A Child's Adventure

Artist: Marianne Faithfull
Label: Polygram Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 042281131028
EAN: 0042281131028
ASIN: B000001F3F

Release Date: 1990-06-15

A Child's Adventure

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Tracks:

Times Square
The Blue Millionaire
Falling From Grace
Morning Come
Ashes In My Hand
Running For Our Lives
Ireland
She's Got A Problem

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Customer Reviews:

Flows like a river.......2006-11-17

This is my favourite of Marianne Faithful's albums. all of the songs are rich in lyrics and have a wonderful melody.
It comes together as a real work of art.
From the memorable Times Square to the cynial Blue Millionaire to the poignant Falling From Grace and the exquisite Morning Come , the catchy Running For Our Lives and the celtic majesty of Ireland.
All the songs are incredible in this , a combination of rock and anthemic melody-flows like a river.

Still broken but with beauty........2005-04-25

Where as "Broken English" was an angry, gut wrenching affair; "A Childs Adventure" is more somber and introspctive. The songs speak of a women who is coming to terms with herself and her place in the world. Now it's still a Marianne Faithfull album so I really couldn't call it a soft sound or relaxed. No this is Marianne faithfull, she who speaks of walking around "Times Square" with a pistol in her suitcase not really kniowing whats coming next but she's ready. There's a light reggea lilt to "Blue Millionare" and a sort of a Medievil sound to "Falling from Grace". This is one of Marianne's most autobiographical peices in telling of her well . . . fall from grace in the public eye. "Morning Comes" is one of the sweetest sounding songs I've had the pleasure of hearing her sing. It's a song full of hope, hope for daybreak and the light to shine on her. "Running For Our Lives" I do believe is one of Mariannes's best singles and is one of the standout tracks on this album.
The only reason I could'nt give this album 5 stars is that some of the keyboards haven't aged so good. Where "Broken English" still sounds fresh and cutting, sometimes the keys get a little out of hand or to smooth I should say. What keeps it gripping are the songs and Marianne herself who keeps you hanging on her every word.
If your just starting to delve into the rewarding works of Ms. Faithfull of course start with "Broken English", then "Strange Weather" for her chantuese side. After those two
try out her most recent album "Before the Poison" to here what she's up to now, you won't be dissappointed. After all that you really can't go wrong with any of her albums, for she's always evolving and changing her sound but always doing exactly what she should.
Now back to"A Childs Adventure". This was one of the last Marianne puchases I made and I don't know why I waited so long, probably because it's so hard to find anymore. Now that I have it it's like a missing piece of this terrific artist discovered. This is defintly worth the money to any true Faithfull fan.

Poignant autobiography.......2002-10-20

This accomplished album by the demimonde chanteuse sees her collaborating with talented musicians like Wally Badarou and Barry Reynolds to craft classic songs like that paean to alienation and cognitive dissonance, the majestic Times Square, the decadent and evocative Blue Millionaire, the poignant Falling From Grace, the sensitive and hopeful Morning Come and the haunting Ireland with its great bagpipes. It is still infused with the autobiographical like much of Broken English and Dangerous Acquaintances, especially in the personal She's Got A Problem, but Faithfull's songs always manage to encompass the universal. Perhaps this album does not have the immediacy of Broken English, nor the abundance of catchy hooks of Acquaintances, yet it remains a fine work of great melodic and lyrical depth that has stood the test of time very well.

Brilliant Faithfull.......2002-04-28

I remember back in 1983 when 'Running for Our Lives' was released as a single. It had the most beautiful strong chorus, and overall a damn good single. It didn't get the ariplay it deserved but still charted reasonably well. These days you'd be unlikely to hear it on the radio, but that's ok as it makes it so much more special to hear it now. I awlays wanted to get this album which featured it, but didn't as I didn't know enough about Marianne's music. The other day I saw it brand new in the shop for a very reasonable price, so grabbed it. I thought if 'Running for our Lives' is the only good track on it then that would be ok as it didn't cost me much. BUT - what a bonus to find that the whole album is brilliant! I just can't believe how timeless it is, doesn't sound like the kind of music there was in 1983. Listen out for gems such as Morning Come, and Times Square. I am going to buy 'Broken English' next, another classic, I believe from what I read.

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