Easy Come, Easy Go (Marianne Faithfull album)


Easy Come, Easy Go is a studio album of cover versions by English singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull, which was released in the EU on 10 November 2008. The album is produced by Hal Willner and features guest appearances from a variety of musicians. It was released as both a standard 10-track CD and a special 18-track edition with a DVD documentary by Anne Rohart under Jean-Baptiste Mondino's artistic direction, with both Faithfull and Wilner commenting on the song selection. A collectible 2-disc vinyl pressing is also available. The album was recorded with Pro Tools in NYC at the Sear Sound Studio.

Release

The EU release on Naive was 10 November 2008.
The album has so far peaked at #100 on the UK Albums Chart as reported on The Official UK Chart Company website on 23 March 2009 and became her first album to chart on the U.S Billboard 200 chart since 1990.
The album peaked #23 at Australian Top 50 Jazz & Blues Album Year End Chart.
In 2014 it was awarded a gold certification from the Independent Music Companies Association, which indicated sales of at least 75,000 copies throughout Europe.

Track listing

Disc 1:
  1. "Down from Dover"
  2. "Hold On, Hold On", with Cat Power
  3. "Solitude"
  4. "The Crane Wife 3", with Nick Cave
  5. "Easy Come, Easy Go"
  6. "Children of Stone", with Rufus Wainwright
  7. "How Many Worlds", with Teddy Thompson
  8. "In Germany Before the War"
  9. "Ooh Baby Baby", with Antony Hegarty
  10. "Sing Me Back Home", with Keith Richards
Disc 2:
  1. "Salvation", with Sean Lennon
  2. "Black Coffee"
  3. "The Phoenix", with Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  4. "Dear God Please Help Me"
  5. "Kimbie"
  6. "Many a Mile to Freedom", with Jenni Muldaur
  7. "Somewhere ", with Jarvis Cocker
  8. "Flandyke Shore", with Kate & Anna McGarrigle

    Personnel

Musicians:
Cover Photography and Art Direction: