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Marianne Faithfull: Broken English
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Author: Véronique Bergen
"With Broken English , Marianne Faithfull tore herself away from the dark legend that clung to her skin and built her own myth. Her legend would no longer be written. She took charge of it. The album's release in 1979 produced a double electroshock, in terms of Marianne Faithfull's musical trajectory and in the world of rock. On the one hand, it marked both her big comeback and a radical shift, sealing a break with the folk universe, the country atmosphere, the smooth voice of the first albums. Exit the chic muse of the Stones, exit the trashy icon of getting high, exit the voice of before, folk music.
On the other hand, he revolutionized, or at least shook up, the rock scene by distilling an energy marked by punk, by a new wave vein combined with reggae and electro dance inflections.
Black Diamond, an album of highs and their transmutation, comes from a movement of tearing away from years of drifting and succeeds in musically replaying the outrenoir of life, the anguish of the artist, while remaining at the heart of the maelstrom.
The album marks a rebirth and a turning point for the British muse of the sixties. Her voice, damaged by years of excess, sets a new mood for the decade to come.
ISBN 9782919296354