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Release Date: Jan 25, 2005; Lead Performance: Marianne Faithfull
B+
As with previous efforts, Marianne Faithfull once again gets by with a little songwriting help from her friends. But while Before the Poison features a tear-jerking dirge (''Last Song'') from Blur's Damon Albarn and a timeless lullaby (''City of Quartz'') from producer and composer Jon Brion, it's PJ Harvey who serves up the meat of the CD. Her raw, blues-tinged tracks greedily indulge Faithfull's exquisitely tattered voice, making us willing to overlook bad seeds like the dance-rap ''Desperanto.'' (We're talking to you, Nick Cave!)
Posted Jan 24, 2005
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