A Child's Adventure
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A Child's Adventure | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | March 1983 | |||
Recorded | March 1982 | |||
Length | 37:20 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Wally Badarou, Harvey Goldberg, Barry Reynolds | |||
Marianne Faithfull chronology | ||||
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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[]
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [3] |
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Times Square" | Barry Reynolds | 4:22 |
2. | "The Blue Millionaire" | Wally Badarou, Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds | 5:35 |
3. | "Falling from Grace" | Ben Brierley, Faithfull | 3:56 |
4. | "Morning Come" | Wally Badarou, Faithfull | 5:16 |
5. | "Ashes in My Hand" | Faithfull, Barry Reynolds | 4:51 |
6. | "Running for Our Lives" | Wally Badarou, Faithfull, Barry Reynolds | 4:48 |
7. | "Ireland" | Faithfull, Barry Reynolds | 4:37 |
8. | "She's Got a Problem" | Caroline Blackwood, Ben Brierley | 3:55 |
Personnel[]
- Marianne Faithfull – vocals
- Barry Reynolds – vocals, guitar
- Ben Brierley – vocals, guitar
- Wally Badarou – vocals, keyboards
- Mikey Chung – guitar
- Fernando Saunders – bass
- Terry Stannard – drums
- Rafael de Jesus – percussion
Certifications and sales[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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France | — | 167,500[4] |
References[]
- ^ Farber, Jim (June 1983). "I Got Here by the Skin of my Teeth". Record. 2 (8): 1, 30.
- ^ "Marianne Faithfull - She's Got a Problem (Live in London, 1978)". YouTube. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. A Child's Adventure at AllMusic
- ^ "InfoDisc : Les Meilleurs Ventes d'Albums "Tout Temps" (33 T. / Cd / Téléchargement)". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
Categories:
- 1983 albums
- Marianne Faithfull albums
- Albums produced by Wally Badarou
- Island Records albums
- 1980s album stubs