Marianne Faithfull - Kissin Time

Proof of Faithfull’s stature can be found in the A-list collaborators on each of her albums. The raspy singer’s latest effort is no exception. From the dark, dance-oriented “Sex with Strangers” with Beck and the dreamy “Wherever I Go” with Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan to the brash, autobiographical “Sliding Through Life on Charm” with Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker and the disturbing title track with Blur’s Damon Albarn, this is ambitious, engaging stuff. Not for the faint-hearted.