A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology
by Marianne Faithfull
- Type: Compilation
- Released: 27 October 1998
- Label: Island
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 2:33:14
- Community rating: 3.89/5 from 1 rating
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A two disc anthology of Marianne Faithfull's Island Records years, beginning with her 1979 comeback 'Broken English'. The selections trace her transformation from sixties pop ing茅nue to gravel voiced chronicler of damage and survival.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, accessible, dance, rhythmic, bubbly
Tracklist
- Broken English (4:34)
- Witches' Song (4:43)
- Guilt (5:08)
- The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan (4:09)
- Working Class Hero (4:40)
- Why D'Ya Do It? (6:41)
- Sister Morphine (6:04)
- Sweetheart (3:15)
- Intrigue (4:29)
- For Beauty's Sake (3:30)
- So Sad (4:31)
- Truth, Bitter Truth (7:20)
- The Blue Millionaire (12") (8:23)
- Falling From Grace (3:53)
- Running For Our Lives (4:43)
- Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife (4:22)
- Trouble In Mind (The Return) (4:21)
- Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (3:05)
- Yesterdays (5:19)
- Strange Weather (4:14)
- Gloomy Sunday (3:13)
- Hello Stranger (2:29)
- As Tears Go By (3:45)
- A Perfect Stranger (4:49)
- Conversation On A Barstool (4:17)
- A Waste Of Time (5:02)
- Isolation (3:11)
- Blazing Away (4:10)
- When I Find My Life (Live) (3:00)
- Times Square (Live) (4:36)
- Ghost Dance (3:43)
- Sleep (3:35)
- Love In The Afternoon (3:30)
- Bored By Dreams (3:07)
- She (3:23)
Credits
- Marianne Faithfull - primary artist, vocals, written-by, written by
- Ben Brierley - acoustic guitar, vocals, written-by
- Chris Hunter - alto saxophone, flute
- Steve Slagle - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
- Michael Gibbs - arranged by [strings, horns]
- Steve York - bass, written-by
- Bill Levenson - compiled by
- Jerry Rappaport - compiled by