| German Import in Digipak | Re-issue of the first MARC & THE MAMBAS album, originally released in 1982! For his debut solo album, Marc Almond formed a hodgepodge band called the Mambas - the most prominent collaborators were Matt Johnson (THE THE) on guitar and Annie Hogan on Piano - and made a conscious departure from Soft Cell. There are some touches of synth-pop here and there, but for the most part the record is considerably more ambitious, covering torch songs, tortured balladry in the vein of Scott Walker, covers of the Velvet Underground and Syd Barrett, and straight pop. It was produced by Flood (Depeche Mode, U2, Nitzer Ebb, Nick Cave…)