A Child's Adventure

A Child's Adventure
Studio album by Marianne Faithfull
Released	March 1983
Recorded	March 1982
Length	37:20
Label	Island
Producer	Wally Badarou, Harvey Goldberg, Barry Reynolds
Marianne Faithfull chronology

A Child's Adventure is the tenth album by Marianne Faithfull, released on Island Records in 1983.

Background and recording

After two albums with Mark Mundy as producer, Marianne Faithfull recorded A Child's Adventure without a separate producer; the album was produced by backing musicians Wally Badarou and Barry Reynolds and engineer Harvey Goldberg. In an interview following the album's recording, she remarked, "On this album, because we didn't have a producer as such, we could really work closely together on the finer bits - the harmonics, which a producer often doesn't have the time for."[1]

Faithfull had been performing "She's Got a Problem", a poem written by Caroline Blackwood and put to music by Faithfull's then-husband Ben Brierley, since 1978.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Times Square"	Barry Reynolds	4:22
2.	"The Blue Millionaire"	Wally Badarou, Marianne Faithfull, Reynolds	5:35
3.	"Falling from Grace"	Ben Brierley, Faithfull	3:56
4.	"Morning Come"	Badarou, Faithfull	5:16
5.	"Ashes in My Hand"	Faithfull, Reynolds	4:51
6.	"Running for Our Lives"	Badarou, Faithfull, Reynolds	4:48
7.	"Ireland"	Faithfull, Reynolds	4:37
8.	"She's Got a Problem"	Caroline Blackwood, Brierley	3:55

Personnel

Marianne Faithfull – vocals
Barry Reynolds – vocals, guitar
Ben Brierley – vocals, guitar
Wally Badarou – vocals, keyboards
Mikey Chung – guitar
Fernando Saunders – bass
Terry Stannard – drums
Rafael de Jesus – percussion

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[4]	none	167,500 [5]^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^{^}shipments figures based on certification alone

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References

Farber, Jim (June 1983). "I Got Here by the Skin of my Teeth". Record. 2 (8): 1, 30.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtcPgJa9HSU
Ruhlmann, William. A Child's Adventure at AllMusic
"French album certifications – Marianne Faithfull – A childs adventure" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Albums_Tout_Temps.php?debut=2650

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[1] Farber, Jim (June 1983). "I Got Here by the Skin of my Teeth". Record. 2 (8): 1, 30.

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtcPgJa9HSU

[3] Ruhlmann, William. A Child's Adventure at AllMusic

[FranceMarianne_FaithfullA_childs_adventurealbumCertRef-4] "French album certifications – Marianne Faithfull – A childs adventure" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.

[5] ttp://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Albums_Tout_Temps.php?debut=2650

Marianne Faithfull
Discography
Studio Albums	Marianne Faithfull Come My Way Go Away from My World North Country Maid Loveinamist Dreamin' My Dreams Broken English Dangerous Acquaintances A Child's Adventure Strange Weather A Secret Life The Seven Deadly Sins Vagabond Ways Kissin Time Before the Poison Easy Come, Easy Go Horses and High Heels Give My Love to London Negative Capability
Compilation albums	Faithfull Forever Rich Kid Blues
Live albums	Blazing Away 20th Century Blues
Singles	"As Tears Go By" "Blowin' in the Wind" "Come and Stay With Me" "Yesterday" "Is This What I Get For Loving You?" "Something Better" "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" "Broken English" "Sister Morphine"
Books	Faithfull: An Autobiography