MARIANNE FAITHFULL - EASY COME, EASY GO (2LP)

Marianne Faithful Easy Come, Easy Go on 2LP Set! 

Star-Studded Studio Spectacular Primarily Recorded Live! 

Easy Come, Easy Go is the 22nd album from Marianne Faithfull and recorded in December 2007 in NYC at the famous Sear Sound recording studio. In addition, Easy Come, Easy Go is the third Faithfull album produced by Hal Willner (the others being Strange Weather and Blazing Away). Faithfull and Willner have been close friends since they've met, back in 1982, and have worked together on many different projects over the years, (most recently on three songs from the singer's acclaimed last album Before the Poison) but Easy Come, Easy Go is their first complete studio album since Strange Weather, more than 20 years ago.

Like that earlier album, Easy Come Easy Go is a collection of songs written by others and interpreted by Faithfull. When Strange Weather was released in 1987, it was quickly hailed as one of her finest recordings, so this time around the challenge was high: make an album that was at least as good. Both artists have risen to the challenge beautifully; they achieve a timeless recording, a masterpiece. All the songs have been chosen by Faithfull and Willner, and range from Billie Holiday’s "Solitude" to "The Crane Wife" by The Decemberists. Other tracks are "Sing Me Back Home" by Merle Haggard, "Children of Stone" by Espers, the title track" Easy Come, Easy Go Blues" by Bessie Smith, Morrissey’s "Dear God Please Help Me," Dolly Parton’s "Down from Dover," and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s "Salvation". Easy Come, Easy Go also includes interesting guest vocalists: Keith Richards appears on the aforementioned "Sing Me Back Home," Antony Hegarty on "Oo Baby Baby," and Jarvis Cocker on Sondheim’s "Somewhere". Other guest appearances on the album come from Rufus Wainwright, who contributes powerful vocals to "Children of Stone”' while his mother Kate McGarrigle and his aunt Anna McGarrigle enchant on the "The Flandyke Shore." Warren Ellis plays his magic violin on 3 songs, and Nick Cave lends vocals to "The Crane Wife." Sean Lennon and Teddy Thompson play guitar on a couple of the tracks, and Cat Power harmonizes on "Hold On, Hold On."

The album was recorded live in the oldest recording studio in Manhattan. Arrangements are by Cohen Bernstein and Weinberg Goldstein; string and horn sections were led by L. Picket, and the band includes Marc Ribot, Greg Cohen, Rob Burger, Barry Reynolds, and Jim White. Very few takes were needed; several of the songs were done in a single take and there are very few overdubs on this recording.

Marianne Faithful Easy Come, Easy Go Track Listing:

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 & Eddie DeLange)
4. The Crane Wife 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 Antony Hegarty (originally by Smokey Robinson)
10. Sing Me Back Home with Keith Richards (originally by Merle Haggard)
11. Salvation with Sean Lennon (originally by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
12. Black Coffee (originally by Sarah Vaughan)
13. The Phoenix with Kate and Anna McGarrigle (originally by Judee Sill)
14. Dear God Please Help Me (originally by Morrissey)
15. Kimbie (originally by Jackson C. Frank)
16. Many a Mile to Freedom with Jenni Muldaur (originally by Traffic)
17. Somewhere (A Place for Us) with Jarvis Cocker (originally by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim)
18. Flandyke Shore with Kate and Anna McGarrigle (traditional, but sung famously by Nic Jones)