Broken English
by Marianne Faithfull

Unmistakable voice. Gotta love the smokey huskiness of it. Couple of crackers. Bit of filler. She done well with her rendition of 'Working Class Hero'. For some reasons I had higher expectations for this album. It's good. Just not massively great

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From Timhop 09/12/2021 17:44 | #273667

This album deserves to be in the top 10 of 79. Brave and angry, there was nothing else quite like it by a female artist that year.

From Boltzmann 05/05/2021 09:24 | #269368 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I love the electronic touches. Even straight up Kraftwerk-y on The Ballad of Lucy Jordan; probably the best track too. Her singing seems skip at instants, which is interesting at first, the it becomes annoying, and then goes back to interesting.

From HoldenM 09/29/2018 22:33 | #221853 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

A lot of post punk, soft rock, blues, and disco influence on what is otherwise a tight and occasionally transcendent record--I mean, that title track. I dig it.

Excellent record. Atmospheric and extremely raw in places, especially the vitriolic closing track, why d'ya do it. The rest is fine, with, the ballad of Lucy Jordan, one of the highlights, and used to great effect on the Thelma and Louise soundtrack. Broken English, is probably Marianne Faithful's best album.

From serpico 03/19/2016 06:10 | #162189

Increíble disco, nunca lo había escuchado, suena como una combinación entre el "Horses" de Patti Smith e Iggy Pop y David Bowie en la época berlinesca. Su voz casi afónica tiene cierto encanto. El cover de "Working Class Hero" de John Lennon es alucinante. La canción "Why D'Ya Do It?" es indecentemente pegajosa y, como broche de oro, la portada es magnifica, esos colores, esa pose. Ni pensar que descubrí esta joya escuchando las recomendaciones que me da Spotify, ¡qué gran sugerencia!

From radiofreespike 06/30/2009 10:06 | #4979 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

After years as a "pop" star and some awful producers, MF and her musicians finds her voice and tear into new territory. Her own compositions hit the mark with their thoughtful lyrics. (Not many people know that the title track was inspired by the Baader Meinhof Gang.) The covers hit the mark as well; her version of "Working Class Hero" with its simply but ominous bassline brings it to the level of bitterness that John had in mind. In fact, Yoko would compliment her for this rendition.