Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters

Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters
Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters
Studio album by Marc Almond and The Willing Sinners
Released	6 April 1987
Recorded	Summer 1986
Studio	Milo Studios, London, Abbey Road, London
Genre	Art pop
Length	50:02
Label	Some Bizzare, Virgin
Producer	Mike Hedges, Marc Almond
Marc Almond and The Willing Sinners chronology
Singles from Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters
	"Ruby Red"; Released: October 1986; "Melancholy Rose"; Released: 2 February 1987; "Mother Fist"; Released: 23 March 1987;

Released6 April 1987^[1]

RecordedSummer 1986

StudioMilo Studios, London, Abbey Road, London

GenreArt pop

Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters (often shortened to Mother Fist) is the third studio album by the British singer/songwriter Marc Almond. It was released in April 1987 and reached number 41 on the UK Albums Chart.^[4] Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters includes the singles "Ruby Red", "Melancholy Rose", and "Mother Fist". The album title is taken from Nocturnal Turnings or How Siamese Twins Have Sex, a short story by the American author Truman Capote. Almond dedicates the album in the liner notes to Capote.

Almond with his assembled band The Willing Sinners, made up of Annie Hogan, Billy McGee, Martin McCarrick, Richard Riley and Steven Humphreys, accompanied by studio musicians recorded the songs for the album at Milo Studios, London and Abbey Road. The artwork was designed by Huw Feather with photography by Ben Thornberry.

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mother Fist"		4:29
2.	"There is a Bed"		4:50
3.	"Saint Judy"		5:53
4.	"The Room Below"	Almond, Annie Hogan	3:30
5.	"Angel in Her Kiss"	Almond, Hogan	3:42
6.	"The Hustler"	Almond, Hogan	3:15

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Melancholy Rose"		3:10
8.	"Mr Sad"		3:49
9.	"The Sea Says"	Almond, Hogan	4:03
10.	"Champ"	Almond, Hogan	4:23
11.	"Ruby Red"		3:41
12.	"The River"		5:17

v t e Marc Almond
Studio albums	Vermin in Ermine (1984) Stories of Johnny (1985) Mother Fist and Her Five Daughters (1987) The Stars We Are (1988) Jacques (1989) Enchanted (1990) Tenement Symphony (1991) Absinthe (1993) Fantastic Star (1996) Open All Night (1999) Stranger Things (2001) Heart on Snow (2003) Stardom Road (2007) Orpheus in Exile (2009) Varieté (2010) Feasting with Panthers (2011) The Tyburn Tree (Dark London) (2014) The Dancing Marquis (2014) Ten Plagues – A Song Cycle (2014) The Velvet Trail (2015) Shadows and Reflections (2017)
Flesh Volcano	Slut (1987)
Marc and the Mambas	Untitled (1982) Torment and Toreros (1983)
Songs	"Tears Run Rings" "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" "The Days of Pearly Spencer" "Total Eclipse"
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