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Byline: Lisa Robinson

L'amour, l'amour: just in time for Valentine's Day, some twisted love songs for some twisted times.

On Before the Poison, Marianne Faithfull's chilling, elegant voice is surrounded by musical contributions from a sophisticated cast of friends that includes PJ Harvey, Jon Brion, Nick Cave, and Hal Willner. Beck is back with producers the Dust Brothers and a sample-heavy, beat-laden, and guitar-driven record that harkens back to Odelay. The classically trained, Russian-born, Bronx-raised Regina Spektor, who's been compared to Bjork, Fiona Apple, and Tori Amos, shows uninhibited emotion on Soviet Kitsch. Fans of the real Tori Amos will …