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Horses And High Heels

Marianne Faithfull

Horses And High Heels

24th album from the veteran English singer-songwriter

ADM rating[?]

6.4

Label
Dramatico
UK Release date
07/03/2011
US Release date
15/02/2011
  1. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    Despite her nature as a serial collaborator, there is a distinct lack of guests here, leaving room to explore a myriad of styles
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  2. 8.0 |   State

    Faithfull ain’t finished with us yet and, judging from this record, her sublime swansong is yet to come
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  3. 8.0 |   PopMatters

    One of Faithfull’s finest releases. It’s a rewarding and accomplished piece of work from an artist who continues to intrigue and surprise
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  4. 7.8 |   Paste Magazine

    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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  5. 7.5 |   A.V. Club

    Rough, crumbling gems
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  6. 7.0 |   Blurt

    She seems an especially good match for producer Hal Willner's informed and eclectic musical tastes
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  7. 7.0 |   Rave Magazine

    Connoisseurs of all things Marianne will find much to celebrate
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  8. 7.0 |   musicOMH

    As genuine as anything she's done since the 1979 classic Broken English
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  9. 7.0 |   BBC

    If there is a fault with this record, it isn’t Faithfull’s but her band’s, as the playing is perhaps just too polite and polished
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  10. 6.0 |   Rolling Stone

    13 songs (including Dusty Springfield and Elton John covers) heavy with lost love and Faithfull's honey-over-gravel voice
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  11. 6.0 |   Independent on Sunday

    Her voice hangs inertly among racks of lustrous guitars like a worn shirt
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  12. 6.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    She is still a great interpreter
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  13. 6.0 |   The Scotsman

    Dabbles in various styles without committing
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  14. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Accomplished if more playful affair. Print edition only

  15. 6.0 |   Q

    Lou Reed guests and she's brave enough to wrestle with both Greg Dulli and Mark Lanengan's unsettling The Stations. Print edition only

  16. 6.0 |   Uncut

    She's more comfortable on four self-penned pieces, especially the impressionistic "Prussian Blue". Print edition only

  17. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Horses and High Heels often sounds overblown and showy, but it identifies Faithfull's persistent ability to merge individual personality and musical connoisseurship
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  18. 6.0 |   Evening Standard

    While she makes a mess of The Shangri-Las' Past, Present And Future, Faithfull brings something deep and new to Gerry Goffin and Carole King's Goin' Back
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  19. 6.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    At her best on pared-back material heavy with world-weary pathos
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  20. 4.0 |   The Irish Times

    There’s no complaining about the breadth of influence and talent on display, just a nagging doubt about the weapons in Faithfull’s arsenal getting rusty
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  21. 4.0 |   The Independent

    It's not territory she occupies comfortably
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