- A re-issue of Marc Almond’s 11th solo album, ‘Stranger Things’, from 2001 as part of his 65th year celebration
- A deluxe three disc, newly expanded 2022 edition.
- Containing no less than 32 bonus tracks across discs two and three including original song demos, remixes, rarities, alternative versions and live renditions of ‘Stranger Things’ album tracks recorded around the time of the album’s
- Issued in miniature LP style packaging with three inner sleeve wallets and a 32 page lyric booklet
‘Stranger Things’ was a celebrated collaboration between Marc Almond and the much- missed mercurial talent of Icelandic producer and arranger Jóhann Jóhannsson (Lhooq, Dip, Hafler Trio...) which gave the album a consciously cinematic musical coherence with its signature melodramatic and soaring string arrangements to the fore.
Deftly combining elements of Gothic tinged Synth Pop and orchestral grandeur, the album provoked much eulogising on its original release; Ian Shirley writing in Record Buyer in 2001 that, “This is a brilliant album. Lush, orchestral and with a delightful contemporary rhythmic sheen, it sounds like the soundtrack to an imaginary James Bond film. Almond is in torch mode playing Shirley Bassey. This is no put down… he sings with an emotional depth that is very moving.”
Online music site Allmusic described the album as "dreamy and swooning”, adding that Marc, "sounds in absolutely excellent voice.”
Marc and Johannsson were kindred spirits whose shared influences were a mash-up of Philip Glass, ‘70s music, John Barry, Martin Denny, striptease soundtracks, burlesque and Techno - all of which is richly manifested in the unique sensibility and beauty of the resultant album.
Marc Almond - Stranger Things
| The Original Album | |||
| 1-1 | Marc Almond– | Glorious | 4:46 |
| 1-2 | Marc Almond– | Born To Cry | 4:58 |
| 1-3 | Marc Almond– | Come Out | 4:53 |
| 1-4 | Marc Almond– | Under Your Wing | 5:27 |
| 1-5 | Marc Almond– | Lights | 4:17 |
| 1-6 | Marc Almond– | Tantalise Me | 4:09 |
| 1-7 | Marc Almond– | Moonbathe Skin | 4:11 |
| 1-8 | Marc Almond– | Dancer | 3:28 |
| 1-9 | Marc Almond– | When It's Your Time | 4:14 |
| 1-10 | Marc Almond– | End In Tears | 3:20 |
| 1-11 | Marc Almond– | Love In A Time Of Science | 4:54 |
| 1-12 | Marc Almond– | Glorious (Reprise) | 2:34 |
| Bonus Tracks, Demos & 'Fur' Remixes | |||
| 2-1 | Marc Almond With Laska Omnia– | The Guilt Of My Secret | 4:27 |
| 2-2 | Marc Almond With Laska Omnia– | Passion And Pain | 4:19 |
| 2-3 | Marc Almond– | Our Love, My Love | 2:45 |
| 2-4 | Marc Almond With Trash Palace– | I'm The Boy (Boy Toy) | 4:03 |
| 2-5 | Marc Almond– | Âme Caline | 3:16 |
| 2-6 | Marc Almond– | Give In | 3:00 |
| 2-7 | Marc Almond– | The Beautiful Light Of Madness (Original Demo) | 5:52 |
| 2-8 | Marc Almond– | Suburban Opera (Original Demo) | 4:30 |
| 2-9 | Marc Almond– | Moonbathe Skin (Original Demo) | 4:21 |
| 2-10 | Marc Almond– | Under Your Wing (Original Demo) | 5:26 |
| 2-11 | Marc Almond– | Smoke (Original Demo) | 3:40 |
| 2-12 | Marc Almond– | Dark Is My World (Demo Version) | 4:46 |
| 2-13 | Marc Almond– | Fur (Original Demo) | 3:16 |
| 2-14 | Marc Almond– | The Exhibitionist (Original Demo) | 5:07 |
| 2-15 | Marc Almond– | Fur | 3:03 |
| 2-16 | Marc Almond– | Fur (Replicant Version) | 5:03 |
| 2-17 | Marc Almond– | Fur (Keen K Remix) | 4:11 |
| 2-18 | Marc Almond– | Fur (Divider Remix) | 4:06 |
| More Bonus Tracks, Rarities & Live | |||
| 3-1 | Marc Almond– | Glorious (Radio Edit) | 4:03 |
| 3-2 | Marc Almond– | Under Your Wing (Live - Union Chapel, 2000) | 5:22 |
| 3-3 | Marc Almond– | Moonbathe Skin (Live - Union Chapel, 2000) | 4:13 |
| 3-4 | Marc Almond– | Our Love, My Love (Live - Union Chapel, 2000) | 2:54 |
| 3-5 | Marc Almond– | When It's Your Time (Live - Union Chapel, 2000) | 4:22 |
| 3-6 | Marc Almond– | Born To Cry (Live - Union Chapel, 2000) | 4:58 |
| 3-7 | Marc Almond– | I Created Me (Live - Union Chapel, 2000) | 6:00 |
| 3-8 | Marc Almond– | Under Your Wing (Live - Leicester Cathedral, 2000) | 5:32 |
| 3-9 | Marc Almond– | Moonbathe Skin (Live - Wilton's Music Hall, 2008) | 4:08 |
| 3-10 | Marc Almond– | End In Tears (Live - Almeida Theatre, 2004 | 3:32 |
| 3-11 | Rosenstolz & Marc Almond– | Amo Vitam | 3:34 |
| 3-12 | Rosenstolz & Marc Almond– | Total Eclipse | 4:03 |
| 3-13 | Pyx-Lax & Marc Almond– | All My Angels Falling | 4:38 |
| 3-14 | Mad Drivers Feat. Marc Almond– | Dark Age Of Love | 8:05 |
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