MARIANNE FAITHFULL Horses And High Heels (2011 UK 13-track CD album - After 47 years of creative public life, Marianne Faithfull remains one of the most unique, bewitching and indeed unconventional musical artists Britain has ever produced. In those years, she's grown from the quiver-voiced ingénue of her debut single 'As Tears Go By' to her peerless position as profoundly distinctive scorched-earth torch-singer and richly emotive song-writer, as evidenced today on her 23rd solo album, the sonically stunning 'Horses And High Heels'. Recorded in New Orleans with a core of exceptional local musicians, the album features eight cover versions and four original new songs co-written by Marianne, four songs which feature the virtuoso guitar playing of John Porter, a musician / producer friend most noted for his work with Roxy Music, Eric Clapton & The Smiths. The album also includes one song with lyrics specially written for her by Irish playwright Frank McGuiness [the evocative 'The Old House'], two cameo appearances on guitar from another old friend, Lou Reed, plus further cameos from Dr John and MC5's Wayne Kramer).