# Marc Almond

Marc Almond, nombre artístico de Peter Mark Sinclair Almond (Southport, Lancashire, 9 de julio de 1957) es un cantante y compositor popular inglés, que originalmente obtuvo fama como vocalista del dúo de Tecnopop/New Wave, Soft Cell, que fundó con David Ball.

## Vida personal

Almond siempre le fascinó el fundador de la iglesia de Satán, Anton LaVey. LaVey inició a Almond en el Satanismo laveyano en el Black House.
En respuesta a ser nombrado OBE a la edad de 60 años, Almond dijo que todavía es un "poco" antisistema, pero agregó: "Realmente ya no puedo ser un rebelde. Creo que es hora de dejarlo en manos de los más jóvenes". personas."

## Discografía
### Álbumes de estudio
#### Con Soft Cell

* 1981 Non-stop Erotic Cabaret #5 UK
* 1982 Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing #6 UK
* 1983 The Art of Falling Apart #5 UK
* 1984 This Last Night In Sodom #12 UK
* 1986 The Singles
* 1991 Memorabilia: The Singles
* 1994 Down in the Subway (compilation)
* 1996 Say Hello to Soft Cell (compilation)
* 1999 The Twelve Inch Singles
* 2002 The Very Best of Soft Cell #37 UK
* 2002 Cruelty Without Beauty #116 UK
* 2003 Live
* 2003 Soft Cell at the BBC (BBC)
* 2005 The Bedsit Tapes Early/Rare Demos 1978-1982
* 2006 Demo Non Stop - More Rare Demos
* 2008 Heat: The Remixes - (Remix Album)

#### Con Marc & the Mambas

* 1982 Untitled #42 UK
* 1983 Torment and Toreros #28 UK

#### Con Raoul and the Ruined

* 1984 Bite Black and Blues Live (Fan club only release)

#### Con The Willing Sinners

* 1984 Vermin in Ermine #36 UK
* 1985 Stories of Johnny #22 UK
* 1987 Mother Fist & Her Five Daughters #41 UK

#### Con Michael Cashmore

* 2008 Gabriel and The Lunatic Lover

#### como Solista with The Magia Orchestra

* 1986 Violent Silence (miniálbum)
* 1986 A Woman's Story (miniálbum)
* 1987 Singles 1984 - 1987
* 1988 The Stars We Are
* 1989 Jacques
* 1990 Enchanted
* 1991 Tenement Symphony
* 1992 A Virgin's Tale - Volume I (1985-1987 era B-sides & remixes)
* 1992 A Virgin's Tale - Volume II (1985-1987 era B-sides & remixes)
* 1993 Twelve Years of Tears (Live at the Royal Albert Hall)
* 1993 Absinthe: The French album
* 1995 Treasure Box (rarities compilation)
* 1996 Fantastic Star
* 1998 Marc Almond & La Magia Live in Concert
* 1999 Open All Night
* 2000 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall (Fan club only release)
* 2001 Stranger Things
* 2001 Live at the Union Chapel (Fan club only release)
* 2002 Little Rough Rhinestones Volume 1 (Fan club only release)
* 2003 The Willing Sinner Live in Berlin
* 2003 Marc Almond in Session Volume 1 (BBC)
* 2003 Heart on Snow
* 2003 Marc Almond in Session Volume 2 (BBC)
* 2005 Vanity, Poverty, Revence Punx Soundcheck ft. Marc Almond
* 2006 Little Rough Rhinestones Volume 2 (Fan club only release)
* 2007 Stardom Road (covers album, released 4 June 2007)
* Orpheus in Exile (2009)
* Varieté (2010)
* Feasting with Panthers (2011)
* The Tyburn Tree (2014)
* The Dancing Marquis (2014)
* Ten Plagues - A Song Cycle (2014)
* The Velvet Trail (2015)
* Against Nature (2015)
* Silver City Ride (2016)
* Shadows and Reflections (2017)
* A Lovely Life to Live (2018)
* Chaos and a Dancing Star (2020)

### Sencillos

| Año | Título | Notas | UK Singles Peak | IRL Singles Peak |
| 1982 | "Sleaze" | como Marc and the Mambas, fan club only release | - | - |
| 1983 | "Black Heart" b/w "Your Aura" | como Marc and the Mambas | 49 | - |
| 1983 | "Torment" b/w "You'll Never See Me on a Sunday" | como Marc and the Mambas | 90 | - |
| 1984 | "The Boy Who Came Back" b/w "Joey Demento" | | 52 | - |
| 1984 | "You Have" b/w "Split Lip" | | 57 | - |
| 1984 | "Tenderness Is a Weakness" b/w "Love for Sale" | | 88 | - |
| 1985 | "I Feel Love" | Bronski Beat con Marc Almond | 3 | 3 |
| 1985 | "Skin" | con Guy Chambers como "The Burmoe Brothers" | - | - |
| 1985 | "Stories of Johnny" | | 23 | 17 |
| 1985 | "Love Letter" | | 68 | - |
| 1986 | "The House Is Haunted (By the Echo of Your Last Goodbye)" | | 55 | - |
| 1986 | "A Woman's Story" | | 41 | - |
| 1986 | "Ruby Red" | | 47 | - |
| 1987 | "Melancholy Rose" | | 71 | - |
| 1987 | "Mother Fist" | | 93 | - |
| 1987 | "This House Is a House of Trouble" | con Sally Timms (Mekon) & The Drifting Cowgirls | - | - |
| 1988 | "Tears Run Rings" | also charted at #67 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 26 | - |
| 1988 | "Bitter Sweet" | | 40 | - |
| 1988 | "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" | con Gene Pitney | 1 | 1 |
| 1989 | "Only the Moment" | | 45 | 26 |
| 1990 | "A Lover Spurned" | | 29 | - |
| 1990 | "The Desperate Hours" | | 45 | - |
| 1990 | "Waifs and Strays" | | 88 | - |
| 1991 | "Say Hello Wave Goodbye '91" | con Soft Cell | 38 | - |
| 1991 | "Tainted Love '91" | con Soft Cell | 5 | 4 |
| 1991 | "Jacky" | | 17 | 14 |
| 1992 | "My Hand Over My Heart" | | 33 | - |
| 1992 | "The Days of Pearly Spencer" | | 4 | 8 |
| 1993 | "What Make a Man a Man" | | 60 | - |
| 1995 | "Adored and Explored" | | 25 | - |
| 1995 | "The Idol" | | 44 | - |
| 1995 | "Child Star" | | 41 | - |
| 1996 | "Out There" / "Brilliant Creatures" | | 76 | - |
| 1996 | "Yesterday Has Gone" | con P.J. Proby & the My Life Story Orchestra | 58 | - |
| 1998 | "Black Kiss" | | 97 | - |
| 1999 | "Tragedy (Take a Look and See)" | | 144 | - |
| 1999 | "My Love" / "Threat of Love" | con Siouxsie | - | - |
| 2001 | "Please Stay" | con Mekon | 91 | - |
| 2001 | "Glorious" | | - | - |
| 2001 | "Total Eclipse" | Rosenstolz, Marc Almond & Nina Hagen | - | - |
| 2001 | "Soul on Soul" | System F & Marc Almond | - | - |
| 2003 | "Gone But Not Forgotten" | | - | - |
| 2004 | "Vanity Poverty Revenge/Neo Burlesque" | Punx Soundcheck con Marc Almond | - | - |
| 2004 | "Sheherezade" | limited edition, vinyl only | - | - |
| 2004 | "Face Control EP" | Replicant & Marc Almond | - | - |
| 2005 | "Delirious" | limited edition | - | - |
| 2005 | "Prime Evil" | limited dance release | - | - |
| 2005 | "Perfect Honey" | limited dance release | - | - |
| 2005 | "Baby's on Fire" | T-Total con Marc Almond | - | - |
| 2007 | "I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten" | junto a Sarah Cracknell, (solo en descargas digitales) | 43 | - |

### Otras contribuciones

* Voces en "Discipline" & "Stolen Kisses" por Psychic TV incluido en el álbum Force the Hand of Chance.
* Voces en "Burning Boats" por Anni (e) Hogan incluido en el EP Kickabye.
* Voces en "Titan Arch" por Coil, incluido en el álbum Love's Secret Domain.
* Voces para "The Dark Age of Love" by Coil, de Songs of the Week.
* Voces para la versión cover de "Who By Fire" por Coil, de Horse Rotorvator.
* Voces para "Idumea" por Current 93, de Black Ships Ate the Sky.

## Libros

* 1988 The Angel of Death in the Adonis Lounge (poems)
* 1999 Beautiful Twisted Night (poems, lyrics and prose)
* 1999 Tainted Life (autobiography, reprinted in paperback in 2000)
* 2001 The End of New York (poems and prose, including spoken word CD)
* 2004 In Search of the Pleasure Palace - Disreputable Travels (autobiography)

## Video

* 1982 Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show (released 2004)
* 1987 A Lover Spurned - Live at the Astoria, London 1987 (released 2002)
* 1991 The Willing Sinner - Live at the Berlin Passionchurch 1991 (released 2002)
* 2000 Live at the Lokerse Festeen 2000
* 2000 Live at the Union Chapel Dec 2000 (released 2003)
* 2002 Soft Cell Live in Milan
* 2005 Sin Songs, Torch and Romance - Live at the Almeida Theatre 2004
* 2007 Twelve Years of Tears - Live at the Royal Albert Hall 1992
* 2008 Marc Almond: In Bluegate Fields- Live at the Wilton's Music Hall
* 2012 Three Black Nights of Little Black Bites - at the Duke Of York's Theatre, April 1983 (as Marc and the Mambas)