Easy Come, Easy Go
by Marianne Faithfull
  • Record Label: Decca
  • Release Date: Mar 17, 2009
Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Observer Music Monthly
    60
    Its gravelly tones are certainly no thing of beauty, but when married to the right song Faithfull can still emote, still deliver. There's plenty of plain wrong material, though.
  2. Spin
    60
    She lacks the flexibility that jazz demands--she simply can't swing. But when she interprets material (from downbeat bards Randy Newman, Colin Meloy, and others) that matches the drug-ravaged wreckage of her vocal chords, she kills.
  3. The Guardian
    60
    Tthis Hal Willner-produced covers album (a kind of sequel to 1987's Strange Weather) is too baggy and diffuse to hold the attention, but Faithfull's formidable croak can really worm its way under a song's skin.
  5. Mojo
    60
    Despite her emotional punk-meets-Brecht contralto, Marianne's vocal limitations are clear on tracks like 'Easy Come, Easy Go' or Sondheim's Somewhere (A Place For Us)' which she struggles through with an overawed Jarvis Cocker. But she shines on songs that seem more personal to her. [Apr 2009, p.99]
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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
  1. EarlM
    Apr 27, 2009
    9
    Been reading some reviews that seem to think the music doesn't stay with you. It does. This has been the only CD in my player for about Been reading some reviews that seem to think the music doesn't stay with you. It does. This has been the only CD in my player for about eight weeks now. I'm a fan anyway; the sound is so clean its astonishing (great recording). Another fabulous recored although yes, I would have preferred harder "Before the Poison"-type music. But the surprises of each new Faithfull release make deep listening a must, every time.… Full Review »
  2. AdrienS
    Mar 30, 2009
    9
    An artful, often rocking collection of cover songs from Faithfull. Her worn voice requires just the right fight with both song and An artful, often rocking collection of cover songs from Faithfull. Her worn voice requires just the right fight with both song and production, which she manages on most of this two disk set. Covers of Parton's "Down From Dover" and Morrissey's "Oh God, Please Help Me" are standouts. Neko Case's "Hold on, Hold on" is a marvel.… Full Review »
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