Faithfull: An Autobiography

Faithfull: An Autobiography

A black-and-white image of a blond woman smoking a cigarette. The title "Faithfull" is written in a white upper case font above her head.

Front cover of Faithfull: An Autobiography
Author Marianne Faithfull and David Dalton
Country United States
Language English
Genre Autobiography
Publisher Little, Brown and Company
Publication date
 1 August 1994
Media type Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages 310
ISBN 9780316273244

Faithfull: An Autobiography is an autobiography by English singer, songwriter and actress Marianne Faithfull, written in collaboration with David Dalton. It was first published on 1 August 1994 by Little, Brown and Company and reissued as a paperback in July 1995. The book was also accompanied by the release of a compilation album Faithfull: A Collection of Her Best Recordings (1994). Faithfull: An Autobiography chronicles her childhood, career as a teenage pop star during the 1960s, relationship with Mick Jagger, heroin addiction in the 1970s, and her comeback to music industry with her album Broken English (1979).[1]

Critical response

The book received generally positive reviews from critics. David Browne in Entertainment Weekly gave the book A rating and wrote: "Most pop-music autobiographies are random notes; it's easy to believe David Crosby and Dion inhaled heavily simply because their memories are so vague. Faithfull, on the other hand, can recall most of the faces and places involved with her sundry rises and drug-sodden crashes of the last three decades." He also added that "it may be the most honest rock memoir yet published".[2] Paul Jones from The Independent was critical. He wrote: "This is not an entertaining read. In fact, it's a while since I enjoyed a book as little as this one. It is quite absorbing, though, in a tabloid sort of way - sensational and, on its subject's own admission, unreliable."[3]

Publication history

Region Release date Format
United States 1 August 1994 Hardcover[4]
1 July 1995 Paperback[5]
6 June 2000 Paperback[6]
19 May 2014 E-book[7]
United Kingdom 8 August 1994 Hardcover[8]
1 July 1995 Paperback[9]

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