Posted on: November 2, 2018
NOVEMBER 2018
MARIANNE FAITHFULL “NEGATIVE CAPABILITY” ALBUM RELEASED
The much anticipated new album by Marianne Faithfull “Negative Capability” was released today (Nov 2nd) to huge acclaim. Co-produced by Rob with Warren Ellis & Head, this album also features contributions from Nick Cave, Mark Lanegan and Ed Harcourt. The album was recorded at La Frette studios on the outskirts of Paris over a two week period in January this year. Here is how some of the press have reacted…
5***** “A Masterpiece” – MOJO
5***** “Astonishing, its beauty lies in its frankness and in its wavering imperfection” – METRO
5***** ” Up there with Cohen & Cash” – THE OBSERVER
9/10 “An incredible emotional experience…can reduce the most immovable individual to uncontrollable weeping” – CLASH
9/10” There won’t be a better record released this month, and very few this year.” – CLASSIC ROCK
8.5/10 “Marianne Faithfull has delivered a searing late career masterstroke, as vital as any in her storied career” – THE 405
8/10 “A beautiful piece of work” – UNCUT
4**** “A staggering meditation on ageing and death” – THE GUARDIAN
4**** “Rock n’ roll’s elder stateswoman on magnificent form” – Q
4**** “Deathly serious and meticulously noble.” – CLASSIC POP
4**** “….her beautifully weathered, imperfect voice…” – THE TIMES
4**** “A poised, gritty record of aged wisdom, songs for lost friends and topical dread” – MAIL ON SUNDAY
4**** “As compelling as the late masterworks of Dylan or Cash” – EVENING STANDARD
4**** “An album of statuesque solidity – FINANCIAL TIMES
4**** – DAILY MIRROR
4**** – LOUDER THAN WAR
4**** “A rich and unflinching journey to and from places that few of us have visited under our own steam” – THE ARTS DESK
“Faithfull and her producers…work a mournful magic” – THE WASHINGTON POST
“Visceral and compelling” – THE SUNDAY TIMES
“A shining example for any artist seeking creative challenges late in their career” – VARIETY
“Moving and rather magnificent” – THE I
“No adieu this, surely, rather an au revoir from a wild child turned magnificent singer of torch songs” – THE SCOTSMAN
