Marianne faithfull biography book

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Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record

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A tribute to the life and work of one of the great musical icons of the twentieth century, reflected through the lenses of the world's greatest photographers. Published to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the release in of her groundbreaking debut single "As Tears Go By," this is the definitive book on Faithfull, one of the most beloved singers of the twentieth century. As a folk singer in London, Marianne Faithfull was discovered in a coffeehouse in by the manager of the Rolling Stones. Over the five decades since, her work as a musician, her performances as an actress on stage and screen, and her presence as an icon of style have made Faithfull an undisputed icon of pop culture. Edited by the artist herself, with accompanying handwritten captions, this book represents a personal collection of images that tell the stories of her life--from her explosive success in London in the s an

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Faithfull

August 7,

"In families there's always one person - almost always a woman - who is designated to be the mad one. In my circle I was the one elected, and since we lived our lives on the pages of the tabloid press, I became famous for it."

I'm implementing a new personal rule: from now on, no more memoirs by white dude rockers (my backlog of to-write reviews includes the Moltey Cru memoir and hooooo boy, that one's gonna be a doozy). From now on, we only read rock n' roll memoirs written by the women who slept with these dudes. And Patti Smith.

I'll admit freely that before I read this, I had no idea that Marianne Faithfull was a successful musician in her own right before she fell in with the Rolling Stones crowd, and became most famous as the on-and-off-again girlfriend of Mick Jagger. Which just goes to show, really, how the women who surround famous men are pushed to the side of the narrative, and only ever described in relation to the famous dudes they used to fuck.

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Faithfull: An Autobiography

autobiography bygd Marianne Faithfull

Faithfull: An Autobiography is an autobiography bygd British singer Marianne Faithfull, written in collaboration with David Dalton. It was first published on 1 August bygd Little, Brown and Company and reissued as a paperback in July The book was also accompanied by the release of a compilation album Faithfull: A Collection of Her Best Recordings (). Faithfull: An Autobiography chronicles her childhood, career as a teenage pop star during the s, relationship with Mick Jagger, heroin addiction in the s, and her comeback to music industry with her skiva Broken English ().^[1]

Critical response

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The book received generally positiv reviews from critics. David Browne in Entertainment Weekly gave the book A rating and wrote: "Most pop-music autobiographies are random notes; it's easy to believe David Crosby and Dion inhaled heavily simply because their memories are so vague. Faithfull, on the o