Marc Almond returns with a new covers album today, which features songs from the last fifty years that have influenced the Soft Cell frontman. The album marks Almond's return to the recorded music arena after that horrific motorcycle accident back in late 2004 that nearly killed him. Guests on the album include St Etienne's Sarah Cracknell and Antony Hegarty (he of 'and the Johnsons'). The tracklisting of the album, called 'Stardom Road', is as follows:
I Have Lived
I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten (featuring Sarah Cracknell)
Bedsitter Images
The London Boys
Strangers In The Night
The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (featuring Antony Hegarty)
Stardom Road
Kitsch
Backstage (I'm Lonely)
Dream Lover
Happy Heart
Redeem Me (Beauty Will Redeem The World)
The Curtain Falls