![]() ![]() ![]() There are some incredible highlights - for example, another Jacques Brel cover, “ The Bulls,” with lines like “On Sunday, the bulls get so bored / when they’re asked to drop dead for us.” Or “ Black Heart,” or the fantastic adaptation of “ Beat Out That Rhythm On A Drum” from “Carmen Jones.” They are almost not suicidally depressing. A double album of dark, lush, complicated music, strings by The Venomettes, and more moaning vocals. This came out in 1983, a surprisingly quick turnaround for a full double album. Marc and the Mambas Torment and Toreros Front Cover.Well, if “Untitled” by Marc and the Mambas was the album for my dark night of the soul, then their follow-up “Torment and Toreros” was a dark fortnight.
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