A Child's Adventure

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A Child's Adventure
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1983
RecordedMarch 1982
Length37:20
LabelIsland
ProducerWally Badarou, Harvey Goldberg, Barry Reynolds
Marianne Faithfull chronology
Dangerous Acquaintances
(1981)
A Child's Adventure
(1983)
Rich Kid Blues
(1985)

A Child's Adventure is the tenth album by Marianne Faithfull, released on Island Records in 1983.

Background and recording[]

After two albums with Mark Mundy as producer, Marianne Faithfull recorded A Child's Adventure without a separate producer; the album was produced by backing musicians Wally Badarou and Barry Reynolds and engineer Harvey Goldberg. In an interview following the album's recording, she remarked, "On this album, because we didn't have a producer as such, we could really work closely together on the finer bits - the harmonics, which a producer often doesn't have the time for."[1]

Faithfull had been performing "She's Got a Problem", a poem written by Caroline Blackwood and put to music by Faithfull's then-husband Ben Brierley, since 1978.[2]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2/5 stars [3]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Times Square"Barry Reynolds4:22
2."The Blue Millionaire"Wally Badarou, Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds5:35
3."Falling from Grace"Ben Brierley, Faithfull3:56
4."Morning Come"Wally Badarou, Faithfull5:16
5."Ashes in My Hand"Faithfull, Barry Reynolds4:51
6."Running for Our Lives"Wally Badarou, Faithfull, Barry Reynolds4:48
7."Ireland"Faithfull, Barry Reynolds4:37
8."She's Got a Problem"Caroline Blackwood, Ben Brierley3:55

Personnel[]

Certifications and sales[]

Region Certification Certified units/sales
France 167,500[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Farber, Jim (June 1983). "I Got Here by the Skin of my Teeth". Record. 2 (8): 1, 30.
  2. ^ "Marianne Faithfull - She's Got a Problem (Live in London, 1978)". YouTube. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ^ Ruhlmann, William. A Child's Adventure at AllMusic
  4. ^ "InfoDisc : Les Meilleurs Ventes d'Albums "Tout Temps" (33 T. / Cd / Téléchargement)". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 18 May 2021.


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