Kissin Time

Kissin Time
Studio album by Marianne Faithfull
Released	March 4, 2002
Length	44:28
Label	Virgin, Hut Recordings
Producer	Billy Corgan, Beck, Jarvis Cocker, Étienne Daho, Ben Hillier, Tony Hoffer, Steve Mackey, Barry Reynolds, Dave Stewart, Les Valentins

Kissin Time is the sixteenth album by British musician Marianne Faithfull. It featured three songs (co-)written and/or performed by Billy Corgan, in addition to recording, production and mixing. The Smashing Pumpkins personnel Howard Willing (pre-production), Bjorn Thorsrud (mixing, recording) and Matt Walker (drumming) also contributed. Other artists featured on the album include Beck, Blur and Pulp.

AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, calling it "another raise of the bar" for Faithfull, noting that it was Billy Corgan "who gets the highest marks here for capturing Faithfull's dominant strengths … the pace of her delivery, and the dynamic her lyrics demand."

Tracks of interest

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
4.	"I'm on Fire" (co-sung by Corgan)	Billy Corgan, Marianne Faithfull	5:11
5.	"Wherever I Go"	Billy Corgan	4:26
11.	"Something Good" (cover of I'm into Something Good)	Gerry Goffin, Carole King	3:23

Personnel

• Billy Corgan
  • Vocals – "I'm on Fire"
  • Guitar, bass, piano/keyboards, programming/sequencing, production, mixing, recording – "I'm on Fire", "Wherever I Go", "Something Good"
  • Songwriting – "I'm on Fire", "Wherever I Go"
• Bjorn Thorsrud – mixing/recording ("I'm on Fire", "Wherever I Go", "Something Good")
• Howard Willing – pre-production ("I'm on Fire", "Wherever I Go", "Something Good")
• Marianne Faithfull – lead vocals ("I'm on Fire", "Wherever I Go", "Something Good")
• Matt Walker – drums ("I'm on Fire")

Release history

Released	Label	Catalog ID	Format	Country	External sites
March 4, 2002	Hut Recordings	CDHUT71	CD	UK & Europe	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]
August 13, 2002	Virgin	7243 8 12009 2 6	CD	US	Discogs	MusicBrainz	[1]

More releases: Discogs • MusicBrainz

External links

• Kissin Time at SPFC