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Mar 23, 2011If there is a fault with this record however, it isn't Faithfull's but her band's, as the playing is perhaps just too polite and polished.
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Aug 3, 2011It's about evenly balanced between original material and covers that show Willner's and Faithfull's deep-catalog knowledge of pop music.
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Entertainment WeeklyAug 10, 2011The result is far from geezer rock. [1 Jul 201, p.74]
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Jun 28, 2011Faithfull delves into what she seems to know best: decay of all varietals, including the decay of passion, of relationships, even of civilizations in Tennessee songwriter-playwright-actor R. B. Morris' benedictory "That's How Every Empire Falls."
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Mar 23, 2011Horses And High Heels is another impressive entry in her catalogue, as genuine as anything she's done since the 1979 classic Broken English.
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Jun 27, 2011Faithfull knows she has much more past than future, which gives her cover an intense melancholy that seeps naturally into the rest of Horses and High Heels. She is, in other words, a true pop connoisseur, blessed not only with a distinctive voice but with an understanding that songs can change dramatically with age and experience.
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May 20, 2011It's a rewarding and accomplished piece of work from an artist who continues to intrigue and surprise.
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Jun 28, 2011Rock's rawest chanteuse delivers a roughhewn confessional.
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Under The RadarAug 5, 2011Horses finds Faithfull loose, confident, and finally sounding happy. [Jul 2011, p.85]