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This work, produced by Daniel Lanois and Mark Howard, is a balladry-like extension of her then neo-cabaret persona, interpreting songs by herself and legendary songwriters of her generation, like Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Leonard Cohen and the songwriting duo Elton John and Bernie Taupin.
Vagabond Ways was Marianne’s first album containing original material after a 5 year gap; in between which her autobiography Faithfull was released, as well as her recording of the Kurt Weill opera The Seven Deadly Sins.
But stop weeping-- Faithfull didn't record a version of "Time after Time" on Vagabond Ways. Instead, she's resorted to attacking Leonard Cohen's "Tower of Song" and Roger Waters' previously...
Vagabond Ways features songs Faithful co-wrote but also covers of others written by Leonard Cohen, Elton John, Bob Dylan, Roger Waters and Lanois. When released in 1999, Vagabond Ways was not the success that it deserved to be , but it holds up 23 years after it was initially released.
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Jan 20, 2022 · Hear Marianne Faithfull’s Forceful ‘Vagabond Ways’ Demo for ‘Incarceration of a Flower Child’. Outtake rendition of Roger Waters cover comes ahead of deluxe album reissue.
Aug 5, 2021 · It featured renowned composers and songwriters such as Leonard Cohen, Frank McGuinness, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, Daniel Lanois, Bernie Taupin, and Elton John. Marianne also co-wrote some of the songs on the album.
Dec 13, 2006 · An old Roger Waters composition, "Incarceration of a Flower Child," opens with a musical phrase he would revisit, 15 years later, in "Your Possible Pasts" (from the Final Cut album). Faithfull interprets it as a simple lament to lost innocence, the days of "good dope and cheap wine"--though its chorus rather deliberately punctures ...
