nick Cave resettles things with piano and Warren Ellis' violin for the cinematically sweeping and uplifting beauty of ""Crazy Love."" The mood is extended with an inspired pairing with Blur's Damon Albarn for the acoustic guitar, piano, and strings of ""Last Song."" "
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Tracklist
- 1The Mystery of Love3:51
- 2My Friends Have2:49
- 3Crazy Love4:04
- 4Last Song3:19
- 5No Child of Mine6:15
- 6Before the Poison4:09
- 7There Is a Ghost4:33
- 8In the Factory3:50
- 9Desperanto4:23
- 10City of Quartz3:42
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- raw
- brooding
- nocturnal
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Marianne FaithfullLEAD VOCALS VOCALS VOCALS, HANDCLAPS
- Adrian UtleyACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS GUITAR BASS
- Andy NiceCELLO FEATURING
- Barry ReynoldsMUSICIAN , GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
- Catherine BrowningFEATURING VIOLIN
- Courtney WilliamsMUSICIAN , DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS
- Daniel MintserisMUSICIAN , KEYBOARDS
- Diana GutkindFEATURING PIANO
- Fernando SaundersMUSICIAN , BASS, GUITAR, CELLO , VOCALS
- Jim SclavunosFEATURING
- Martyn P. CaseyFEATURING
- Nick CaveFEATURING MUSIC BY, FEATURING
- PJ HarveyBACKING VOCALS BACKING VOCALS, GUITAR , PIANO, BASS, HANDCLAPS BACKING VOCALS, PIANO, BASS, HANDCLAPS
- Rob EllisARRANGED BY DRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Warren EllisFEATURING
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 14 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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