Fantastic Star
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Fantastic Star is the ninth studio album by the British singer/songwriter Marc Almond. It was released in 1996 and reached number fifty-four on the UK Albums Chart. It includes the singles "Adored and
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Soft Cell
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Soft Cell are an English synth-pop band who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consisted of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball until the latter's death in 2025. The band are
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…Mike Owen. Originally the album was intended to be released by WEA UK (who had released Almond's Tenement Symphony album in 1991) and be produced by Soft Cell's former producer Mike Thorne under the working title Urban Velvet reflecting the Glam meets Electronica fusion. However, Almond's manager Stevo Pearce…
Soft Cell in 1983; Marc Almond (left) and David Ball (right).
Plaque honouring Soft Cell at Leeds Beckett University (formerly Leeds Polytechnic)
Soft Cell in 1983