Dangerous Acquaintances

Dangerous Acquaintances
Studio album by Marianne Faithfull
Released	September 1981
Label	Island
Producer	Mark Miller Mundy
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Marianne Faithfull chronology
Broken English (1979) Dangerous Acquaintances (1981) A Child's Adventure (1983)

Dangerous Acquaintances is an 1981 album by British artist Marianne Faithfull. The work was seen by reviewers as a disappointing follow-up to Faithfull's Broken English, as the album trades the angry and controversial alternative new wave arrangements of the previous one for a more mainstream rock texture, using over a dozen session musicians and, for some, giving a certain anonymous feel to the songs. The title is a reference to the Pierre Choderlos de Laclos 1782 novel Les Liaisons dangereuses.

The main singles of the album were "Intrigue", penned by the singer's then-husband, Ben Brierley, and "For Beauty's Sake", written by Faithfull and Steve Winwood.

Track listing

1. "Sweetheart" (Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds) – 3:17
2. "Intrigue" (Ben Brierley) – 4:31
3. "Easy in the City" (Faithfull, Reynolds) – 3:16
4. "Strange One" (Joe Mavety, Terry Stannard) – 2:52
5. "Tenderness" (Faithfull, Reynolds) – 3:53
6. "For Beauty's Sake" (Faithfull, Steve Winwood) – 3:32
7. "So Sad" (Faithfull, Reynolds, Steve York) – 4:32
8. "Eye Communication" (Faithfull, Reynolds, Fuzzy Samuel, Stannard) – 3:36
9. "Truth, Bitter Truth" (David Courts, Faithfull, Reynolds) – 7:22

Personnel

• Marianne Faithfull – vocals
• Barry Reynolds – guitar
• Steve York – bass
• Joe Maverty – bass
• Frank Collins – vocals
• Denis Haines – keyboards
• Pickford Sykes - Keyboards
• Neil Hubbard – guitar
• Martin Drover – guitar
• Julian Diggle – guitar
• Calvin "Fuzzy" Samuel – bass