Give My Love to London
by Marianne Faithfull
Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
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  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 17, 2014
    90
    She has made her masterpiece; remarkable at any age. [Oct 2014, p.91]
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  2. NOW Magazine
    Nov 19, 2014
    80
    The deeply personal and overtly political are indivisible on Give My Love To London, an album that is harrowing in its bluntness and beautiful in its subtleties.
  3. PopMatters
    Nov 14, 2014
    80
    She’s Faithfull: volatile and unpredictable, intellectual and insightful, savage and soothing, and delivering in Give My Love to London as accomplished and compelling an album as she’s ever made.
  5. Boston Globe
    Nov 10, 2014
    80
    If it is indeed her swan song, it’s a triumphant sendoff that reiterates what a singular figure she has been in rock music. It’s among her broadest work, spanning intimate ballads (“Love More or Less”), apocalyptic art songs (“Late Victorian Holocaust”), and harrowing blues (“True Lies”).
  6. AllMusic
    Nov 10, 2014
    80
    Give My Love to London is as complete a portrait of the artist--at least from the late '70s on--as we've ever had. In total, it reveals no abatement in her creative renaissance.
  7. Uncut
    Oct 10, 2014
    80
    Marianne's back on her feet theses days, fully recovered, and while reminding us that love is pain, doesn't entirely neglect the funny bone. [Oct 2014, p.70]
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  8. Mojo
    Oct 10, 2014
    80
    This album underlines she's more than a mere rock'n'roll totem. [Oct 2014, p.91]
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  9. Q Magazine
    Oct 10, 2014
    80
    A grippingly dramatic latterday-Leonard-Cohen-alike near-masterpiece. [Oct 2014, p.117]
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  10. The Observer (UK)
    Oct 10, 2014
    80
    It isn’t quite as good as 1979’s extraordinary Broken English, but the likes of Falling Back and Sparrows Will Sing are the equal of anything she’s done since.
  11. Pitchfork
    Oct 10, 2014
    80
    It’s her best and most daring album of this century, featuring some of her heaviest and most haunting performances.
  12. Record Collector
    Oct 10, 2014
    80
    The result is a vibrant wall of sound veering between the fierce and hauntingly sensitive.
  13. The Line of Best Fit
    Oct 10, 2014
    75
    Charged with Warren Ellis’s plaintive violin, the cracked world-weariness of Marianne Faithfull’s voice imbues the song with real life and contemporary meaning and affirms that Give My Love To London is the album with which she is able to finally reconcile her past and present.
  14. Rolling Stone
    Dec 18, 2014
    70
    She draws excellence from star collaborators.
  15. Exclaim
    Nov 7, 2014
    70
    On Faithfull's latest album, Give My Love to London, the collaborations work best when they contrast with Faithfull's signature weathered chanteuse persona, giving a new background for her unmistakable voice.

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7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. spageopriya
    Dec 3, 2014
    5
    Give My Love to London is the 20th solo album by British singer and songwriter Marianne Faithfull. The 11-track album was released on 29Give My Love to London is the 20th solo album by British singer and songwriter Marianne Faithfull. The 11-track album was released on 29 September 2014 on the Dramatico and Naïve record labels. In America and Canada, it was issued on 10 November by Easy Sound. It includes collaborations with Nick Cave, Anna Calvi, Roger Waters and Brian Eno. "Sparrows Will Sing" was released as a single from the album.… Full Review »
  2. jasharkowalski
    Nov 30, 2014
    10
    When one gets fed up with current MTV A-list, X factor and Voice's or all of those big butt and boobies queens - the salvation is right there.When one gets fed up with current MTV A-list, X factor and Voice's or all of those big butt and boobies queens - the salvation is right there. Play this piece of grandma's finest cookbook and enjoy in timeless music. Album of the year, who cares which one exactly, 2014-15-16, name it yourself ....… Full Review »
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