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Torment and Toreros

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{{Infobox album

| name = Torment and Toreros

| type = Studio

| artist = Marc and the Mambas

| cover = Torment_and_toreros.png

| alt =

| released = August 1983 (Reissued in 1987, 1992, 1997, 2004, and 2009)

| recorded = January–May 1983

| venue =

| studio = Trident Studios, London

| genre = Alternative rock, gothic rock, new wave

| length = 88:17

| label = Some Bizzare

| producer = Marc Almond

| prev_title = Untitled

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Bite Black and Blues

| next_year = 1984

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Torment and Toreros

| type = studio

| single1 = Black Heart

| single1date = June 1983 (UK)

| single2 = Torment

| single2date = November 1983 (UK)}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r436|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

Torment and Toreros is the second album to be released by Marc and the Mambas. The album reached #28 on the UK album charts in August 1983. The song "Torment" was written by Marc Almond, Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees, and Robert Smith of The Cure.[https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Torment%20And%20Torreros Official Charts Marc Almond (Marc and the Mambas) Torment and Toreros] It also is the last studio album to go under the name "Marc and the Mambas"; the Mambas' third album, Bite Black and Blues, credited to "Raoul and the Ruined", is a live album and was initially only available via the Marc Almond fan club.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Marc Almond, except where indicated.

=Disc 1=

  1. "Intro" (Almond, Sally Mambas) – 3:17
  2. "Boss Cat" (Almond; original lyrics: Anne Stephenson, Gini Hewes) – 4:17
  3. "The Bulls" (Jacques Brel) – 2:18
  4. "Catch a Fallen Star" – 5:12
  5. "The Animal in You" (Almond, Mambas) – 7:19
  6. "In My Room" (Joaquin Prieto; English lyrics: Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance) – 3:01
  7. "First Time" – 3:38
  8. "(Your Love Is A) Lesion" – 5:38
  9. "My Former Self" (Almond, Annie Hogan) – 2:45
  10. "Once Was" (Almond, The Venomettes) – 5:10

Universal Music Japan 2004 Extra Tracks

  1. "Fun City" – 7:49
  2. "Sleaze Take It, Shake It" – 7:17
  3. "Sleaze Taking It, Shaking It" – 7:15

=Disc 2=

  1. "The Untouchable One" (Almond, Jenkinson) – 6:03
  2. "Blood Wedding" (Traditional Spanish; arranged by Marc and the Mambas) – 01:51
  3. "Black Heart" (Almond, Hogan) – 04:50
  4. "Medley: Narcissus/Gloomy Sunday/Vision" (Almond, Steve Sherlock/Sam M. Lewis, Rezső Seress/Peter Hammill) 11:46
  5. "Torment" (Almond, Steven Severin, Robert Smith) – 4:21
  6. "A Million Manias" (Almond, Foetus) – 5:52
  7. "My Little Book of Sorrows" (Marc Almond) – 5:59
  8. "Beat out that Rhythm on a Drum" (Georges Bizet, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 5:00

Universal Music Japan 2004 Extra Tracks

  1. "Your Aura" (Marc Almond) – 6:18
  2. "Mamba" (Mambas, Marc Almond) – 12:05
  3. "First Time" – 3:38 (Venomettes, Almond)
  4. "You'll Never see Me on a Sunday" (Almond, Hogan) – 2:51

Some Bizzare 2009 Extra Tracks

  1. "Your Aura" (Marc Almond) – 6:18
  2. "You'll Never see Me on a Sunday" (Almond, Hogan) – 2:51
  3. "Mamba" (Mambas, Marc Almond) – 12:05

Personnel

;Marc and the Mambas

  • Marc Almond – guitar, percussion, vocals
  • Annie Hogan – piano, harpsichord, Farfisa organ, vocals
  • Lee Jenkinson – bass, guitar, drums, vocals
  • Steve Sherlock – flute, saxophone

with:

;Technical

  • Flood, Marc Almond – mixing
  • Huw Feather – cover design
  • Peter Ashworth – photography

References

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Category:Marc and the Mambas albums

Category:Marc Almond albums

Category:1983 albums

Category:Some Bizzare Records albums

Category:Albums recorded at Trident Studios