Dangerous Acquaintances
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| Released | 1 September 1981 | |||
| Recorded | March 1981 | |||
| Studio | Matrix Studios (London, United Kingdom) | |||
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| Length | 36:44 | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Mark Miller Mundy | |||
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Dangerous Acquaintances is the eighth studio album by English singer Marianne Faithfull. It was released on 1 September 1981 by Island Records. The album 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.