20th Century Blues

by Marianne Faithfull

20th Century Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1996
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 54:33
  • Community rating: 4.05/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded live at the New Morning in Paris with pianist Paul Trueblood as her only accompanist, the album is drawn from the Kurt Weill evening Faithfull was then touring internationally. Its 15 songs move from Weill and Brecht's 'Alabama Song' and 'Pirate Jenny' to No毛l Coward's title track and Harry Nilsson's 'Don't Forget Me'.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, theatrical, female-vocals, piano, witty, live

Tracklist

  1. Alabama Song (4:18)
  2. Want To Buy Some Illusions (3:57)
  3. Pirate Jenny (4:58)
  4. Salomon Song (3:43)
  5. Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (3:34)
  6. Complainte De La Seine (4:08)
  7. The Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife (4:08)
  8. Intro (1:12)
  9. Mon Ami, My Friend (2:25)
  10. Falling In Love Again (2:22)
  11. Mack The Knife (3:32)
  12. 20th Century Blues (3:19)
  13. Don't Forget Me (3:40)
  14. Surabaya Johnny (5:55)
  15. Street Singer's Farewell (3:22)

Credits

  • Marianne Faithfull - primary artist, vocals
  • Frank McGuinness - lyrics by [english]
  • Bertolt Brecht - written-by
  • Kurt Weill - written-by
  • Friedrich Hollaender - written-by
  • Al Dubin - written-by
  • Harry Warren - written-by
  • Maurice Magre - written-by
  • Paul Green - written-by
  • No毛l Coward - written-by
  • Harry Nilsson - written-by

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