Marianne Faithfull - She Walks in Beauty (with Warren Ellis) (2021) [Official Digital Download]

Marianne Faithfull pays tribute to England’s great romantic poets on her new album, She Walks in Beauty, which she made in collaboration with Bad Seeds and Dirty Three violinist Warren Ellis.

They’re previewing the record with her reading of Lord Byron’s “She Walks in Beauty,” which he wrote in June 1814. Birds chirp on the recording before piano and ethereal synths provide a bed for Faithfull’s recitation of the poem, which describes a woman’s unparalleled grace. The video for the song, which was directed by Yann Orhan, features a painting by Colin Self. The album comes out on April 30th.

“It’s very romantic, not like you imagine Byron to be,” Faithfull said of the poem in a statement. “It’s so beautiful, and that’s why I like it. I love the other side of Byron, too, but this is really amazing, sublime. And I was very drawn to the ability to do really beautiful rhymes. I think that’s from being a songwriter. It’s incredibly nice. Not what I connect with Lord Byron at all.”

TRACKLIST

1. Marianne Faithfull - She Walks in Beauty (with Warren Ellis)
2. Marianne Faithfull - The Bridge of Sighs (with Warren Ellis)
3. Marianne Faithfull - La Belle Dame sans Merci (with Warren Ellis)
4. Marianne Faithfull - Ode to a Nightingale (with Warren Ellis)
5. Marianne Faithfull - To Autumn (with Warren Ellis)
6. Marianne Faithfull - Ozymandias (with Warren Ellis)
7. Marianne Faithfull - The Prelude: Book One Introduction (with Warren Ellis)
8. Marianne Faithfull - Surprised by Joy (with Warren Ellis)
9. Marianne Faithfull - To the Moon (with Warren Ellis)
10. Marianne Faithfull - So We'll Go No More a Roving (with Warren Ellis)
11. Marianne Faithfull - The Lady of Shallot (with Warren Ellis)



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