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The Stars We Are [Original recording remastered]

Marc Almond Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (22 April 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording remastered
  • Label: EMI
  • ASIN: B0000647H1
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 26,806 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. The Stars We AreMarc Almond 3:44£0.89
Listen  2. These My Dreams Are YoursMarc Almond 5:28£0.89
Listen  3. Bitter SweetMarc Almond 3:20£0.89
Listen  4. Only The MomentMarc Almond 4:41£0.89
Listen  5. Your Kisses BurnMarc Almond 4:43£0.89
Listen  6. The Very Last PearlMarc Almond 4:45£0.89
Listen  7. Tears Run RingsMarc Almond 4:21£0.89
Listen  8. Something's Gotten Hold Of My HeartMarc Almond 4:39£0.89
Listen  9. The SensualistMarc Almond 5:28£0.89
Listen10. She Took My Soul In IstanbulMarc Almond 6:21£0.89
Listen11. The Frost Comes TomorrowMarc Almond 4:17£0.89
Listen12. Kept BoyMarc Almond 6:13£0.89
Listen13. Something's Gotten Hold Of My HeartMarc Almond & Gene Pitney 4:40£0.89


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By Jason Parkes #1 HALL OF FAME
Format:Audio CD
'The Stars We Are' is Almond's finest solo-album-though 'Open All Night' & 'Torment & Toreros' are close.The preceding albums with Mike Hedges & The Willing Sinners were screamingly over-produced. Confusingly, Almond formed La Magia from The Willing Sinners- though taking on the production himself with Hogan & McGee was a good idea!

The title track is one of those classic Almond songs like 'Melancholy Rose' or 'The Flesh is Willing'. It sounds like Almond starting to look back to the Cell-days; it would be a few years before he would play 'Say Hello,Wave Goodbye' again!...'These My Dreams Are Yours' is a gorgeous song- imagine if Spiritualized were any good & backed 'Scott 3'-Scott & you're near. This is a perfect soul song- as great as Jeff Buckleys' 'Everybody Here Wants You' or Prince's 'Adore'...'Bitter Sweet' is a little twee & commercial- but not as anondyne as 'Love Letter' and bridges the gap to the genius 'Only the Moment'. This is a fantastic song co-written with Annie Hogan- though the single version was better!...'Your Kisses Burn' was the final recording to feature Nico- a sinister duet that sounds like John Cale producing 'Eloise'...'The Frost Comes Tomorrow' is a divine song- Almond's vocals fantastically interprete this nostalgic-melancholy & the accordion sounds not unlike Tom Wait's circa 'Frank's Wild Years'...'The Very Last Pearl' is rather perky & a little throwaway- if charmingly arranged- one to play live methinks...'Tears Run Rings' was the great comeback single, the refrain "We've got to get together/before we fall apart" does that Proustian/'Speak, Memory' thing regarding a semi-naked person in my teenage bedroom. Nice to see some Morrissey-esque politics creeping in-"They're pulling down the old slums/to build the new".The non-Pitney duet version of 'Something's Gotten' is preferable. The original is still the best!..'The Sensualist' is a sublime number- the operatic backing vocals blow me away, after all these years...'She Took My Soul in Istanbul' is suitably overblown- imagine Maurice Jarre doing the soundtrack for an imaginary film of 'Justine' ...Finally 'Kept Boy' surfaces- lots of people I know hate this- but I think it has a certain charm. The late Agnes Bernelle is great & it is proof that Almond could do the Broadway/West End thing at the drop of a hat...This is my favourite Almond solo-album that has dated well & is as strong as the finest of his works before & after- such as 'Torch' or 'Divided Soul'. The fun we had?

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By Tim Kidner TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
Like many of my age, Soft Cell, in particular the absolute classic Non Stop Erotic Dancing electro synth album Marc penned with Dave Ball is how we came aware of Marc, his voice and his music.

Quite sensibly, as he and the rest of us have matured and moved on, whilst those classics songs are still being recorded by others, he made this gem of an album with "La Magia", who provide a female voice and instrumentation.

His soaring, dramatic vocals that evoke a lead violin of an orchestra, such is its beauty and range of emotion, finds perfect pitch alongside warm orchestral surges and lone trumpets. We were made aware of this era of Marc's career by that memorable Gene Pitney duet 'Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart", that was a big hit. Some tracks (She Took My Soul in Istanbul/Your Kisses Burn) veer, successfully & beautifully, toward eastern duets, with the mini booklet having lyrics as 'him' & 'her'.

I'm afraid to say that I've heard other recordings by Marc and they weren't to my taste, being horribly self indulgent and almost painful to hear. However, I would say, that with almost out exception, this is a tight, at times 60's sounding, lush extravaganza of pure, tidy pop songs, that all merit their place on this 13 track CD.

If you, like me, wondered what happened to Marc after Soft Cell and want an update/companion to that seminal Non Stop....I can recommend The Stars We Are most wholeheartedly.
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Your innocent smile 27 April 2009
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Great album that was initially released in 1988 and which spawned a number of Top 20 hits - the superb Tears Run Rings the most memorable of them. Almond has always done his thing and this moody, sometimes sombre, always witty and never dull remastered CD is no exception. A worthy re-release.
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