Enchanted (Marc Almond album)

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Enchanted
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Studio album by
Marc Almond
Released7 August 1990
RecordedMarcus, Beethoven Street, Sarm West, Advision, Mayfair Studios, London.
Label Parlophone, Some Bizzare, Capitol Records
Producer Bob Kraushaar, Gary Maughan, Stephen Hague
Marc Almond chronology
Jacques
(1989)		Enchanted
(1990)		 Memorabilia – The Singles
(1991)
Singles from Enchanted
  1. "A Lover Spurned" b/w "Exotica Rose [1] "
    Released: February 1990
  2. "The Desperate Hours" b/w "The Gambler [2] "
    Released: May 1990
  3. "Waifs and Strays" b/w "City of Nights" [3] / "Old Jack's Charm [4] "
    Released: November 1990

Enchanted is the sixth studio album by the British singer/songwriter Marc Almond. It was released on 7 August 1990 and reached number 52 on the UK Albums Chart [5] and number 81 on the Dutch albums chart. [6] Enchanted includes the singles "A Lover Spurned" (a UK Top 30 hit featuring actress Julie T. Wallace), "The Desperate Hours" and "Waifs and Strays" (the latter of which was remixed by The Grid for its release as a single).

Contents

Background

The songs for the album were recorded at Marcus, Beethoven Street, Sarm West, Advision, and Mayfair Studios, London. Almond was accompanied by former La Magia and Willing Sinners member Billy McGee, and various studio musicians. Almond worked with three producers, [7] Bob Kraushaar and Gary Maughan oversaw half of the tracks each, while Stephen Hague produced the lead single "A Lover Spurned".

Almond has described the recording process of this album as one of "conflict" between himself and producer Kraushaar. [8] Writing in his autobiography Tainted Life, Almond describes how in the recording he wanted "spontaneity and surprise, passion and grit" and that he "wanted to be the conductor, waving my baton as musicians came in and out, brandishing strange instruments that created exotic sounds", whereas Kraushaar "was a technophile, and would have happily replaced everyone with the passionless dependability of his computer if he could." [8] However, Almond concedes that "A year later I played the album and loved it. Bob Kraushaar had produced a highly polished, wonderful-sounding album, which at the time I just couldn't hear." [8]

The album was reissued on CD in 2002 having been remastered. The artwork was designed by Green Ink with a cover photograph of Almond and Zuleika by Pierre et Gilles. Almond has stated that it is his favourite album cover. [8]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
New Musical Express 7/10 [11]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Marc Almond, except as indicated

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Madame De La Luna"Marc Almond, Billy McGee4:47
2."Waifs and Strays" 5:09
3."The Desperate Hours" 4:27
4."Toreador in the Rain" 2:52
5."Widow Weeds"Marc Almond, Billy McGee5:39
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."A Lover Spurned"5:37
7."Deaths Diary"4:00
8."The Sea Still Sings"3:48
9."Carnival of Life"4:38
10."Orpheus in Red Velvet"5:07

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References

  1. ↑ "A Lover Spurned" UK CD single
  2. ↑ "The Desperate Hours" UK CD single
  3. ↑ "Waifs and Strays" UK CD single
  4. ↑ "Waifs and Strays" 7" vinyl singe
  5. ↑ "The Official Charts Company – Marc Almond". Official Charts Company . Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  6. ↑ "Discografie Marc Almond". 2003–2011 Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 15 May 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "Enchanted" CD
  8. 1 2 3 4 Almond, M., Tainted Life, the autobiography, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1999, p336-8
  9. ↑ Allmusic review
  10. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  11. ↑ Dalton, Stephen (9 June 1990). "Long Play". New Musical Express . p. 31.
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