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  • Summary: The 20th studio release for the British singer-songwriter features contributions from such artists as Anna Calvi, Nick Cave, Steve Earle, Ed Harcourt, Tom McRae, Portishead's Adrian Utley, and Pink Floyd's Roger Waters.
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Sparrows Will Sing
A child breaks the ice and peers into the hidden depths I'm trying to decipher the horror of un-holiness I have no doubt you'll figure it out... See the rest of the song lyrics
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  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Classic Rock Magazine
    Dec 17, 2014
    90
    She has made her masterpiece; remarkable at any age. [Oct 2014, p.91]
  2. Oct 10, 2014
    80
    The result is a vibrant wall of sound veering between the fierce and hauntingly sensitive.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Dec 18, 2014
    70
    She draws excellence from star collaborators.
  7. Oct 10, 2014
    60
    Faithfull’s voice may be coarse, her tuning wayward, but the conviction with which she anticipates this “fresh breeze” is unmistakable.

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  1. 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 .... Expand
  2. 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. Expand