Marianne Faithfull has been more consistently elegaic in terms of her output than almost any artist of the last fifty years. Ever since Tears Go By she's been putting out stuff that would sound good at a funeral. Appropriately this becomes more and more the case, the older she becomes. With a new album Negative Capability coming our way in November she's truly excelled herself with this precursor. Called The Gypsy Faerie Queen and with Nick Cave keeping a respectful pace behind her on backing vocals it's elegantly resigned, pretentious and full of self regard. All in a rather wonderful way. Enjoy!
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