{"product_id":"marc-almond-tenement-symphony-nad-2023","title":"MARC ALMOND - Tenement Symphony (NAD 2023)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP - Limited National Album Day 2023 Edition on Translucent Blue Vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Album Day\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e returns on October 14th 2023, and this year the theme is '\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e90s\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eTenement Symphony’\u003c\/em\u003e was an attempt, at the time, to make the definitive \u003cstrong\u003eMarc Almond\u003c\/strong\u003e album as masterminded by Warner Music UK’s then chairman 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 post-breakup rekindling of the songwriting partnership with \u003cstrong\u003eSoft Cell’s Dave Ball\u003c\/strong\u003e (with \u003cstrong\u003eThe Grid’s Richard Norris\u003c\/strong\u003e) on the three techno-torch tracks ‘\u003cem\u003eMeet Me In My Dream’, ‘I’ve Never Seen Your Face\u003c\/em\u003e’ and UK hit ‘\u003cem\u003eMy Hand Over My Heart\u003c\/em\u003e’. It was an album that also featured three co- writes with Marc’s long-standing collaborator and arranger \u003cstrong\u003eBilly McGee (Marc \u0026amp; The Mambas, The Willing Sinners\u003c\/strong\u003e) on the emotionally charged tracks ‘\u003cem\u003eVaudeville \u0026amp; Burlesque\u003c\/em\u003e’, ‘\u003cem\u003eBeautiful Brutal Thing\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eChampagne\u003c\/em\u003e’. In this re-sequencing of the album, to enable optimal mastering, ‘\u003cem\u003eChampagne\u003c\/em\u003e’ now opens the predominantly ‘bonus tracks’ second disc, the other songs were B-sides to the album’s three hit singles, ‘\u003cem\u003eJacky\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK#17), '\u003cem\u003eMy Hand Over My Heart\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK#33) and ‘\u003cem\u003eThe Days Of Pearly Spencer\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK#4).\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany of these B-sides feature such stellar songwriting that they could have easily created a double album back in the day to showcase all the contemporaneous involved talents of \u003cstrong\u003eTrevor Horn\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Grid\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Coxon\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eBilly McGee\u003c\/strong\u003e. This special double, coloured vinyl edition for fans provides a glimpse into how such a release might actually have panned out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SFE","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Translucent Blue Vinyl","offer_id":47125823619417,"sku":"SDZ-22528","price":24.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/MARCALMOND-TenementSymphony.jpg?v=1694687274","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/marc-almond-tenement-symphony-nad-2023","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}