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Marc Almond: Varieté | CD Review

(Cherry Red)Varieté is the first album of original songs since Almond's major motorcycle accident in 2004, although the songs don't ponder it. Looking back over a colourful life, he is in nostalgic mood, although, after 30 years, the twirls through sleaze and nightlife have become a shtick. The Trials of Eyeliner partly revisits territory he first explored in Soft Cell's Where the Heart Is, while Soho So Long bids farewell to a place he has clearly never left in spirit. The stripped-down vaude...

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Marc Almond: Varieté | CD Review

Guardian Music — (Cherry Red)Varieté is the first album of original songs since Almond's major motorcycle accident in 2004, although the songs don't ponder it. Looking back over a colour... more info

Marc Almond