Marc Almond - Open All Night - 1999 - Ep. 24

It's the end of March in the last year of the millenium and Marc Almond releases his tenth studio album 'Open All Night'. There's duets with Kelli Ali (Sneaker Pimps) and Siouxsie Sioux (of 'Siouxsie and the Banshees' fame), a dark undercurrent that weaves through the album, a regular backdrop of electronic beats and trip hop and some painful and bared soul lyrics. But, is it any good? How will our resident Marc Almond fan rate the LP and how will her score compare to Rick who'd never heard the album before? Tune in to find out! Before we point the microspcope at the album itself, we time-travel back to March 1999 when Rick and Kate were in the fledgling stages of their relationship, and enjoy reviewing the top 10 singles and albums. There's a definite absence of quality in the mix, but you can't deny there's some catchy tunes and a lot of fun. For once, we've also seen a good chunk of the movies that were in the top 10 at the UK box office at that time. Whether we could remember what they were all about is another matter entirely! For our 'Top 3's' this week, a bit of fun, as we each choose our top 3 Marc/Mark/Marcus/Marco derivatives - some interesting selections is one way of describing it! There's a review of the recent gig we attended at The Fulford Arms in York to see the magnicient Ruth Lyon, and we settle on REM's classic album from 1992 as our next LP to cover. 'Automatic For The People' is the record in question and we're very much looking forward to getting our teeth stuck in to that one! Kate's record of the week: M5 by Sports Team - https://youtu.be/_f07M3WH8EU Rick's Record of the week: Fast Food by Ruth Lyon: https://youtu.be/3YKIhsVSBow Please show your support for the podcast and help more people discover us by subscribing on your podcast platform of choice, sharing with your friends and family, following, liking, or commenting on our social media, or you can make Memorabilia podcast history and be the first non-family member to send us an email - a mention on a future episode is guaranteed! Email memorabiliapodcast@gmail.com You can give us a star rating on Apple Podcasts and/or leave us a review: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/memorabilia-podcast/id1574340220 Twitter @Memorabiliapod (https://twitter.com/Memorabiliapod) Facebook @MemorabiliaPodcast (https://www.facebook.com/Memorabilia-Podcast-102585322133793) Thanks for tuning in and listenting - we genuinely appreciate anyone taking the time to tune in, share and interact.

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