This Marianne Faithfull compilation album offers a good overview of the first 30 years of Marianne 's career on the Decca and Island labels. This Marianne Faithfull compilation album offers a good overview of the first 30 years of Marianne 's career on the Decca and Island labels.
In addition to her well-known songs 'As Tears Go By' and 'The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan', this album contains a good deal of rare and previously unreleased material, including live tracks, anomalous mixes and alternative versions. Most of this reappears on vinyl for the first time since original release, including her latest Decca 7" single 'Something Better' / 'Sister Morphine' . Most of it appears on vinyl again for the first time since original release.
The title Songs of Innocence and Experience refers to the change in style between Marianne's orchestral folk pop of the 1960s and her new wave punk-influenced comeback in the late 1970s with 'Broken English' featuring her distinctive vocals.
