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10.0
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10.0 |
The Independent
To those familiar with Faithfull’s story, it should come as no surprise that she meets the minds of Keats, Shelley, Byron and co on equal terms
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9.0
124670
9.0 |
musicOMH
Faithfull’s warm gravelly tone imparts a real fullness to each one. Sonorous and calmly delivered, it’s indeed a surprising joy to let the words wrap around you
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9.0
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9.0 |
Clash
The line “She walks in beauty” opens the album, but is also the takeaway too. Faithfull has lived a full live, filled with love, loss, and redemption, but she has always walked in beauty
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9.0
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Crack
She Walks in Beauty joins the rest of Faithfull’s discography as a culmination of a lifetime of appreciation for both the written word and the sacred space of true artistic partnership. A pen dipped in dark ink, punctuating an unflinchingly unique career
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8.0
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8.0 |
PopMatters
Displays her particular genius
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
A loving testimony to the power and lasting vigor of the Romantic poets, and also a reminder of how lucky we are to have an artist as gifted as Marianne Faithfull giving us this remarkable tutorial
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8.0
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The Observer
Faithfull is on impeccable form in beautiful settings by Ellis of the Romantic poetry beloved of her youth
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8.0
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8.0 |
Record Collector
A record that increasingly rewards with each play, the subtleties and subtext revealed slowly, teased into view by deceptively unobtrusive musical accompaniment.
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8.0
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8.0 |
Mojo
This is music that seems to inhale and exhale around Faithfull, making space for wonder to unfurl without crassly signposting it. Print edition only
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8.0
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The Irish Times
A love affair with the Romantic poets
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7.0
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7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Her collaborative spoken-word album with the Bad Seeds’ Warren Ellis finds her reciting verses by Keats, Shelley, and Lord Byron, and finding new depth in the words
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7.0
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7.0 |
Uncut
What lingers is that vivid voice. Print edition only
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6.7
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6.7 |
Pitchfork
Faithfull pairs her forever-soothing voice with the words of the Romantic poets who inspired her, over tasteful accompaniments from Bad Seeds sonic architect Warren Ellis
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
More likely to soundtrack occasional moments in time rather than to become a turntable regular
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6.0
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6.0 |
American Songwriter
A remarkable recording in more ways than one — indeed, it was recorded while in lockdown after a near-fatal encounter with covid — it finds Faithfull reciting the archaic classical verse penned by revered English romantic poets — Lord Byron, John Keats, William Wordsworth, Thomas Hood, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Alfred Lord Tennyson in particular
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5.9
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5.9 |
Spectrum Culture
The music here might support the literal words, but it misses the spirit of the work
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