Easy Come, Easy Go (Marianne Faithfull album)

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Easy Come, Easy Go
Marianne Faithfull Easy Come, Easy Go cover.jpg
Studio album by
Marianne Faithfull
Released10 November 2008 (EU)
14 February 2009 (AUS)
16 March 2009 (UK)
17 March 2009 (US)
Recorded Sear Sound, New York City
Label Naïve Records
Decca (US)
Dramatico Records (UK)
Shock Records (AUS)
Producer Hal Willner
Marianne Faithfull chronology
Before the Poison
(2005)		Easy Come, Easy Go
(2008)		 Horses and High Heels
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Robert Christgau A [1]
Gigwise.com Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork Media (7.5/10) [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
BBC Positive [5]

Easy Come, Easy Go is a studio album of cover versions by English singer Marianne Faithfull, which was released in the EU on 10 November 2008. The album is produced by Hal Willner and features guest appearances from a variety of musicians. It was released as both a standard 10-track CD and a special 18-track edition [6] with a DVD documentary by Anne Rohart under Jean-Baptiste Mondino's artistic direction, with both Faithfull and Wilner commenting on the song selection. A collectible 2-disc vinyl pressing is also available. The album was recorded with Pro Tools in NYC at the Sear Sound Studio.

Contents

Release

The EU release on Naive was 10 November 2008. [7]

The album has so far peaked at No. 100 on the UK Albums Chart as reported on The Official UK Chart Company website on 23 March 2009 and became her first album to chart on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart since 1990. [8] The album peaked at No. 23 on the Australian Top 50 Jazz & Blues Album Year End Chart. [9]

In 2014 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, [10] which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe. [11]

Critical reception

Easy Come, Easy Go received positive reviews from music critics. Metacritic , which assigns a weighted average based on ratings from publications, gave the album a 76 out of 100 based on eighteen reviews, indicating "generally favourable reviews". [12]

AllMusic praised the album, noting that "Ms. Faithfull shows up in excellent form throughout this offering. If you are patient, there is more than enough here to hold your attention and take you on journeys through love, lust, tragedy, and longing and bring you home again." [13]

Pitchfork observed that "she may not sell as well or enjoy their prominent rock status, but I'd bet there's more concentrated excitement over a new Marianne Faithfull album than any new Rolling Stones release could inspire in even their hardiest fan...She's the Helen Mirren of rock'n'roll: a dish in the 1960s who has not only aged incredibly well, but wears her age with as much grace as others wear their youth. "

Track listing

Disc 1:

  1. "Down from Dover" (originally by Dolly Parton)
  2. "Hold On, Hold On", with Cat Power (originally by Neko Case)
  3. "Solitude" (originally by Duke Ellington)
  4. "The Crane Wife 3", with Nick Cave (originally by The Decemberists)
  5. "Easy Come, Easy Go" (originally by Bessie Smith)
  6. "Children of Stone", with Rufus Wainwright (originally by Espers)
  7. "How Many Worlds", with Teddy Thompson (originally by Brian Eno)
  8. "In Germany Before the War" (originally by Randy Newman)
  9. "Ooh Baby Baby", with Anohni Hegarty (originally by Smokey Robinson)
  10. "Sing Me Back Home", with Keith Richards (originally by Merle Haggard)

Disc 2:

  1. "Salvation", with Sean Lennon (originally by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
  2. "Black Coffee" (originally by Sarah Vaughan)
  3. "The Phoenix", with Kate & Anna McGarrigle (originally by Judee Sill)
  4. "Dear God Please Help Me" (originally by Morrissey)
  5. "Kimbie" (originally by Jackson C. Frank)
  6. "Many a Mile to Freedom", with Jenni Muldaur (originally by Traffic)
  7. "Somewhere (A Place for Us)", with Jarvis Cocker (originally by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim)
  8. "Flandyke Shore", with Kate & Anna McGarrigle (traditional, also sung by Nic Jones)

Personnel

Musicians: - According to the booklet accompanying the album:

Cover photography and art direction:

Charts

Chart (2008)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [15] 38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [16] 71
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [17] 52
French Albums (SNEP) [18] 35
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 51
Italian Albums (FIMI) [20] 57
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [21] 68
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [22] 58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] 28
UK Albums (OCC) [24] 100
US Billboard 200 [25] 182
Australia (ARIA Jazz and Blues Chart ) [26] 2

References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Easy Come, Easy Go". Robert Christgau.
  2. ↑ "Marianne Faithfull - 'Easy Come Easy Go' (Dramatico) Released 16/03/09". Gigwise.com. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go". Pitchfork .
  4. ↑ "Pop review: Marianne Faithfull, Easy Come, Easy Go". The Guardian . 15 March 2009. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Quinn, Michael. "BBC - Music - Review of Marianne Faithfull - Easy Come, Easy Go". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  6. ↑ Deusner, Stephen (8 January 2009). "Marianne Faithfull: Easy Come Easy Go". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  7. ↑ "MySpace – Marianne Faithfull". Myspace.com. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
  8. ↑ "Marianne Faithfull | Biography, Music & News". Billboard .
  9. ↑ "Annual Charts - ARIA". Aria.com.au. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "IMPALA Awards for European Independent Acts Hit Record Levels | Impala". Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "Easy Come, Easy Go by Marianne Faithfull". Metacritic .
  13. ↑ "Easy Come Easy Go - Marianne Faithfull | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic .
  14. 1 2 "Easy Come Easy Go - Marianne Faithfull | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come, Easy Go" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come, Easy Go" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  17. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come, Easy Go" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  18. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come, Easy Go". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  19. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come, Easy Go" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  20. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come, Easy Go". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  21. ↑ "Top 100 Albumes: Semana 45". Productores de Música de España . Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  22. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come, Easy Go". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  23. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Marianne Faithfull – Easy Come, Easy Go". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  24. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  25. ↑ "Marianne Faithfull Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  26. ↑ "The Aria Report" (PDF). Web.archive.nla.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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