![]() ![]() Mid-paced reflections on broken lives and damaged people. Marianne Faithful may have been going out with Ben Brierly of punk band The Vibrators at the time (she later married him) but the tracks on Broken English are fairly leisurely and unagressive. ![]() This album is often described as ‘punk-pop’ but in truth the punk is only really there in spirit. Demos recorded by the band were heard by Island Records’ Chris Blackwell who saw the potential for an album. Marianne Faithfull‘s 1979 album Broken English was reissued on Monday 28th January as a two-CD deluxe edition.įaithfull’s journey from ’60s pop star muse to ’70s homeless junkie is well documented, and this album was borne out of the touring band that was put together to capitalise on unexpected success in the Irish charts with her Dreamin’ My Dreams single, from the ‘comeback’ country album of the same name (reissued in 1978 as Faithless). ![]()
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