Marc Almond
Marc Almond  | |
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 Cantante y compositor británico cultivador de la música pop | |
| Datos generales | |
| Nombre real: | Peter Mark Sinclair Almond |
| Fecha de nacimiento: | 9 de julio de 1959 Southport,  Inglaterra |
| Padres: | Peter John Sinclair Almond Sandra Mary Dieson |
| Ocupación: | Cantante, compositor |
| Información artística | |
| Género(s): | pop |
| Instrumento(s): | voz |
| Artistas relacionados: | David Bowie, Jacques Brel |
Marc Almond. Cantante y compositor británico cultivador de la música pop. Su nombre real es Peter Mark Sinclair Almond.
Síntesis biográfica
Nace el 9 de julio de 1959 en Southport, Inglaterra.
Trayectoria musical
Influido por Lou Reed, Syd Barreto, Marc Bolan, David Bowie y Jacques Brel, integró las bandas Soft Cell y Marc & the Mambas.
Tras fundar The Willing Sinners, su banda acompañante, graban en 1984 el álbum VERMIN IN ERMINE.
Otros álbumes de la década de los 80 son: STORIES OF JOHNNY VIRGIN (1985); MOTHER FIST AND HER FIVE DAUGHTERS VIRGIN (1987); THE STARS WE ARE PARLOPHONE (1988) y JACQUES SOME BIZARRE LABEL (1989).
Entre sus temas más escuchados se encuentran: Stories of Johnny; Tears Run Rings; The Days of Pearly Spencer; Somethings Gotten Hold of My Heart, este último a dúo con Gene Pitney, el cual se posicionó en la cima de lo más escuchado en Reino Unido en 1989.
De 2015 es el álbum THE VELVET TRAIL.
Discografía
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1981)
- Say Hello Wave Goodbye
- Secret Life
- Sex Dwarf
- Tainted Love
- Frustration
- Chips on My Shoulder
- Bedsitter
- Entertain Me
- Youth
- Seedy Films
Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters (1987)
- The Hustler
- There Is a Bed
- The River
- Melancholy Rose
- Champ
- The Sea Says
- Angel in Her Kiss
- Mother Fist
- Saint Judy
- Ruby Red
- The Room Below
- Mr. Sad
The Stars We Are (1988)
- Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart
- Bitter Sweet
- The Frost Comes Tomorrow
- Tears Run Rings
- The Sensualist
- Only the Moment
- Kept Boy
- She Took My Soul in Istanbul
- Your Kisses Burn
- The Very Last Pearl
- These My Dreams Are Yours
- The Stars We Are
Enchanted (1990)
- A Lover Spurned
- The Desperate Hours
- Waifs and Strays
- Orpheus in Red Velvet
- Carnival of Life
- Madame de La Luna
- Death's Diary
- Widow Weeds
- Toreador in the Rain
- The Sea Still Sings
Tenement Symphony (1991)
- Champagne
- Jacky
- What Is Love?
- I've Never Seen Your Face
- Prelude
- Vaudeville and Burlesque
- Beautiful Brutal Thing
- Trois Chansons de Bilitis - Extract
- Days of Pearly Spencer
- My Hand Over My Heart
- Meet Me in My Dream
Fantastic Star (1996)
- We Need Jealousy
- Out There
- Addicted
- Brilliant Creatures
- Adored And Explored (7" Edit)
- Betrayed
- The Idol (Pts. 1 & 2 All Gods Fall)
- Child Star
- Looking For Love (In All The Wrong Places)
- Love To Die For
- Baby Night Eyes
- Shining Brightly
- Caged
- On The Prowl
- The Edge Of Heartbreak
- Come In Sweet Assassin
Open All Night (1999)
- Black Kiss
- My Love
- Night & Dark
- Scarlet Bedroom
- Threat of Love
- Midnight Soul
- Tragedy (Take a Look and See)
- Almost Diamonds
- Bedroom Shrine
- Open All Night
- Bad People Kiss
- Sleepwalker
- Heart in Velvet
Stranger Things (2001)
- Amo Vitam
- Love in a Time of Science
- End in Tears
- Dancer
- Glorious
- Born to Cry
- Glorious (Reprise)
- Under Your Wing
- Come Out
- Tantalise Me
- Lights
- Moonbathe Skin
- When It's Your Time
Varieté (2010)
- Bread and Circus
- Sin Song
- My Madness and I
- Swan Song
- Sandboy
- It's All Going On
- Cabaret Clown
- Unloveable
- The Exhibitionist
- But Not Today
- Intro
- Nijinsky Heart
- Soho So Long
- Lavender
- Varieté
- Trials of Eyeliner
Chaos and a Dancing Star (2020)
Dust
- Giallo
- When the Stars Are Gone
- Black Sunrise
- Fighting a War
- Chaos
- Hollywood Forever
- Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
- Dreaming of Sea
- The Crow's Eyes Have Turned Blue
- Slow Burn Love
- Cherry Tree
- Lord of Misrule
Fuentes
- Fariñas González, Joao Pablo. Una década de música: el sonido anglosajón de los 80. Página 103. Editorial Arte y Literatura, 2017. ISBN: 978-959-03-0816-1.
