Strange Weather

Marianne Faithfull utilized a voice that had deepened into a gravelly instrument before recording these tracks. Producers Hal Willner and Bill Frisell chose a set of songs that sound like confessions in a bar. The result is a stark and vulnerable collection.

Released in 1987 on Island Records, the project employs a sparse production style. It avoids the drum machines and synthesizers that were common on the charts at the time. Instead, it captures a specific mid-eighties aesthetic that focuses on the arrangements.