Saturday, October 9, 2010

Marianne Faithfull: Go Away From My World (1965)


Marianne Faithfull's early years as a Euro-waif pop singer coincided with a well-chronicled relationship with Rolling Stone frontman Mick Jagger, and her recordings were often overshadowed by the couple's legendary exploits. Marianne Faithfull began her musical career while still a teenager with timely, well-packaged singles that never quite achieved their full potential; meanwhile, life among the Stones entourage led to bouts with heroin addiction and alcohol abuse. Marianne was implicated in a notorious 1967 drug bust involving the band, and her relationship with Jagger came to an end in 1969. "Go Away From My World" b/w "Oh Look Around You" was released by Decca in 1965 charting at #89 in the US. "Go Away From My World" was the re-titled "Marianne Faithfull" album released for the US market in December 1965. It charted #12 in the UK and #15 in the US. In 1966 "Go Away From My World" was also issued as an EP recording in the US, reaching #81.

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