Broken English

Wtf even is this? She's not a good singer, or maybe I just don't like her nasally voice -- sounds like dive bar karaoke? 1* This was somehow a worse version of working class hero. This album has no redeeming qualities for me.

Dark and creepy. This is definitely not her best album. Her life choices damaged a once beautiful voice. Very sad.

Ultra lame

Eh it was okay. Didn’t enjoy the fart sounds in the first song. The rest of the songs didn’t have fart sounds but they had other problems. F teir.

Sounds like my grandma doing karaoke

Nothing about the production or songwriting is too bad but the singer's voice is not for me at all. Pretty weird mix of 80's synthpop and a bit of 70's singer songwriter. Not for me

First impression, I do not find the vocals endearing, but that could change. It didn't change much. Some of the music was alright, but no better than many indie bands I've listened to that never made it big. Seems like an artist you might want to read about, but you don't need to hear this.

I had never listened to the album, I don't recall ever hearing any of the songs. I listened through it once and I hope to never hear any of these songs ever again. Complete and utter mediocrity.

Nope I don't get it. And I hate her voice. Some of the tracks has an OK vibe but still - that voice.

To compare this to any other magnificent album on the list is criminal

Some okntracks but there isn’t anything Id ever come back for. 1.5 going down

Someone take the mic away from this old smoker lady. 1/10

This was not great. Boring and uninspired. I wondered if there was something I wasn't getting and checked others' reviews of this, and discovered that indeed, there was, but nothing musical. However, Marianne Faithfull's life story unfortunately doesn't make her music better. Not unlistenable to be fair, but the Deluxe Version on Apple Music seems to have the same tracks twice, and I'm just not masochistic enough to let the second mastering play through, even if they're somehow better.

1. broken englizh - 0 2. uuithchez zong - 0 3. brain drain - 0 4. guilt - 0 5. lucy jordan - 0 6. the hurry - 0 7. uuorking clazz - 0 8. do it - 0

The singing is pretty annoying and all the songs just blend into one boring sound. It's really hard to tell them apart or get into it.

That was a really garbage one. Didn't enjoy it one bit.

Don't do drugs, kids.

Not for me

This was not my jam.

A music major flunkee doing a shitty Prince impersonation. 1 WTF out of 5

I guess not everything on this list can be bangers

Absolute vibe, just not mine

Pros: only 37 minutes Cons: those 37 minutes were painful

Sucks

Incredibly brave of this performer to release an album when you aren't very good at singing.

This actually made me mad. Like what was the point of this album, the songs so were so unbelievably meh.

I don't understand why this is on the list. 1/5

This was painful to listen to, to be honest.

This album was a chore and I did not enjoy it at all. Her voice is terrible, the songs are mediocre, and her version of working class hero is atrocious.

this has got to be one of the worst on this whole list. she sounds terrible and the songs are terrible. i think people in 1979 were just freaking out over any synth sounds which this has very little of anyways.

2.5/10 Not good at all

I don't like her crackling voice & most of the songs lyrics are pretty bad as well. Not for me.

Lame

Maybe it’s just me or my mood right now but I didn’t enjoy this album much. Would try again at a later time

Not my taste

3 1 Cant put my finger on it Just didnt enjoy it

1-2

I found her voice to be irritating after a while. I liked some of the music but her voice was just too much.

Not bad music but hated her voice

Not for me

I do not like this album. MEH. Patty says 1 star.

Depressing and pretentious. No thanks!

Super unpleasant voice, nothing special here.

It's bluesy rock with spacy synths. It sounds newer than it is. Weird combination of styles. I don't like it. Her voice is quite monotonous. I don't think anyone needs to hear this. Favorite song: Why'd ya do it

No thanks. No mi gusta. There is a reason she drifted into obscurity.

Please Stop Singing

Extremely bland instrumentals coupled with Marianne Faithfull's weird, bordline awful, singing. The best part of the album is the second half of the song "Guilt" as Marianne isn't singing that much and the song gets really good.

Nothing special about this one besides the early electronic vibe. Meh.

Didn’t do anything for me.

Idk i hated this

Goede tunes, enorme kutstem 1/5

Hated it

This came out in November of 1979, and I'm pretty sure the intro to the first track created the 80s. Then Faithfull started singing, and let's just say it doesn't improve things. Some questions and observations: What the hell is "Broken English" even trying to say?? The thought of new wave witches is funny. The synthy new-waviness fades away after "Broken English," but I don't exactly care for what replaces it. "Guilt" is a bunch of lies, right? I thought we were veering back into the tolerable music zone there, and then the sax comes in at the end, again heralding the 80s. "What's the Hurry?" The hurry is to get this album over with. Yes, I am running for cover. I didn't think a song about a "Working Class Hero" fit here, and apparently that's because it's a cover of a John Lennon song. And then it finally ends, with the bizarrely crude reggae punk "Why'd Ya Do It." Musically, it almost got interesting there. Lyrically... I don't know but finally it's over.

The voice is a huge turnoff and I could not hate that broken English song any more than I do.

Boring, derivative, annoying voice.

1.5

Not for me

Nope

meh

Begrijp niet wat mensen hieraan kunnen vinden. Die stem is echt niet om aan te horen.

Not a singer…..

Go bored

Really didn't enjoy it, managed 4 tracks

Sounds like she chain smokes 1 billion cigarettes a day.

Just some weirdo solo stuff

Who picks this garbage?

Her voice really grates on me

ugh her bio on facebook that she posted herself - 'beautiful and articulate individual' along with the 20+ up close pics of her. not a fan of her vibe or her music

Can’t stand the nasally tone of her voice. The music adds no depth. Not good. Not completely awful, but definitely not at all good. 1.5

Annoying voice and terrible songs

Not for me

A chore to listen to