Marianne Faithful – Broken English (Ltd Edn Pink Vinyl LP)

When Broken English was released in late 79, it was an instant critical and commercial success. It brought Marianne a new image, an international following and the confidence to record more of her own compositions. The only initial drawback was EMI’s reluctance to distribute the album due to the explicit lyrics of ‘Why D’ya Do It’, but by March 1980 the album had sold a quarter of a million copies in the UK in under six months purely through independent distributors. Faced with such commercial viability, EMI relented, and distributed the album, where it sold strongly, particularly in Europe, England, and in the United States, where Marianne was nominated for a Grammy.

1. Broken English
2. Witches’ Song
3. Brain Drain
4. Guilt
5. The Ballad of Lucy Jordan
6. What’s the Hurry
7. Working Class Hero
8. Why’d Ya Do it