Marianne Faithfull - Kissin Time (2002)
Tracklist front / back album covers
"Sex with Strangers" (Marianne Faithfull, Beck) – 4:21 -- featuring Beck
"The Pleasure Song" (Marianne Faithfull, Étienne Daho, Edith Fambuena, Jean Louis Pierot) – 4:15
"Like Being Born" (Marianne Faithfull, Beck) – 3:51 -- featuring Beck and Jon Brion
"I'm on Fire" (Marianne Faithfull, Billy Corgan) – 5:11 -- featuring Billy Corgan
"Wherever I Go" (Billy Corgan) – 4:27 -- featuring Billy Corgan
"Song for Nico" (Marianne Faithfull, Dave Stewart) – 3:59 -- featuring Dave Stewart
"Sliding Through Life on Charm" (Marianne Faithfull, Pulp) – 4:00 -- featuring Pulp
"Love & Money" (Marianne Faithfull, David Courts) – 2:17
"Nobody's Fault" (Beck) – 6:28 -- featuring Beck
"Kissin Time" (Marianne Faithfull, Blur) – 5:39 -- featuring Blur
"Something Good" (Carole King, Gerry Goffin) – 3:24 -- featuring Billy Corgan
Kissin Time is the 16th album by British musician Marianne Faithfull. After turns as a neo-cabaret/slow ballad crooner in previous works (represented by her 1990s works with Hal Willner, Angelo Badalamenti and the interpretation of Brecht/Weill standards), Faithfull was eager to collaborate with contemporary musicians. She co-wrote almost all the songs, and worked with several notable musicians who produced the tracks.
The song "Kissin Time" is the result of a collaboration between her and Blur, and is, according to Faithfull, "sort of about Damon (Albarn) and sort of about me." Beck, who worked with her in Los Angeles, is responsible for the tracks "Sex With Strangers", "Like Being Born" and "Nobody's Fault". While the first one is an electro-funk sprechstimme track, influenced by Serge Gainsbourg and Beck's Midnite Vultures, the other two tend to a more folk/country/Leonard Cohen path. 'Nobody's Fault' previously appeared on Beck's album Mutations under the title "Nobody's Fault but My Own" in 1999. Beck's collaborations were co-produced by Tony Hoffer.
