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Released to tie in with the publication of Marianne’s best selling autobiography, Faithfull: A Collection of Her Best Recordings mainly covers the years 1979 to 1994, though it reaches back to 1964 for Marianne’s first single ‘As Tears Go By’, and includes two previously unreleased recordings; ‘She,’ from Marianne’s forthcoming album A Secret Life and a cover of Patti Smith’s ‘Ghost Dance’ co-produced by Keith Richards and featuring other members of the Rolling Stones. Overall, compiler Chris Blackwell makes little attempt to present a balance among Marianne’s recordings: Five of the 11 songs are drawn from Broken English, including the title track but there is nothing at all from Dangerous Acquaintances or A Child’s Adventure, and only one track each from Strange Weather and Blazing Away. The only rarity included is the title theme from the movie Trouble in Mind with Mark Isham. Those wanting a more balanced and representative ‘best of’ and a greater selection of rarities, would do better purchasing either A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology or Songs Of Innocence And Experience.