Iggy Pop, Cat Power and more team up for Marianne Faithfull covers album
Iggy Pop, Cat Power, Shirley Manson and a host of other figures from the music community appear on a new Marianne Faithfull covers album.
Titled The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull, the record will arrive on December 8th. It features 25 notable artists who bring to life 19 Faithfull songs across two discs. All profits from The Faithful will go directly to Faithfull to help her recover from long-Covid. The record can be pre-ordered now.
On the record, Iggy Pop teams up with Cat Power – who has just released her own Bob Dylan covers album – to bring to life a rendition of Faithfull’s interpretation of John Lennon’s ‘Working Class Hero’. Elsewhere, Garbage frontwoman Shirley Manson converges with Peaches for ‘Why D’Ya Do It’.
Tanya Donelly and The Parkington Sisters have already shared their version of Faithfull’s ‘This Little Bird’. Donelly explained in a statement: “Marianne’s voice has always been one of my favourite instruments, from childhood through today, and her music and spirit have been life-long inspirations.”
She continued: “I wanted to cover ‘This Little Bird’ for its fragile and beautiful musical arrangement and melody, and the bittersweet story the lyrics tell. A total honor to get to sing and play this lullaby, and The Parkington Sisters elevate with their vocal and string magic. We’re so grateful to be able to pay tribute to this amazing singer/songwriter and woman.”
The Faithful: A Tribute to Marianne Faithfull tracklist:
Disc One – Side A
- Tracy Bonham – ‘As Tears Go By’
- Tanya Donelly & the Parkington Sisters – ‘This Little Bird”
- Josie Cotton – “Summer Nights’
- Sylvia Black – ‘Sister Morphine’
- Cat Power & Iggy Pop – ‘Working Class Hero’
Disc One – Side B
- Shirley Manson & Peaches – ‘Why D’Ya Do It’
- Pom Poms – ‘Brain Drain’
- Bush Tetras – ‘Guilt’
- Joan As Police Woman – ‘Broken English’
- Tammy Faye Starlite & Barry Reynolds – ‘The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan’
Disc Two – Side A
- Honeychild Coleman – ‘Over Here (No Time For Justice)’
- Adele Bertei – ‘Times Square’
- Nicole Atkins & Jim Sclavunos – ‘Strange Weather’
- Lydia Lunch – ‘Love, Life, and Money’
- Cynthia Ross (the B Girls) & Tim Bovaconti – ‘Vagabond Ways’
Disc Two – Side B
- Donita Sparks – ‘Sliding Through Life on Charm’
- Miss Guy – ‘Sex With Strangers’
- FaithNYC – ‘Kissin’ Time’
- Feminine Aggression – ‘Before The Poison’
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