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Double vinyl LP pressing. Originally released in August 1990, this is the first ever expanded re-issue of Marc Almond's opulent sixth studio album. Enchanted is saturated in Marc's signature poetic romanticism and contains some of his finest lyric writing in songs as various as the epic 'Madame de la Luna', 'Death's Diary' and 'Orpheus In Red Velvet'. Originally released in August 1990, Marc Almond's opulent sixth studio album, InchEnchantedInch, is saturated in his signature poetic romanticism and contains some of his finest lyric writing in songs as various as the epic 'Madame de la Luna', 'Death's Diary' and 'Orpheus In Red Velvet. ' The album's rich lead single, 'A Lover Spurned', is a classic Almond power ballad of unrequited love with an equally thrilling production by Stephen Hague, employing a melodramatically thunderous 48-piece orchestra. The original album is replicated on the first record of this deluxe 2xLP set and the second record evidences, in both the B-Sides and the selection of original album demos that it contains, a more acoustic intimacy that frames Almond's superior song-writing craft in a counterpoint tradition of the deft and immediate story-telling thrust of the very best of European chanson. Album Tracks 1. Madame de la Luna 2. Waifs and Strays 3. The Desperate Hours 4. Toreador in the Rain 5. Widow Weeds 6. A Lover Spurned 7. Death's Diary 8. The Sea Still Sings 9. Carnival of Life 10. Orpheus in Red Velvet 1. The B-Sides 2. Exotica Rose 3. The Gambler 4. Old Jack's Charms 5. The Libertine's Dreams 6. City of Nights 7. The Demos... Plus 8. The Sea Still Sings (Demo) 9. Madame de la Luna (Demo) 10. Death's Diary (Demo) 11. Toreador in the Rain (Demo) 12. Orpheus in Red Velvet (Demo) 13. The Desperate Hours (Orchestral)
