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Amy Lam茅 talks to Marc Almond

Amy Lame sits in for Liz Kershaw and chats to singer, songwriter and performer Marc Almond, former frontman of iconic 1980s act Soft Cell.

Amy Lam茅 sits in for Liz and chats to singer, songwriter and performer Marc Almond, former frontman of 80's iconic act Soft Cell.
Marc shot to fame in 1981 as the frontman of electronic duo Soft Cell, and the duo enjoyed huge success with 5 consecutive top 5 singles and 3 top 10 albums. They disbanded in 1984, just before the release of their 4th album, This Last Night In Sodom.
He released 2 albums with his band The Mambas, before embarking on a long and varied solo career. In 2000 he relocated to Moscow and over a 3 year period recorded an album of Russian romance and folk songs.
In 2001 Soft Cell re-united and released the album Cruelty Without Beauty.
In 2004 he was seriously injured in a motorbike accident, and underwent emergency surgery twice.
It wasn't until 2007 when he released his next album Stardom Road, an album of covers.
He was awarded the Ivor Novello Inspiration Award this year.
Amy will also ask listeners for their new to you musical discoveries and chats to a listener about a favourite album in All Killer No Filler.

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Sat 14 Dec 2013 13:00
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Music Played

  • AC/DC

    Back In Black

    • Atlantic.

  • Africa Express

    Season Change

    • Maison Des Jeunes.
    • Transgressive Records.
    • 003.

  • Marc Almond

    Worship Me Now

  • Arctic Monkeys

    I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Domino.

  • Courtney Barnett

    History Eraser

    • Milk Records.

  • Blondie

    (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear

    • EMI.

  • Bombay Bicycle Club

    Carry Me

    • Island.

  • The Crystals

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    • A Christmas Gift For You (Phil Spect.
    • Phil Spector Int.

  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Crosstown Traffic

    • Polydor.

  • Kelis

    Millionaire (feat. Andr茅 3000)

    • Virgin.

  • Kings of Leon

    Beautiful War

    • Columbia.

  • Kiran Leonard

    Dear Lincoln

    • Hand Of Glory.

  • Steve Mason

    Fire!

    • Double Six Records.

  • Metronomy

    I'm Aquarius

    • Because Music.

  • New Order

    Your Silent Face

  • Santigold

    Say Aha

    • CD SINGLE.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

  • The Smiths

    The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

    • The Sound Of The Smiths.
    • Rhino.
    • 13.

  • Soft Cell

    Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

    • Vertigo.

  • TOY

    Endlessly

    • Heavenly Recordings.

  • Vampire Weekend

    Worship You

    • XL Recordings.

  • Volcano Choir

    Tiderays

    • Jagjaguwar.

  • The xx

    Sunset

  • Yazoo

    Don't Go

Broadcast

  • Sat 14 Dec 2013 13:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music