Horses & High Heels

Rolling Stone (p.77) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[H]eavy with lost love and Faithfull's honey-over-gravel voice....Faithfull, like New Orleans itself, proves hard times make for very good music." Spin (p.72) - "The guitar-heavy result embraces experience without fetishizing it. Singer her own songs, Faithfull sounds more relaxed -- if no merrier -- than she has in years." Uncut (p.80) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Marianne's thespian touch works its magic on The Shangri-Las' 'Past Present Future', a turning teen angst into a poignant reflection of age." Paste (magazine) - "She kicks off HORSES AND HIGH HEELS with the ominous chords and spiritual misgivings of 'The Stations' by the Gutter Twins....It's a perfect showcase for Faithfull's distinctive voice..." Record Collector (magazine) (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Elegiac closing ballad 'The Old House could sit on any Bad Seeds album, possessed of a subliminal emotional pull which stays long after the closing swells of its crashing grandeur have subsided."

大きな話題となった2008年作『Easy Come Easy Go』の続編的なアルバム。プロデューサーのハル・ウィルナーは今回も絶妙な選曲をし、絶妙なゲスト（ルー・リードとか）を招き入れて、マリアンヌの存在感を際立たせている。前作と比較するならソウル・フィーリング溢れるカヴァーがやや多め。ダスティ・スプリングフィールドやアラン・トゥーサンの曲を唯一無二のあの声で歌われると、たまらんもんがあります。
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