Vermin in Ermine

Vermin in Ermine
Vermin in Ermine
	Cover photography by Peter Ashworth
Studio album by Marc Almond and The Willing Sinners
Released	October 1984
Recorded	1984
Studio	Hartmann Digital Studios, Bavaria
Genre	Art pop
Length	47:28 (LP); 75:18 (CD and Cassette)
Label	Some Bizzare, Phonogram, Vertigo
Producer	Mike Hedges
Marc Almond and The Willing Sinners chronology
Singles from Vermin in Ermine
	"The Boy Who Came Back" b/w "Joey Demento"; Released: June 1984; "You Have" b/w "Split Lip (Single Version)"; Released: September 1984; "Tenderness is a Weakness" b/w "Love For Sale"; Released: November 1984;

ReleasedOctober 1984

Recorded1984

StudioHartmann Digital Studios, Bavaria

GenreArt pop

Vermin in Ermine is the début solo studio album by the British singer/songwriter Marc Almond. It was released in October 1984 and reached number 36 on the UK Albums Chart.^[1] Vermin in Ermine includes the singles "The Boy Who Came Back", "You Have" and "Tenderness is a Weakness".

Almond with his new assembled band The Willing Sinners - an evolution from his previous outfit Marc and the Mambas - featuring Annie Hogan, Billy McGee, Martin McCarrick, Richard Riley and Steven Humphreys, accompanied by studio musicians recorded the songs for album at Hartmann Digital Studios, Bavaria. The artwork was designed by Huw Feather from a concept by Almond with photography by Peter Ashworth.

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Smash Hits	^[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shining Sinners"	6:38
2.	"Hell Was a City"	4:02
3.	"You Have"	5:38
4.	"Crime Sublime"	3:12
5.	"Gutter Hearts"	4:25

No.	Title	Length
6.	"Ugly Head"	7:56
7.	"The Boy Who Came Back"	4:53
8.	"Solo Adultos"	5:37
9.	"Tenderness is a Weakness"	5:07

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Shining Sinners"	6:38
2.	"Hell Was a City"	4:02
3.	"You Have"	5:38
4.	"Split Lip"	17:13
5.	"Crime Sublime"	3:12
6.	"Gutter Hearts"	4:25
7.	"Ugly Head"	7:56
8.	"The Boy Who Came Back"	4:53
9.	"Solo Adultos"	5:37
10.	"Joey Demento"	5:48
11.	"Pink Shack Blues"	4:49
12.	"Tenderness is a Weakness"	5:07

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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