Marc Almond
Real Name:
Peter Mark Sinclair Almond
Profile:
UK singer, songwriter and performer, born on 9 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire. Awarded an OBE (The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service) in the New Year's Honours list in 2018.
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In Groups:
Marc Almond And Friends,
Marc And The Mambas,
Raoul & The Ruined,
Soft Cell,
The Flesh Volcano,
The Loveless (7)
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Marc Almond And The Willing Sinners | Marc Almond And The Willing Sinners - Vermin In Ermine (Album) | Some Bizzare | 822 833 | Greece | 1984 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Stories Of Johnny (Album) | Virgin, Some Bizzare | FAITHC1 | New Zealand | 1985 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Violent Silence (LP, MiniAlbum) | Virgin, Virgin, Some Bizzare, Some Bizzare | 208 050, 208050 | Germany | 1986 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Mother Fist And Her Five Daughters (Album) | Virgin | FAITH2 | UK | 1987 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | The Stars We Are (Album) | Parlophone | 64 7910421 | Italy | 1988 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Jacques (Album) | Some Bizzare | BREL 1 | UK | 1989 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Enchanted (Album) | Parlophone, Some Bizzare | 79 4404 | Brazil | 1990 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Márc Almond* | Tenement Symphony (Album) | WEA, Some Bizzare | 4-75518 | Argentina | 1991 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | 12 Years Of Tears (Album) | WEA, Some Bizzare | 4509-92033-4 | Indonesia | 1993 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Absinthe - The French Album (Album) | Some Bizzare | SBZLP 021, sbz lp021 | UK | 1993 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Fantastic Star (Album) | Some Bizzare, Mercury | 528 659-4 | UK | 1995 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond And Le Magia* | Marc Almond And Le Magia* - Live In Concert (Album) | Some Bizzare | SBZ037CD | UK | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Open All Night (Album, EP) | Blue Star Music | none | UK | 1998 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (CD, Album) | Blue Star Music | Theatre 002 | UK | 2000 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Stranger Things (Album) | XIII BIS Records, XIII BIS Records | 533 800 2, 5338002 | Europe | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Live At The Union Chapel (CD, Album) | Blue Star Music | Theatre 003 | UK | 2001 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | The Willing Sinner (Live In Berlin) (Album) | Cherry Red | CDMRED233 | UK | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Heart On Snow (Album) | XIII BIS Records, Blue Star Music | 6403262 | Europe | 2003 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Live At The Lokerse Feesten 2000 | Charly Films, ABC Entertainment | DAVID0738 | Australia | 2000 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Stardom Road (Album) | Sequel Records | none | Ukraine | 2007 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | In 'Bluegate Fields' Live At Wilton's Music Hall | Strike Force Entertainment | SN6585 | UK | 2008 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond With Alexei Fedorov | Marc Almond With Alexei Fedorov - Orpheus In Exile - Songs Of Vadim Kozin (Album) | Strike Force Entertainment | SFE001 | UK | 2009 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Marc In Soho - Live At The London Palladium Soho Jazz Festival 1986 (CD, Album) | Blue Star Music | none | UK | 2009 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Marc Mix (CD, Mixed) | Blue Star Music | none | UK | 2009 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marc Almond | Varieté (Album) | Strike Force Entertainment | none | UK | 2010 | Sell This Version |
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August 15, 2020The below is about the double vinyl Hits And Pieces – The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell. https://www.discogs.com/Marc-Almond-And-Soft-Cell-Hits-And-Pieces-The-Best-Of-Marc-Almond-And-Soft-Cell-/release/12564887 (UMC – 5762925).
This double album is a thrill to have. I got it at a very decent price and it is immaculately produced in every detail. The (heavy) vinyl itself is gorgeous, one pink, the other black. The vinyl labels have portraits of Almond on the A-sides. The printed inner sleeves include another two portraits and an essay, all in glorious pink, black and metallic silver. The production couldn’t be any more beautiful.
This is important: Marc Almond has created a huge range of music. This track listing is chosen superbly and the four sides represent his work well, seemingly portioning the work into four groups chronologically. Side A is classic SOFT CELL with emotively grand pop hits such as Bedsitter and Say Hello – the world instantly became a better place when this music was released. Side B is the darker Soft Cell, (and rushing through a few phases actually, covering a very creative period) – Soul Inside, to Marc going solo and dueting, with Bronski Beat, perfect roof-down Corvette music, I Feel Love. Side C are the, whatever you call that phase, with Days of Pearly Spencer (Aaaaa Ha!). And Side D, the later stuff.
If I have to mention gripes, it is that there isn't enough of the Marc and the Mambas phase (for me, this was a wonderfully creative period). Also, because it is ‘Hits and Pieces’, you miss out on real gems like Ugly Head and Catch a Fallen Star, but it is what it is – and if I want to play Fallen Star, then I get the album out . . . I have compared the track listing to the double CD of this. The CDs obviously have a lot more tracks, but thankfully (and I think wisely), they are mainly the later stuff left off the vinyl, and the vinyl doesn’t overly suffer from the omissions. It is a small pity Ruby Red doesn’t appear on the vinyl, but I can out the 12” and listen to this properly (Special Re-Recorded Extended Dance Mix - GLOW 3 13).
I don't usually rate 'Best of' albums so highly, but with Marc Almond’s work it is different - the tracks aren't all over-charged 'pop hits' which can make ‘Best of’ albums tiring to listen to – hit after sodding hit, if you know what I mean. These tracks work well on an album and reveal a fantastically creative musical force: Marc Almond and all the wonderful people he chose to work with (Dave Ball, Annie Hogan, the Willing Sinners etc).