Kissin Time
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| Studio album by Marianne Faithfull | ||||
| Released | 19 February 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001-2002 | |||
| Genre | Electronic rock | |||
| Label | Hut/Virgin | |||
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| Pitchfork Media | (7.1/10) |
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Kissin Time is the 16th album by British musician Marianne Faithfull.
After turns as a neo-cabaret/slow ballad crooner in previous works (represented by her 1990s works with Hal Willner, Angelo Badalamenti and the interpretation of Brecht/Weill standards), Faithfull was eager to collaborate with contemporary musicians. She co-wrote almost all the songs, and worked with several notable musicians who produced the tracks.
The song "Kissin Time" is the result of a collaboration between her and Blur, and is, according to Faithfull, "sort of about Damon (Albarn) and sort of about me." Beck, who worked with her in Los Angeles, is responsible for the tracks "Sex With Strangers", "Like Being Born" and "Nobody's Fault". While the first one is an electro-funk sprechstimme track, influenced by Serge Gainsbourg and Beck's Midnite Vultures, the other two tend to a more folk/country/Leonard Cohen path. 'Nobody's Fault' appeared on Beck's album Mutations. Beck's collaborations were co-produced by Tony Hoffer.
"The Pleasure Song", which was included on the soundtrack of the movie The L Word, was written in Paris with Les Valentines (the duo Edith Fambuena and Jean Louis Pierot) and French singer Étienne Daho. Billy Corgan, contributes to three songs: the reworking of the 1960s Goffin/King success "Something Good", the hymnal and synth-layered "I'm On Fire" and the reflective acoustic pop of 'Wherever I Go'. Faithfull declared about the last one: "that's Billy trying to sit down and write Marianne a hit."
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