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On the surface, Marc Almond might be an unlikely candidate to warrant a ten-disc, career-spanning box treatment. For many, he is best known as half of '80s synth pop outfit Soft Cell (along with David Ball); their biggest hit, "Tainted Love," and its video were synonymous with vintage MTV. (In England their run was more substantive and lasted through 1984.) Post-Soft Cell, Almond's career spiraled off into a dazzling variety of directions with sometimes deft, sometimes daft albums that moved through erotic torch songs, Jean Genet-inspired hustler's balladry, Brechtian cabaret, elegant chanson, Russian-inspired folk and orchestral theater music, pop standards, and industrial abstract experiments in covers and originals. This massive set represents that depth and breadth, dripping all the while with eros, dark, wry humor, and vulnerable emotion.
Packaged in a garishly handsome fuchsia and red box are two thematically arranged gatefold-disc sleeves and a hardbound, photo-laden book with a generous introduction by the artist and an engaging historical essay by Alexis Petridis. Almond handpicked all 192 selections. The first four discs, entitled "History," contain 72 selections collected from B-sides, solo albums, Soft Cell, Marc & the Mambas, Marc Almond & the Willing Sinners, etc. Highlights include "Threat of Love" (with Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie), a stellar duet with Nico from 1988's brilliant The Stars We Are, a reading of "Pearly Night" with the Orchestra Royssia from Orpheus in Exile (an album of songs by Vadim Kozin), and "Mother Fist." The second sleeve contains Almond's singles in chronological order, including all the prime Soft Cell jams (unfortunately, the harrowing long version of "Memorabilia" is omitted), odd hits -- including the 1988 cover of “Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart” with Gene Pitney -- "A Woman's Story," "The Boy Who Came Back," "The Idol," "Stories Of Johnny" and Yesterday Has Gone," the latter sung in duet with P.J. Proby. The final three discs fill out a mind-boggling portrait of Almond and are loaded with treasures. Culled from his private collection, they contain one-offs, unreleased demos, compilation cuts, collaborations, flexi-disc releases, unissued performances, and more. There's "Dark Age of Love" with Coil, the unissued (and amazing) "Three Monkey Tango," "The Exhibitionist" (one of two tracks with Johann Johannsson), "Kill Me or Make Me Beautiful" with Armen Ra, "The Falconer with X-TG, "Cry" with the Jools Holland Big Band, a demo cover of Jobriath's "Be Still," and a brief studio jam of Marc Bolan's "Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith." Trials of Eyeliner offers dazzling and exhaustive evidence of Almond's compulsive creativity. It's more than any casual fan could -- or would -- embrace, but this isn't for them. Instead, it's the unholy grail for obsessives who embrace all of Almond's musical contradictions and celebrate his pop iconoclasm. As such, and on many other fronts, it succeeds in spades.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Dave Ball, Producer, Synthesizer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Soft Cell, MainArtist - Marc Almond, Producer, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist - John Darling, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Tim Taylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Thorne, Producer - Marc Almond, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist - Marc And The Mambas, MainArtist - Bill Clarke, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anne Hogan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Tim Taylor, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Thorne, Producer - Marc Almond, ComposerLyricist - Marc And The Mambas, MainArtist - Bill Clarke, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Anne Hogan, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Dave Ball, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Thorne, Producer - Soft Cell, MainArtist - Marc Almond, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Thorne, Producer - Soft Cell, MainArtist - Marc Almond, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Thorne, Producer - Soft Cell, MainArtist - Marc Almond, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Thorne, Producer - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Thorne, Producer - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Mercury Records Limited
Soft Cell, Producer - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2016 Mercury Records Limited
Soft Cell, Producer, MainArtist - Marc Almond, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Mercury Records Limited
Matt Johnson, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond, ComposerLyricist - Marc And The Mambas, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Paul Buckmaster, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Flood, Producer - Scott Walker, ComposerLyricist - Marc And The Mambas, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1982 Mercury Records Limited
Flood, Producer - Robert Smith, ComposerLyricist - Steven Severin, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marc And The Mambas, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Mercury Records Limited
Flood, Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marc And The Mambas, MainArtist
℗ 1983 Mercury Records Limited
Flood, Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marc And The Mambas, MainArtist - J.G. Thirwell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 Mercury Records Limited
Flood, Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - J.G. Thirwell, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Annie Hogan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Marc Almond
Michael Hedges, Producer - Marc Almond, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Mercury Records Limited
DISCO 2
Michael Hedges, Producer - Marc Almond, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners, MainArtist
℗ 1984 Mercury Records Limited
Michael Hedges, Producer - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Mercury Records Limited
Mike Hedges, Producer - Marc Almond, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1985 Marc Almond
Mike Hedges, Producer - Marc Almond, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1985 Some Bizarre
Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Marc Almond
Marc Almond, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Marc Almond
Marc Almond, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Annie Hogan, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Marc Almond
Mike Hedges, Producer - Marc Almond, Composer - Marc Almond and the Willing Sinners, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Some Bizarre
Mike Hedges, Producer - Marc Almond, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1986 Some Bizarre
Paul Buck, Translator - Jacques Brel, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist - Charles Gray, Producer
℗ 1989 Marc Almond
Paul Buck, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist - Robert Nyel, ComposerLyricist - Georges Garvarentz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1989 Marc Almond
Bob Kraushaar, Producer, Additional Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Annie Hogan, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bob Kraushaar, Producer, Additional Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bob Kraushaar, Producer, Additional Producer - Nico, FeaturedArtist - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pine, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bob Kraushaar, Producer, Additional Producer - Gary Maughan, Producer - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Bob Kraushaar, Producer - Gary Maughan, Producer - Marc Almond, Composer, MainArtist
℗ 1990 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Richard Norris, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Grid, Producer - David James Ball, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 Warner Music (UK) Ltd.
Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Grid, Producer - Billy McGee, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 Warner Music (UK) Ltd.
DISCO 3
Gregg Jackman, Producer - Peter Hammill, Composer - Marc Almond, MainArtist
℗ 1993 Marc Almond
John Coxon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 Warner Music (UK) Ltd.
John Coxon, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 Warner Music (UK) Ltd.
Michael Hedges, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Marc Almond, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Richard Timothy Coxon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Mercury Records Limited
David Johansen, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - John Cale, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Thorne, Producer - Marc Almond, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1996 Mercury Records Limited
Kenny Jones, Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Marc Almond
Kenny Jones, Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Marc Almond
Neal Whitmore, ComposerLyricist - Kenny Jones, Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, Remixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2010 Marc Almond
Neal Whitmore, ComposerLyricist - Neal X, Remixer, StudioPersonnel - Kenny Jones, Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Siouxsie Sioux, FeaturedArtist - Budgie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2010 Marc Almond
Neal Whitmore, ComposerLyricist - Neal X, Producer - Marc Almond, Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Marc Almond
Ingo Vauk, Producer - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - David James Ball, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2001 Marc Almond
John Green, ComposerLyricist - Neal Whitmore, ComposerLyricist - Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johann Johannsson, Producer
℗ 2010 Marc Almond
Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johann Johannsson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Marc Almond
Marc Almond, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Johann Johannsson, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Marc Almond
Presentación del Álbum
On the surface, Marc Almond might be an unlikely candidate to warrant a ten-disc, career-spanning box treatment. For many, he is best known as half of '80s synth pop outfit Soft Cell (along with David Ball); their biggest hit, "Tainted Love," and its video were synonymous with vintage MTV. (In England their run was more substantive and lasted through 1984.) Post-Soft Cell, Almond's career spiraled off into a dazzling variety of directions with sometimes deft, sometimes daft albums that moved through erotic torch songs, Jean Genet-inspired hustler's balladry, Brechtian cabaret, elegant chanson, Russian-inspired folk and orchestral theater music, pop standards, and industrial abstract experiments in covers and originals. This massive set represents that depth and breadth, dripping all the while with eros, dark, wry humor, and vulnerable emotion.
Packaged in a garishly handsome fuchsia and red box are two thematically arranged gatefold-disc sleeves and a hardbound, photo-laden book with a generous introduction by the artist and an engaging historical essay by Alexis Petridis. Almond handpicked all 192 selections. The first four discs, entitled "History," contain 72 selections collected from B-sides, solo albums, Soft Cell, Marc & the Mambas, Marc Almond & the Willing Sinners, etc. Highlights include "Threat of Love" (with Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie), a stellar duet with Nico from 1988's brilliant The Stars We Are, a reading of "Pearly Night" with the Orchestra Royssia from Orpheus in Exile (an album of songs by Vadim Kozin), and "Mother Fist." The second sleeve contains Almond's singles in chronological order, including all the prime Soft Cell jams (unfortunately, the harrowing long version of "Memorabilia" is omitted), odd hits -- including the 1988 cover of “Something’s Gotten Hold of My Heart” with Gene Pitney -- "A Woman's Story," "The Boy Who Came Back," "The Idol," "Stories Of Johnny" and Yesterday Has Gone," the latter sung in duet with P.J. Proby. The final three discs fill out a mind-boggling portrait of Almond and are loaded with treasures. Culled from his private collection, they contain one-offs, unreleased demos, compilation cuts, collaborations, flexi-disc releases, unissued performances, and more. There's "Dark Age of Love" with Coil, the unissued (and amazing) "Three Monkey Tango," "The Exhibitionist" (one of two tracks with Johann Johannsson), "Kill Me or Make Me Beautiful" with Armen Ra, "The Falconer with X-TG, "Cry" with the Jools Holland Big Band, a demo cover of Jobriath's "Be Still," and a brief studio jam of Marc Bolan's "Perfumed Garden of Gulliver Smith." Trials of Eyeliner offers dazzling and exhaustive evidence of Almond's compulsive creativity. It's more than any casual fan could -- or would -- embrace, but this isn't for them. Instead, it's the unholy grail for obsessives who embrace all of Almond's musical contradictions and celebrate his pop iconoclasm. As such, and on many other fronts, it succeeds in spades.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
Acerca del álbum
- 10 disco(s) - 189 pista(s)
- Duración total: 12:59:10
- Artistas principales: Marc Almond
- Compositor: Various Composers
- Sello: UMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
- Género Pop/Rock Pop
© 2016 UMC, a division of Universal Music Operations Ltd. This Compilation ℗ 2016 Mercury Records Limited
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