The Days Of Pearly Spencer - Marc Almond

Marc Almond (born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond on 9 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire) is an English singer, songwriter and recording artist, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell.
Almond has had a long and varied career spanning almost 30 years. During this time, after a career with Soft Cell and Marc and the Mambas, he has collaborated with an extremely wide range of artists including Antony and The Johnsons, Jools Holland, Siouxsie Sioux, Nick Cave, P.J. Proby, Nico, Kelli Ali of the Sneaker Pimps, Neal X (on the albums Fantastic Star and Open All Night), Marie France, Agnes Bernelle, Lydia Lunch, Gene Pitney on the #1 UK single "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart", Foetus (a.k.a. J. G. Thirlwell), Jimmy Somerville of The Communards and Bronski Beat, Psychic TV, Coil, Sally Timms of the Mekons, King Roc, John Cale, David Johansen of The New York Dolls and German band Rosenstolz.

Almond initially shot to fame in the early 1980s as one half of synth duo Soft Cell, whose combination of drama and peep show sleaze set to an electronic beat gave them hits such as "Tainted Love" (UK #1), "Bedsitter" (UK #3), "Torch" (UK #2), "Say Hello Wave Goodbye" (UK #3), "Soul Inside" (UK # 16), "What?" (UK #3) and the club hit "Memorabilia". They were first spotted by David Oddie, boss of Wakefield based Ambergris Records in a Bradford club, who passed his enthusiasm onto Dead Good Records in Lincoln, famous for their Hicks From The Sticks compilation, who in turn approached Polygram, the newly formed amalgam of Polydor and Phonogram. Although Soft Cell disbanded in 1984 just before the release of fourth album, This Last Night In Sodom, the duo reunited in 2001 for live shows and in 2002 released a new album entitled Cruelty Without Beauty, from which the single "The Night" (UK #39) was taken.

His biggest UK hits as a solo artist have been cover versions; the aforementioned 1989 number one duet with Gene Pitney and another near chart-topper in 1992, "The Days of Pearly Spencer", which peaked at #4. In 1985, he duetted with Jimmy Somerville and Bronski Beat on a cover of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love (Medley)" and it hit #3. The highest UK positions his self-penned singles have reached so far have been "Stories of Johnny" (#23 in 1985), "Tears Run Rings" (#28 in 1988 and #5 in the Netherlands) and "Adored and Explored" (#25 in 1995).
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[Technova1976]

nice old track!

[qooq88]

top tune, marc almond what a great voice and a really nice guy, brilliant with soft cell as well

[MonsterDevil7]

I donnot like the interpretation.

[etmoi12]

que de souvenirs....

superbe reprise par Marc.

[jeanlucv6g1t2]

so fine to find this song i was 13 years old when i love this song

thank you for nostalgy

very thank you

lucky

vancouver-BC-Canada :-))

[jeanlucv6g1t2]

so fine to find this song i was 13 years old when i love this song

thank you for nostalgy

very thank you

lucky

vancouver-BC-Canada

[mastik36]

It's so rare i like covers except a few ones, and this is one of them :-)

[BigDuke6ixx]

@gentess1, I think it's funny, that's what it is to me. What you gonna do about it?

[gentess1]

@BigDuke6ixx if he had, what is it to you???

[HvonS]

@BigDuke6ixx Everybody needs a hobby.