3700187678616

Before The Poison

Marianne Faithfull

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Format: LP

Cat No: BLV7861

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Release Date:  30 June 2023

Label:  Naïve

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  3700187678616

Genres:  Rock  Pop-Rock  

  • Description

    Before the Poison is an album that concerns itself with both sides of love, friendship, and redemption, not desolation or desperation. That said, there is plenty of human shadow in these ten songs. PJ Harvey wrote three songs here, co-wrote a pair with Faithfull, and is present on all of them. Nick Cave co-wrote three with the singer and his Bad Seeds back her on these tracks. She also co-wrote one a piece with Blur's Damon Albarn and composer Jon Brion. Along with Harvey and Cave, Rob Ellis and Hal Willner aided in production. Therefore, Before the Poison, like its predecessor, Kissin' Time, is an album of collaborations. But unlike that offering, this one is seamless; its songs are sequenced impeccably and all feel of a piece linked by emotional thematics.



    Before the Poison is poetic and unnerving; it stands alone in her catalog in the same way that Broken English did - but this time, on the other side of the mirror. This reissue is a special one with a 180g clear vinyl edition in slip sleeve.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. The Mystery Of Love
      • 2. My Friends Have
      • 3. Crazy Love
      • 4. Last Song
      • 5. No Child Of Mine

      Side 2

      • 1. Before The Poison
      • 2. There Is A Ghost
      • 3. In The Factory
      • 4. Desperanto
      • 5. City Of Quartz