Marianne Faithfull has just released an album of cover versions.
'Easy Come, Easy Go' is available from iTunes now, with a physical release set for next month. It features an all-star cast of contributors, including Keith Richards, Antony Hegarty, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker, who assist the 61-year-old Faithfull on her 22nd album. It was produced by Hal Willner (the man responsible for the 'Rogues Gallery' album), and features the following songs:
Disc 1:
Down from Dover (originally by Dolly Parton)
Hold On, Hold On - with Cat Power (originally by Neko Case)
Solitude (originally by Duke Ellington & Eddie DeLange)
The Crane Wife - with Nick Cave (originally by The Decemberists)
Easy Come, Easy Go (originally by Bessie Smith)
Children of Stone - with Rufus Wainwright (originally by Espers)
How Many Worlds - with Teddy Thompson (originally by Brian Eno)
In Germany Before the War (originally by Randy Newman)
Ooh Baby Baby - with Antony Hegarty (originally by Smokey Robinson)
Sing Me Back Home - with Keith Richards (originally by Merle Haggard)
Disc 2:
Salvation - with Sean Lennon (originally by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
Black Coffee (originally by Sarah Vaughan)
The Phoenix - with Kate & Anna McGarrigle (originally by Judee Sill)
Dear God Please Help Me (originally by Morrissey)
Kimbie (originally by Jackson C. Frank)
Many a Mile to Freedom - with Jenni Muldaur (originally by Traffic)
Somewhere (A Place For Us) - with Jarvis Cocker (originally by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim)
Flandyke Shore - with Kate & Anna McGarrigle (traditional, but sung famously by Nic Jones)