Marianne Faithfull - Before The Poison

180-gram clear vinyl LP

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Naïve record label!

Naïve Records is a French independent record label based in Paris, celebrating its 25th anniversary. The label is pleased to present, for the first time in limited edition colored vinyl, the reissue of the four Marianne Faithful albums released on Naïve.

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 10 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 it's 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 clear colored vinyl edition.

 

The Mystery of Love

My Friends Have

Crazy Love

Last Song

No Child of Mine

Before the Poison

There Is a Ghost

In the Factory

Desperanto

City of Quartz

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