Marianne Faithfull - A Secret Life (1995)

Marianne Faithfull - A Secret Life (1995)

rock | 1cd | eac-flac-cue-log-cover | 210MB

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Allmusic:
For her first studio album comprised of mostly original material in over a decade, Faithfull enlisted noted composer Angelo Badalamenti (who collaborated with David Lynch for the Twin Peaks TV soundtrack) to write music for her lyrics and produce. Faithfull is still in rippingly fine voice, and her words still penetrate. But while Badalamenti's densely orchestral arrangements can be effectively noirish, they can also create an inappropriately cold and detached ambience, despite standout tracks like "Flaming September" and "She."

Tracks
-01. "Prologue" (Badalamenti, Dante Alighieri) – 2:03
-02. "Sleep" (Faithfull, Badalamenti, Frank McGuiness) – 3:43
-03. "Love in the Afternoon" (Faithfull, Badalamenti) – 3:30
-04. "Flaming September" (Faithfull, Badalamenti) – 5:01
-05. "She" (Faithfull, Badalamenti) – 3:24
-06. "Bored by Dreams" (Faithfull, Badalamenti) – 3:08
-07. "Losing" (Foreman, Levine, Badalamenti) – 3:52
-08. "Wedding" (Faithfull, Badalamenti, McGuiness) – 3:16
-09. "Stars Line Up" (Badalamenti, Faithfull) – 3:51
-10. "Epilogue" (Badalamenti, William Shakespeare) – 3:12
All music composed by Angelo Badalamenti. All lyrics written or co-written by Marianne Faithfull except "Prologue", taken from Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, "Losing" qritten by D. Forman and D. Levine, and "Epilogue" taken from The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

Personnel
* Marianne Faithfull – vocals
* Carmine D'Amico – guitar
* Vinnie Bell – guitar, mandolin
* Gene Orloff – violin
* Al Brown, Julien Barber, Lamar Alsop, Ann Barak, Mitsue Takayama, Kenneth Fricker, Juliet Haffner, Harry Zaratzian – viola
* Frederick Zlotkin, Clay Ruede, Beverely Lauridsen, Julie Green – cello
* Al Regni, Pamela Sklar, Lawrence Feldman – flute, alto flute
* Shelley Woodworth, Sherry Sylar – oboe, oboe d'amore
* Andre Badalamenti – clarinet
* Robert Carlisle – French horn
* Kinny Landrum, Angelo Badalamenti – keyboards
* Rufus Reid, Mark Egan - bass
* Sam Merendino, Gordon Gottlieb – drums, percussion

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