Marianne Faithfull - Negative Capability

Styles: Vocal
Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:32
Size: 123,0 MB
Art: Front

(4:04)  1. Misunderstanding
(3:40)  2. The Gypsy Faerie Queen
(3:52)  3. As Tears Go By
(4:21)  4. In My Own Particular Way
(3:39)  5. Born to Live
(4:57)  6. Witches Song
(5:01)  7. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Re-Recorded)
(3:40)  8. They Come at Night
(4:20)  9. Don't Go
(4:56) 10. No Moon in Paris
(2:52) 11. Loneliest Person
(3:26) 12. No Moon in Paris (Radio Edit)
(3:36) 13. They Come at Night (Alt. Version)

Recorded in Paris with Bad Seed Warren Ellis and PJ Harvey collaborator Rob Ellis, who back her with unshowy, sympathetic orchestration, Marianne Faithfull’s 21st album is a masterly meditation on ageing and death. Coming in the wake of health problems, struggles with loneliness and the loss of some of her closest friends, her lyrics are characteristially unflinching, from In My Own Particular Way’s admission that “I know I’m not young and I’m damaged/ But I’m still pretty kind of funny” to Born to Live’s tribute to Anita Pallenberg and the unbearably raw Don’t Go, about the death from cancer of her former guitarist Martin Stone. There’s a foray into wider global events too: They Come at Night, a Mark Lanegan co-write, is a furious reaction to the Bataclan terror attack of 2015. Faithfull’s reprise of As Tears Go By, 54 years after her version of the Jagger/Richards/Oldham song launched her career, has a real poignancy, the line “It is the evening of the day” in particular carrying a new-found emotional heft. Comparisons with such late-career highlights as Johnny Cash’s American Recordings albums and Leonard Cohen’s You Want It Darker are inevitable, but Negative Capability really does belong in such exalted company. … we have a small favour to ask. Three years ago we set out to make The Guardian sustainable by deepening our relationship with our readers. The same technologies that connected us with a global audience had also shifted advertising revenues away from news publishers. We decided to seek an approach that would allow us to keep our journalism open and accessible to everyone, regardless of where they live or what they can afford. More than one million readers have now supported our independent, investigative journalism through contributions, membership or subscriptions, which has played such an important part in helping The Guardian overcome a perilous financial situation globally. We want to thank you for all of your support. But we have to maintain and build on that support for every year to come. Sustained support from our readers enables us to continue pursuing difficult stories in challenging times of political upheaval, when factual reporting has never been more critical. The Guardian is editorially independent – our journalism is free from commercial bias and not influenced by billionaire owners, politicians or shareholders. No one edits our editor. No one steers our opinion. This is important because it enables us to give a voice to those less heard, challenge the powerful and hold them to account. Readers’ support means we can continue bringing The Guardian’s independent journalism to the world. If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps to support it, our future would be much more secure. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/nov/04/marianne-faithfull-negative-capability-review-five-stars

Personnel:  Marianne Faithfull – vocals; Nick Cave – backing & additional vocals, piano; Rob McVey - guitar, piano, synthesiser, backing vocals; Ed Harcourt - piano, bass guitar, baritone guitar, keyboards, wurlitzer, rhodes, organ, harmonium, backing vocals; Warren Ellis - viola, synthesiser, violin, keyboards, piano, alto flute, backing vocals, producer

Negative Capability

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