Stories of Johnny - Misplaced Pages

"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

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. 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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Smash Hits

Track listing

All tracks are written by Marc Almond; except where indicated

Side one
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

Side two
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

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

Personnel

Marc Almond – vocals, all arrangements

The Willing Sinners

Annie Hogan – piano, vibes, synthesizer, marimba
Martin McCarrick – cello, synthesizer
Richard Riley – guitar
Billy McGee – bass guitar
Steven Humphreys – drums

with:

Martin Ditcham – percussion
Enrico Tomasso – trumpet, flugelhorn
Julie Allis – harp
Gini Ball – violin
Jane West – backing vocals
Audrey Riley – backing vocals

Technical

Mike Hedges – Producer
Tom Thiel – Engineering (Haartman)
Stephen McLaughlin – Engineering (Battery)
Ben Rogan – Engineering (Powerplant)
Pete Brown – Engineering (Powerplant)
Marc Frank – Engineering (Odyssey)
Paul Batchelor – Engineering (Odyssey)
Huw Feather – Design
Andy Catlin – Photography

References

"The Official Charts Company - Marc Almond". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
AllMusic review
Bush, Steve (11 September 1985). "Album Reviews". Smash Hits. 7 (18). EMAP Metro: 77.
Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

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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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