MARIANNE FAITHFULL

Negative Capability ★★★★

At 71, racked with arthritic and post-hip replacement pain, Marianne returns to her 17-year-old self to reclaim As Tears Go By, the Jagger/ Richards tune that turned her from a convent schoolgirl into a pop star. The oft-troubled years Marianne has since lived are etched over the originals and cover versions in this grand adieu with the caustic self revelation of In My Own Particular Way. “To die a good death is my dream,” she declares on Born To Live, one of many harrowing confessionals.