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1.01	Broken English Written-By – Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Marianne Faithfull, Steve York, Terry Stannard	4:34
1.02	Witches' Song Written-By – Barry Reynolds, Joe Mavety, Marianne Faithfull, Steve York, Terry Stannard	4:43
1.03	Guilt Written-By – Barry Reynolds	5:08
1.04	The Ballad Of Lucy Jordan Written-By – Shel Silverstein	4:09
1.05	Working Class Hero Written-By – John Lennon	4:40
1.06	Why D'Ya Do It? Written-By – Barry Reynolds, Heathcote Williams, Joe Mavety, Marianne Faithfull, Steve York, Terry Stannard	6:41
1.07	Sister Morphine Written-By – Keith Richards, Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger	6:04
1.08	Sweetheart Written-By – Barry Reynolds, Marianne Faithfull	3:15
1.09	Intrigue Written By – Ben Brierley	4:29
1.10	For Beauty's Sake Written-By – Marianne Faithfull, Steve Winwood	3:30
1.11	So Sad Written By – Marianne FaithfullWritten-By – Barry Reynolds, Steve York	4:31
1.12	Truth, Bitter Truth Written-By – Barry Reynolds, David Courts, Marianne Faithfull	7:20
1.13	The Blue Millionaire (12") Written-By – Barry Reynolds, Marianne Faithfull, Wally Badarou	8:23
1.14	Falling From Grace Written-By – Ben Brierley, Marianne Faithfull	3:53
1.15	Running For Our Lives Written-By – Barry Reynolds, Marianne Faithfull, Wally Badarou	4:43
2.01	Ballad Of The Soldier's Wife Arranged By – Chris SpeddingConductor – Sharon FreemanDrums – Anton FigGuitar – Chris SpeddingKeyboards – Carter CatheartMixed By – Dave GreenbergProducer – Paul M. YoungRecorded By – Don Wershba, J.C. Convertino*Translated By – Eric SaltzmanWritten-By – Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill	4:22
2.02	Trouble In Mind (The Return) Guitar – Peter MaunuPercussion – Kurt WortmanProducer, Trumpet, Saxophone, Electronics – Mark IshamSaxophone – Pee Wee EllisWritten-By – Richard M. Jones	4:21
2.03	Boulevard Of Broken Dreams Drums – J.T. LewisPiano – Sharon FreemanWritten-By – Al Dubin, Harry Warren	3:05
2.04	Yesterdays Flute – Chris HunterWritten-By – Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach	5:19
2.05	Strange Weather Accordion – Garth HudsonWritten-By – Kathleen Brennan, Tom Waits	4:14
2.06	Gloomy Sunday Written-By – Rezső Seress, Sam Lewis	3:13
2.07	Hello Stranger Drums – J.T. LewisGuitar – Robert QuineWritten-By – Doc Pomus, Mac Rebennack	2:29
2.08	As Tears Go By Accordion – William SchimmelWritten-By – Andrew Loog Oldham, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger	3:45
2.09	A Perfect Stranger Violin [Double Neck] – Lakshmi Shankar*Written-By – Fernando Saunders, Marianne Faithfull	4:49
2.10	Conversation On A Barstool Written-By – Bono	4:17
2.11	A Waste Of Time Written-By – Marianne Faithfull, Steve Winwood	5:02
2.12	Isolation Drums – Tony Smith Keyboards – Mikey ChungWritten-By – John Lennon	3:11
2.13	Blazing Away Percussion – Don AliasSteel Guitar – Gib WhartonWritten-By – Barry Reynolds, Marianne Faithfull	4:10
2.14	When I Find My Life (Live) Co-producer, Backing Vocals – Barry ReynoldsDrums – Dougie BowneFlugelhorn – Lew SoloffGuitar – Marc RibotKeyboards, Accordion – Garth HudsonWritten-By – Barry Reynolds, Marianne Faithfull	3:00
2.15	Times Square (Live) Co-producer, Backing Vocals – Barry ReynoldsDrums – Dougie BowneFlugelhorn – Lew SoloffGuitar – Marc RibotKeyboards, Accordion – Garth HudsonWritten-By – Barry Reynolds	4:36
2.16	Ghost Dance Drums – Charlie WattsGuitar – Ron WoodProducer, Bass – Don WasProducer, Guitar – Keith RichardsWritten-By – Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith	3:43
2.17	Sleep Written-By – Angelo Badalamenti, Frank McGuinness, Marianne Faithfull	3:35
2.18	Love In The Afternoon Written By – Marianne FaithfullWritten-By – Angelo Badalamenti	3:30
2.19	Bored By Dreams Written-By – Angelo Badalamenti, Marianne Faithfull	3:07
2.20	She Written-By – Angelo Badalamenti, Marianne Faithfull	3:23

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – PMDC, USA

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Ben Brierley (tracks: 1.13 to 1.15)
• Alto Saxophone – Chris Hunter (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08)
• Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Steve Slagle (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08)
• Arranged By [Strings, Horns] – Michael Gibbs (tracks: 2.03, 2.04, 2.06 to 2.08)
• Bass – Fernando Saunders (tracks: 1.13 to 1.15, 2.01, 2.03 to 2.15), Mark Egan (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Rob Devito (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Rufus Reid (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Steve York (tracks: 1.01 to 1.12)
• Bass Clarinet – Bob Mintzer (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08)
• Cello – Beverly Lauridsen (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Clay Ruede (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Fred Zlotkin (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Julie Green (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Mark Shuman (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08, 2.17 to 2.20), Mary Wooten (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Richard Locker (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Clarinet – Alex Foster (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Andre Badalamenti (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Compiled By – Bill Levenson, Jerry Rappaport
• Drums – Charlie Drayton* (tracks: 2.09 to 2.11, 2.13), Terry Stannard (tracks: 1.01 to 1.15)
• Drums, Percussion – Gordon Gottlieb (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Sammy Merendino (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Featuring – Barry Reynolds (tracks: 1.01 to 1.12), Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuels (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Chris Stainton (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Clifton "Bigga" Morrison (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Darryl Way (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06), Dennis Haines* (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Diane Birch* (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06), Dyane Spenner (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Frankie Collins* (tracks: 1.01 to 1.12), Guy Humphries (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06), Jim Leverton (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Joe Mavety (tracks: 1.01 to 1.12), Julian Digle* (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Martin Droves* (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Mel Collins (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Neil Hubbard (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Peter Veitch (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Pickford Sykes (tracks: 1.08 to 1.12), Steve Winwood (tracks: 1.01 to 1.12)
• Featuring, Woodwind [Woodwinds] – Jim Cuomo (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06, 2.01)
• Flute, Alto Flute – Al Regni* (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Lawrence Feldman (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Pamela Sklar (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• French Horn – Bob Carlisle (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Guitar – Barry Reynolds (tracks: 2.09, 2.11 to 2.15), Bill Frisell (tracks: 2.03 to 2.05, 2.08, 2.10), Carmine D'Amico (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Mikey Chung (tracks: 1.13 to 1.15)
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – Fernando Saunders (tracks: 2.09, 2.11, 2.13 to 2.15)
• Guitar, Mandolin – Vinnie Bell (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Keyboards – Kevin Savanger (tracks: 2.09, 2.11, 2.13), Kinny Landrum (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Liner Notes [Essay] – Ann Powers
• Mixed By – Ed Thacker (tracks: 1.01 to 1.12)
• Oboe [& Oboe D'amore] – Shelly Woodworth (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Sherry Sylar (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Percussion – Morris Pert (tracks: 1.01 to 1.06), Rafael de Jesus* (tracks: 1.13 to 1.15)
• Piano, Electric Piano, Rhythm Guitar – Mac Rebennack (tracks: 2.06, 2.07, 2.15)
• Producer – Fernando Saunders (tracks: 2.09 to 2.13), Hal Willner (tracks: 2.01, 2.03 to 2.15), Mark Miller Mundy (tracks: 1.01 to 1.12)
• Producer, Conductor, Keyboards – Angelo Badalamenti (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Producer, Engineer – Harvey Goldberg (tracks: 1.13 to 1.15)
• Producer, Keyboards, Vocals – Wally Badarou (tracks: 1.13 to 1.15)
• Recorded By – Bob Potter (tracks: 1.01 to 1.12)
• Recorded By, Mixed By – Joe Ferla (tracks: 2.03 to 2.15)
• Remastered By [Digitally Remaster] – Kevin Reeves
• Tenor Saxophone – Richard Perry (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08)
• Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Lenny Pickett (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08)
• Trombone – Birch Johnson (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Conrad Herwig (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08)
• Trumpet – Glenn Drewes (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), John Marshall (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Lew Soloff (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08, 2.13, 2.14)
• Viola – Al Brown* (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Ann Barak (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Caroline Levine (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Christine Ims (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Harry Zaratzian (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Julien Barber (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Juliet Haffner (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Kenneth Fricker* (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Lamar Alsop (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Mary Helen Ewing* (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Mitsue Takayama (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Richard Sortomme (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Ronald Lawrence* (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Sue Pray (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20)
• Violin – Gene Orloff (tracks: 2.17 to 2.20), Laura Seaton (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Marin Alsop (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Marion Pinheiro (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Marshall P. Coid* (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Michael Levine (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08), Nancy McAlhany (tracks: 2.03 to 2.08)
• Vocals – Marianne Faithfull

Notes

Tracks 1.01 to 1.06 originally released on the Broken English album.
Track 1.07 originally released as the B-side of the Broken English 12".
Tracks 1.08 to 1.12 originally released on the Dangerous Acquaintances album.
Track 1.13 originally released as the B-side of the A Child's Adventure 12" promo and is previously unavailable on CD.
Tracks 1.14 to 1.15 originally released on the A Child's Adventure album.

Track 2.01 originally released on the Lost In The Stars - The Music Of Kurt Weill compilation.
Track 2.02 originally released on the Trouble In Mind soundtrack album.
Track 2.03 to 2.05, 2.07 and 2.08 originally released on the Strange Weather album.
Track 2.06 is a previously unreleased track from the Strange Weather sessions.
Tracks 2.09 to 2.12 are previously unreleased.
Tracks 2.13 to 2.15 originally released on the Blazing Away album and tracks 2.14 & 2.15 recorded live November 1989 @ St. Anne's Cathedral, Brooklyn, New York.
Track 2.16 originally released on the Faithfull - A Collection Of Her Best Recordings compilation.
Tracks 2.17 to 2.20 originally released on the A Secret Life album.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 731452457929
• Other (Disc 1 Catalog Number): 314-524 580-2
• Other (Disc 2 Catalog Number): 314-524 581-2
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): 314 524 5802 011 D
• Mould SID Code (Disc 1): IFPI 0391
• Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): 314 524 5812 01% B
• Mould SID Code (Disc 2): IFPI 0389

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
524 579-2	Marianne Faithfull	A Perfect Stranger - The Island Anthology ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Island Records	524 579-2	Australia	1998
524 579-2	Marianne Faithfull	A Perfect Stranger - The Island Anthology ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Island Records	524 579-2	Europe	1998