A Child's Adventure
A Child's Adventure is the tenth album by British singer Marianne Faithfull, released on Island Records in 1983.
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| Released | March 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Length | 37:20 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Wally Badarou, Harvey Goldberg, Barry Reynolds | |||
| Marianne Faithfull chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
Background and recording
After two albums with Mark Mundy as producer, Marianne Faithfull recorded A Child's Adventure without a separate producer; the album was produced by backing musicians Wally Badarou and Barry Reynolds and engineer Harvey Goldberg. In an interview following the album's recording, she remarked, "On this album, because we didn't have a producer as such, we could really work closely together on the finer bits - the harmonics, which a producer often doesn't have the time for."[2]
Faithfull had been performing "She's Got a Problem", a poem written by Caroline Blackwood and put to music by Faithfull's then-husband Ben Brierley, since 1978.[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Times Square" | Barry Reynolds | 4:22 |
| 2. | "The Blue Millionaire" | Wally Badarou, Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds | 5:35 |
| 3. | "Falling from Grace" | Ben Brierley, Faithfull | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Morning Come" | Wally Badarou, Faithfull | 5:16 |
| 5. | "Ashes in My Hand" | Faithfull, Barry Reynolds | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Running for Our Lives" | Wally Badarou, Faithfull, Barry Reynolds | 4:48 |
| 7. | "Ireland" | Faithfull, Barry Reynolds | 4:37 |
| 8. | "She's Got a Problem" | Caroline Blackwood, Ben Brierley | 3:55 |
Personnel
- Marianne Faithfull – vocals
- Barry Reynolds – vocals, guitar
- Ben Brierley – vocals, guitar
- Wally Badarou – vocals, keyboards
- Mikey Chung – guitar
- Fernando Saunders – bass
- Terry Stannard – drums
- Rafael de Jesus – percussion
Charts
| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] | 43 |
| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5] | 15 |
| Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6] | 16 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7] | 9 |
References
- Ruhlmann, William. A Child's Adventure at AllMusic
- Farber, Jim (June 1983). "I Got Here by the Skin of my Teeth". Record. 2 (8): 1, 30.
- "Marianne Faithfull - She's Got a Problem (Live in London, 1978)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – MARIANNE FAITHFULL – A CHILD'S ADVENTURE" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- "Charts.nz – MARIANNE FAITHFULL – A CHILD'S ADVENTURE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- "Norwegiancharts.com – MARIANNE FAITHFULL – A CHILD'S ADVENTURE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
- "Swedishcharts.com – MARIANNE FAITHFULL – A CHILD'S ADVENTURE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2022.