| English Import | Re-issue of Marc Almond's VERMIN in ERMINE, originally released in 1984. With the wracked final days of Soft Cell behind him, Almond gleefully threw himself into a full-time solo career with a splash. Allied with producer Mike Hedges, already riding high from his work with the Cure and Siouxsie and the Banshees, and with a newly stable backing band, The Willing Sinners, Almond lets go over an interestingly varied palette of music, from the shimmering and sharp "Tenderness is a Weakness" to the percussion-heavy "Split Lip." Now freely continuing the classic Soft Cell lyrical vibe of passion in the city's darker, more secret corners - the titles "Shining Sinners" and "Gutter Hearts" almost say it all!