Fantastic Star: The Artist's Cut (RSD 2023)

For Record Store Day 2023, Universal Music Catalogue are making Marc Almond's stunning 1995 solo album 'Fantastic Star' available on vinyl for the first time ever. For this long-overdue vinyl release Marc has revisited the original running order and looked again at some of the tracks from the sessions that didn't make the album but later appeared as singles B-sides. Making his own cuts, Marc has removed two songs from the CD format - the long version of 'The Idol' in favour of the punchier single version as well as 'Shining Brightly' which he feels never really belonged on 'Fantastic Star'. In their place the Neal-X co-write and live favourite to this day 'The User' gets a promotion to LP2 as do two gorgeous 'Child Star' B-sides which close the album in a more satisfactory way - 'Christmas In Vegas' and 'My Guardian Angel'. In a similar spirit Marc also selected his original choice of image for the album cover, selecting his favourite shot from 1995 sessions by legendary fashion photographer Zanna.

Special Features

Two fully annotated printed inner bags with lyrics and a new design by Philip Marshall

Disc 1
1: Caged
2: Out There
3: We Need Jealousy
4: The Idol (Part 1)
5: Baby Night Eyes
6: Adored and Explored (7" Edit)
7: Child Star
8: Looking for Love (In All the Wrong Places)
9: Addicted

Disc 2
1: The Edge of Heartbreak
2: Love to Die For
3: The User
4: Betrayed
5: Come in Sweet Assasin
6: On the Prowl
7: Brilliant Creatures
8: Christmas in Vegas
9: My Guardian Angel

Number of Discs: 2

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