A Child's Adventure

A Child's Adventure is the ninth studio album by British singer Marianne Faithfull, released on Island Records in 1983.

A Child's Adventure
Studio album by Marianne Faithfull
Released	March 1983
Recorded	1982
Length	37:20
Label	Island
Producer	Wally Badarou, Harvey Goldberg, Barry Reynolds
Marianne Faithfull chronology
Dangerous Acquaintances (1981) A Child's Adventure (1983) Rich Kid Blues (1985)
Singles from A Child’s Adventure
"Running For Our Lives" Released: March 1983 "Blue Millionaire" Released: 1983 "Times Square" Released: 1983

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Background and recording

After two albums with Mark Mundy as producer, Marianne Faithfull recorded A Child's Adventure without a separate producer; the album was produced by backing musicians Wally Badarou and Barry Reynolds and engineer Harvey Goldberg. In an interview following the album's recording, she remarked, "On this album, because we didn't have a producer as such, we could really work closely together on the finer bits - the harmonics, which a producer often doesn't have the time for."^[2]

Faithfull had been performing "She's Got a Problem", a poem written by Caroline Blackwood and put to music by Faithfull's then-husband Ben Brierley, since 1978.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Times Square"	Barry Reynolds	4:22
2.	"The Blue Millionaire"	Wally Badarou, Marianne Faithfull, Barry Reynolds	5:35
3.	"Falling from Grace"	Ben Brierley, Faithfull	3:56
4.	"Morning Come"	Wally Badarou, Faithfull	5:16
5.	"Ashes in My Hand"	Faithfull, Barry Reynolds	4:51
6.	"Running for Our Lives"	Wally Badarou, Faithfull, Barry Reynolds	4:48
7.	"Ireland"	Faithfull, Barry Reynolds	4:37
8.	"She's Got a Problem"	Caroline Blackwood, Ben Brierley	3:55

Personnel

• Marianne Faithfull – vocals
• Barry Reynolds – vocals, guitar
• Ben Brierley – vocals, guitar
• Wally Badarou – vocals, keyboards
• Mikey Chung – guitar
• Fernando Saunders – bass
• Terry Stannard – drums
• Rafael de Jesus – percussion

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4]	43
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[5]	15
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[6]	16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	9
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[8]	42
US Billboard 200[9]	107
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[10]	14
UK Albums (OCC)[11]	99
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12]	60

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. A Child's Adventure at AllMusic
2. Farber, Jim (June 1983). "I Got Here by the Skin of my Teeth". Record. 2 (8): 1, 30.
3. "Marianne Faithfull - She's Got a Problem (Live in London, 1978)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
4. "Dutchcharts.nl – MARIANNE FAITHFULL – A CHILD'S ADVENTURE" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
5. "Charts.nz – MARIANNE FAITHFULL – A CHILD'S ADVENTURE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
6. "Norwegiancharts.com – MARIANNE FAITHFULL – A CHILD'S ADVENTURE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
7. "Swedishcharts.com – MARIANNE FAITHFULL – A CHILD'S ADVENTURE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
8. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4356". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
9. "Marianne Faithfull Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
11. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 17 April, 2024.
12. "Offiziellecharts.de – Marianne Faithfull – A Child's Adventure" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 17 April, 2024.