A Child's Adventure
| A Child's Adventure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by Marianne Faithfull | ||||
| Released | March 1983 | |||
| Recorded | March 1982 | |||
| Length | 37:20 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Wally Badarou, Harvey Goldberg, Barry Reynolds | |||
| Marianne Faithfull chronology | ||||
| ||||
A Child's Adventure is the tenth album by Marianne Faithfull, released on Island Records in 1983.
Background and recording
After two albums with Mark Mundy as producer, Marianne Faithfull recorded A Child's Adventure without a separate producer; the album was produced by backing musicians Wally Badarou and Barry Reynolds and engineer Harvey Goldberg. In an interview following the album's recording, she remarked, "On this album, because we didn't have a producer as such, we could really work closely together on the finer bits - the harmonics, which a producer often doesn't have the time for."[1]
Faithfull had been performing "She's Got a Problem", a poem written by Caroline Blackwood and put to music by Faithfull's then-husband Ben Brierley, since 1978.[2]
Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Times Square" | Barry Reynolds | 4:22 |
| 2. | "The Blue Millionaire" | Wally Badarou, Marianne Faithfull, Reynolds | 5:35 |
| 3. | "Falling from Grace" | Ben Brierley, Faithfull | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Morning Come" | Badarou, Faithfull | 5:16 |
| 5. | "Ashes in My Hand" | Faithfull, Reynolds | 4:51 |
| 6. | "Running for Our Lives" | Badarou, Faithfull, Reynolds | 4:48 |
| 7. | "Ireland" | Faithfull, Reynolds | 4:37 |
| 8. | "She's Got a Problem" | Caroline Blackwood, Brierley | 3:55 |
Personnel
- Marianne Faithfull – vocals
- Barry Reynolds – vocals, guitar
- Ben Brierley – vocals, guitar
- Wally Badarou – vocals, keyboards
- Mikey Chung – guitar
- Fernando Saunders – bass
- Terry Stannard – drums
- Rafael de Jesus – percussion
Certifications and sales
| Region | Certification | Certified units/Sales |
|---|---|---|
| France (SNEP)[4] | none | 167,500 [5]* |
|
*sales figures based on certification alone | ||
References
- ↑ Farber, Jim (June 1983). "I Got Here by the Skin of my Teeth". Record. 2 (8): 1, 30.
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtcPgJa9HSU
- ↑ Ruhlmann, William. A Child's Adventure at AllMusic
- ↑ "French album certifications – Marianne Faithfull – A childs adventure" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
- ↑ http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Albums_Tout_Temps.php?debut=2650