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Title: Full of Instant Classics
Review: This album is full of instant classics, of songs that could only be done by Marianne Faithfull. You may not care for the cover of "Something Good' but you will forever appreciate the sly bit of irony that it ends an album that begins with "Sex with Strangers" And then there are moments like the "Pleasure Song" where we almost think Marianne is begging her lover back to bed with "so much more love left to give". "Song for Nico" and "Sliding Through Life on Charm" make a perfect centerpiece. "Song for Nico" is one of those moments of beautiful complex simplicity while "Sliding Through Life on Charm" is a well written, well delivered rant on middle-class values. Who else but Marianne could cuss and swear so elegantly? "Nobody's Fault" and "Kissing Time" just add to the depth and range of this collection. Just keep listening to it over and over again, it does not disappoint....
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