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Torment and Toreros

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Recorded
  
January - May 19983

Artist
  
Marc and the Mambas

Producer
  
Marc Almond

Length
  
88:17

Release date
  
August 1983

Label
  
Some Bizzare Records

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Released
  
1983 (Reissued in 1987, 1992, 1997, 2004, and 2009

Studio
  
Trident Studios, London

Torment and Toreros (1983)
  
Bite Black and Blues (1984)

Genres
  
New wave, Alternative rock, Gothic rock

New wave albums
  
Non‑Stop Erotic Cabaret, Some Bizzare Album, Blue Sunshine, Soul Mining, A Kiss in the Dreamhouse

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Torment and Toreros is the second album to be released by Marc and the Mambas. The album reached #28 on the UK album charts in August 1983. It also is the last studio album to go under the name "Marc and the Mambas". The next album Almond issued was credited to "Raoul and the Ruined". The Mambas' third album, Bite Black and Blues, is a live album and was initially only available via the Marc Almond fan club.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Marc Almond, except where indicated.

Disc 1

  1. "Intro" (Almond, Sally Mambasa) - 3:17
  2. "Boss Cat" (Almond, Anne Stephenson, Ginny Hewes) - 4:17
  3. "The Bulls" (Jacques Brel) - 2:18
  4. "Catch a Fallen Star" - 5:12
  5. "The Animal In You" (Almond, Mambasa) - 7:19
  6. "In My Room" (Antonio Prieto) - 3:01
  7. "First Time" - 3:38
  8. "(Your Love Is A) Lesion" - 5:38
  9. "My Former Self" (Almond, Annie Hogan) - 2:45
  10. "Once Was" (Almond, The Venomettes) - 5:10

Universal Music Japan 2004 Extra Tracks

  1. "Fun City" - 7:49
  2. "Sleaze Take It, Shake It" - 7:17
  3. "Sleaze Taking It, Shaking It" - 7:15

Disc 2

  1. "The Untouchable One" (Almond, Jenkinson) - 6:03
  2. "Blood Wedding" (Traditional) - 01:51
  3. "Black Heart" (Almond, Hogan) - 04:50
  4. "Medley: Narcissus/Gloomy Sunday/Vision" (Almond, Steve Sherlock/ Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress/Peter Hammill) 11:46
  5. "Torment" (Almond, Steven Severin, Robert Smith) - 4:21
  6. "A Million Manias" (Almond, Foetus) - 5:52
  7. "My Little Book of Sorrows" (Marc Almond) - 5:59
  8. "Beat out that Rhythm on a Drum" (Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II) - 5:00

Universal Music Japan 2004 Extra Tracks

  1. "Your Aura" (Marc Almond) - 6:18
  2. "Mamba" (Mambas, Marc Almond) - 12:05
  3. "First Time" - 3:38 (Venomettes, Almond)
  4. "You'll Never see Me on a Sunday" (Almond, Hogan) - 2:51

Somebizzare 2009 Extra Tracks

  1. "Your Aura" (Marc Almond) - 6:18
  2. "You'll Never see Me on a Sunday" (Almond, Hogan) - 2:51
  3. "Mamba" (Mambas, Marc Almond) - 12:05

Personnel

  • Marc Almond - guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Annie Hogan - piano, harpsichord, Farfisa organ, vocals
  • Matt Johnson - guitar
  • The Venomettes - string arrangements
  • Ginny Hewes - violin
  • Billy McGee - double bass
  • Anne Stephenson - violin
  • Martin McCarrick - cello
  • Peter Ashworth - drums, timpani
  • Frank Want - drums
  • Steve Sherlock- flute, saxophone
  • Lee Jenkinson - bass, guitar, drums, vocals

    • Songs

    1Intro3:17
    2Boss Cat4:18
    3The Bulls2:18

    References

    Torment and Toreros Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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