Almond, Marc: Chaos and a Dancing Star - LP

The ever-creative Marc Almond is releasing a brand new album last January, recorded under the production supervision of composer and pianist Chris Bridge, who has won the Ivor Novello Award for Composition and Grammy Nominee. Marc and Chris started working on the album three years ago, and the original plan for a progressive rock album resulted in more of what could be called “penetrating pop tunes.“ In the first single Lord Of Misrule, Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson is a guest on the flute.

British singer, musician and esthete Marc Almond became famous as a member of the synthpop duo Soft Cell. Group, which is often also referred to as the new wave representative, She made a number of hits in the 1980s, the most famous are the songs Torch, Memorabilia or Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. However, the pair achieved their greatest fame with a remake of Tainted Love, which was a worldwide hit in 1981. Almond also succeeded as a soloist, for example in 1989 he recorded the duet Something' s Gotten Hold Of My Heart with Gene Pitney. It has sold over 30 million records worldwide.