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bull First ever expanded edition of Marc Almond rsquos landmark seventh studio album.
Originally released in 1991 lsquoTenement Symphonyrsquo, a collaboration with Trevor Horn yielded no less than three Top 40 UK hits bull With a second bonus CD of remixes, extended versions, lesser heard 7rdquo variants of the albumrsquos singles including Marcrsquos joyous cover version of Madonna rsquos lsquoLike A Prayerrsquo, a previously unheard John Coxon 12rdquo mix of lsquoMy Hand Over My Heartrsquo and the 7rdquo edit of the shelved fourth single from the album, lsquoWhat Is Loversquo bull Plus a 32page booklet full of lyrics, photos and listening notes.
This remastered set has the actual Trevor Horn produced lsquoTenement Symphonyrsquo sequence restored as was his original intention with the dramatic statement of the orchestral lsquoPreludersquo as a precursor to the intoxicating energy of lead hit single, lsquoJackyrsquo, as written by Jacques Brel.
lsquoTenement Symphonyrsquo was an attempt to make the definitive Almond album as masterminded by Warner Music UKrsquos Rob Dickins .
The effect of the album was meant to be like looking through the windows of different rooms in a tenement building and hearing a bouquet of narrative songs about disparate characters residing therein.
It saw the first postbreakup rekindling of the songwriting partnership with Soft Cellrsquos Dave Ball with The Gridrsquos Richard Norris on the three technotorch tracks lsquoMeet Me In My Dreamrsquo, lsquoIrsquove Never Seen Your Facersquo and UK hit lsquoMy Hand Over My Heartrsquo.
It was an album that also featured three cowrites with Marcrsquos longstanding collaborator and arranger Billy McGee Marc amp The Mambas, The Willing Sinners on the emotionally charged tracks lsquoVaudeville amp Burlesquersquo, lsquoBeautiful Brutal Thingrsquo and lsquoChampagnersquo.
Complementing the 11 tracks of the original album on CD 1 are a collection of songs which were used as Bsides to the different formats of the albumrsquos three hit singles, lsquoJackyrsquo UK17, lsquoMy Hand Over My Heartrsquo UK33 and lsquoThe Days Of Pearly Spencerrsquo UK4.
Many of these lsquo Bsides evidence such stellar songwriting quality that they could have easily created a double album back in the day to showcase all the contemporaneous contributing talents of Trevor Horn, The Grid, John Coxon and Billy McGee.
The specially expanded CD1 provides a glimpse into how such a release might actually have panned out
Originally released in 1991 lsquoTenement Symphonyrsquo, a collaboration with Trevor Horn yielded no less than three Top 40 UK hits bull With a second bonus CD of remixes, extended versions, lesser heard 7rdquo variants of the albumrsquos singles including Marcrsquos joyous cover version of Madonna rsquos lsquoLike A Prayerrsquo, a previously unheard John Coxon 12rdquo mix of lsquoMy Hand Over My Heartrsquo and the 7rdquo edit of the shelved fourth single from the album, lsquoWhat Is Loversquo bull Plus a 32page booklet full of lyrics, photos and listening notes.
This remastered set has the actual Trevor Horn produced lsquoTenement Symphonyrsquo sequence restored as was his original intention with the dramatic statement of the orchestral lsquoPreludersquo as a precursor to the intoxicating energy of lead hit single, lsquoJackyrsquo, as written by Jacques Brel.
lsquoTenement Symphonyrsquo was an attempt to make the definitive Almond album as masterminded by Warner Music UKrsquos Rob Dickins .
The effect of the album was meant to be like looking through the windows of different rooms in a tenement building and hearing a bouquet of narrative songs about disparate characters residing therein.
It saw the first postbreakup rekindling of the songwriting partnership with Soft Cellrsquos Dave Ball with The Gridrsquos Richard Norris on the three technotorch tracks lsquoMeet Me In My Dreamrsquo, lsquoIrsquove Never Seen Your Facersquo and UK hit lsquoMy Hand Over My Heartrsquo.
It was an album that also featured three cowrites with Marcrsquos longstanding collaborator and arranger Billy McGee Marc amp The Mambas, The Willing Sinners on the emotionally charged tracks lsquoVaudeville amp Burlesquersquo, lsquoBeautiful Brutal Thingrsquo and lsquoChampagnersquo.
Complementing the 11 tracks of the original album on CD 1 are a collection of songs which were used as Bsides to the different formats of the albumrsquos three hit singles, lsquoJackyrsquo UK17, lsquoMy Hand Over My Heartrsquo UK33 and lsquoThe Days Of Pearly Spencerrsquo UK4.
Many of these lsquo Bsides evidence such stellar songwriting quality that they could have easily created a double album back in the day to showcase all the contemporaneous contributing talents of Trevor Horn, The Grid, John Coxon and Billy McGee.
The specially expanded CD1 provides a glimpse into how such a release might actually have panned out