Dangerous Acquaintances
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| Studio album by Marianne Faithfull | |||||
| Released | 1981 | ||||
| Label | Island | ||||
| Producer | Mark Miller Mundy | ||||
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Dangerous Acquaintances is an 1981 album by British artist Marianne Faithfull. The work was seen by reviewers as a disappointing follow-up to Faithfull's Broken English, as the album trades the angry and controverse alternative new wave arrangements of the previous one for a more mainstream rock texture, using over a dozen session musicians and, for some, giving a certain anonymous feel to the songs. The title is a reference to the Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses."
The main singles of the album were "Intrigue", penned by the singer's then-husband, Ben Brierley, and "For Beauty's Sake", written by Faithfull and Steve Winwood.
[edit] Track listing
- 'Sweetheart' (Marianne Faithfull/Barry Reynolds)
- 'Intrigue' (Ben Brierley)
- 'Easy in the City' (Marianne Faithfull/Barry Reynolds)
- 'Strange One' (Joe Mavety/Terry Stannard)
- 'Tenderness' (Marianne Faithfull/Barry Reynolds)
- 'For Beauty's Sake' (Marianne Faithfull/Steve Winwood)
- 'So Sad' (Marianne Faithfull/Barry Reynolds/Steve York)
- 'Eye Communication' (Marianne Faithfull/Barry Reynolds/Fuzzy Samuels/Terry Stannard)
- 'Truth, Bitter Truth' (David Courts/Marianne Faithfull/Barry Reynolds)
[edit] Personnel
- Marianne Faithfull: vocals
- Barry Reynolds: guitar
- Steve York: bass
- Terry Stannard
- Joe Maverty: bass
- Steve Winwood
- Frank Collins: vocals
- Denis Haines: keyboards
- Neil Hubbard: guitar
- Martin Drover: guitar
- Julian Diggle: guitar
- Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels
- Pickwood Sykes
