Horses and High Heels is the 19th solo album release by British singer and songwriter Marianne Faithfull. The 13 track album was released on 31 January 2011 in continental Europe and on 7 March 2011 in the UK on the Dramatico record label. It was released in the United States on 28 June 2011 via the French Naïve Records label.
"Why Did We Have To Part?" was released as a single from the album.
Recorded in the New Orleans French Quarter in September and October 2010, the album features .ix cove...
Horses and High Heels is the 19th solo album release by British singer and songwriter Marianne Faithfull. The 13 track album was released on 31 January 2011 in continental Europe and on 7 March 2011 in the UK on the Dramatico record label. It was released in the United States on 28 June 2011 via the French Naïve Records label.
"Why Did We Have To Part?" was released as a single from the album.
Recorded in the New Orleans French Quarter in September and October 2010, the album features .ix cover versions of 1960s classics and seven new songs, four of which were co-written by Faithfull herself. One of the new songs, "The Old House", was specially written for her by Irish playwright Frank McGuiness. There are two cameo appearances on guitar from Lou Reed with further cameos from Dr. John and MC5's Wayne Kramer. The album was produced by long-term collaborator Hal Willner.
The album peaked at #16 on the UK Indie chart. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
