Open All Night

Marc Almond

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 17, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 17, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Instinct Records
• ASIN: B00000JWC7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #323,994 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

1999 solo album from former Soft Cell vocalist pays respect to the sound of his old band while mixing in elements of R&B and trip-hop and wearing his gospel and latin influences on his sleeves. Features duets with Siouxsie Sioux and forme r Sneaker Pimps vocalist Kelly Ally. 13 tracks, including the singles 'Tragedy (Take A Look And See)' and 'Black Kiss'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fabulous, October 5, 1999

By A Customer

This album is definitely the best Almond has done to date. The mixture of pop, jazz, blues, cabaret and the like all make for an incredibly creative and interesting effort. The duets with Siouxsie Sioux and Kelly Ali should heighten its appeal to those who have not previously been Marc Almond fans. While you probably won't hear any of the tracks on the radio and won't be a commercial success in the US, it is definitely an album to own and to listen to repeatedly!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Open All Night, September 9, 1999

By A Customer

This is the album that Marc Almond has been trying to make since leaving Soft Cell. He has managed to fuse together all of his influences: pop, disco, dance, electronic, R&B and cabaret all thrown into the mix to produce this incredibly diverse and entertaining album. Perhaps it was the freedom of recording and releasing the CD as a semi-independent release. It was initially to be released in 1998 on the British label Echo, and in fact the first single release from the album, Black Kiss, was released on that label. Echo released Almond from his contract and he decided to go the independent route; for him, this was a good move. He has produced a very original work that still falls into the Marc Almond mold. Although fans will love this CD, it is accessible enough to attract new listeners as well. Almond has surrounded himself with very talented guests on this album, including Siouxsie Sioux (of Siouxsie and the Banshees and the Creatures), who duets with Almond on the brilliant "Threat of Love." Song topics are the usual for Almond (death, sleaze, love, lust and the like) but what makes this album so interesting is the music: beautiful, well-crafted melodies with heavy dance beats. Not an easy task, but he does it very well. Almond is very talented and a great deal deeper than he has been given credit for. This is a great example of just how creative he is when given the artistic freedom. ~ Aaron Badgley , All-Music Guide

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars marc's garmonbozia, March 28, 2000

By	"threshingfloor" (Seattle) - See all my reviews

I have been listening and adoring Marcs music now since 1985. The man is brilliant and in each release his voice gets stronger and stronger. While I am partial to his CD's Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters, Absinthe, Torment and Toreros (as the Mambas) and The Art of Falling Apart (As Soft Cell) Open All Night is a good piece of pain and sorrow. I mostly enjoyed the tracks, Black Kiss, Tragedy, Sleepwalker, and Threat of Love (Duet with Siouxsie Sioux) out of the CD. I felt Almost Diamonds was sugar water, and at some points throughout the CD I felt I was listening to Portishead, which kind of annoyed me. With the direction he is heading on this CD I don't think I can even imagine what the followup to this one will sound like. Perhaps a 4th CD of covers is in order! However, this CD has it all, it is housey, jazzy, gothy, pop-esque, loungy, and yet still remains in the all encompassing genre of camp! If you like this album, run don't walk, and find Mother Fist and her Five daughters.