Stories of Johnny

Stories of Johnny
Stories of Johnny
Studio album by Marc Almond and The Willing Sinners
Released	September 1985
Recorded	Late 1984 – early 1985
Studio	Hartmann Digital Studios, Bavaria, Battery Studios, London, Power Plant Studios, London, Odyssey Studios, London
Genre	Art pop
Length	43:59
Label	Some Bizzare, Virgin
Producer	Mike Hedges
Marc Almond and The Willing Sinners chronology
Singles from Stories of Johnny
	"Stories of Johnny" b/w "Stories of Johnny (with The Westminster City School Choir)"; Released: August 1985; "Love Letter" b/w "Love Letter (with The Westminster City School Choir)"; Released: October 1985; "The House is Haunted by the Echo of Your Last Goodbye" b/w "Broken Bracelets"; Released: January 1986;

ReleasedSeptember 1985

RecordedLate 1984 – early 1985

StudioHartmann Digital Studios, Bavaria, Battery Studios, London, Power Plant Studios, London, Odyssey Studios, London

GenreArt pop

Stories of Johnny is the second studio album by the British singer/songwriter Marc Almond. It was released in September 1985 and reached number 22 on the UK Albums Chart.^[1] Stories of Johnny includes the singles "Stories of Johnny", "Love Letter" and "The House is Haunted".

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 album at Hartmann Digital Studios in Bavaria and Battery Studios, Power Plant Studios and Odyssey Studios in London. The artwork was designed by Huw Feather with photography by Andy Catlin.

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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Traumas Traumas Traumas"		5:07
2.	"Stories of Johnny"		3:45
3.	"The House is Haunted"	Basil "Rose" Adlam	2:19
4.	"Love Letter"		4:51
5.	"The Flesh is Willing"		4:45

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Always"	6:03
7.	"Contempt"	3:36
8.	"I Who Never"	4:31
9.	"My Candle Burns"	3:49
10.	"Love and Little White Lies"	5:13

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Stories of Johnny" (with Westminster City School Choir)	4:18
12.	"Love Letter" (with Westminster City School Choir)	5:28

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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