Soft Cell - Cruelty Without Beauty

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop
Year:
2002

Tracklist

Darker Times 4:25 X
Monoculture 3:55 X
Le Grand Guignol 4:14 X
The Night 4:16 X
Last Chance 4:30 X
Together Alone 5:46 X
Desperate 4:45 X
Whatever It Takes 4:37 X
All Out Of Love 4:59 X
Sensation Nation 4:05 X
Caligula Syndrome 4:51 X
On An Up 4:26 X

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album) Cooking Vinyl, Cooking Vinyl COOK CD 245, COOKCD245 UK 2002
Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album) Sum Records 2581-2 Brazil 2002
Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album) Cooking Vinyl, Indigo (2) COOK CD 245, 4645-2 Europe 2002
Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album + CD, Enh) spinART Records SPART 116 US 2002
Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Promo) Cooking Vinyl COOK CD 245P UK 2002
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Reviews & Discussion

Review by fivershutch Jan 18, 2004

referencing Cruelty Without Beauty, CD, Album, COOK CD 245, COOKCD245

this CD didn't break any new ground for me. "Last Chance" is a beautil track and recalls the golden age of Soft Cell. A beautiful ballad with tricky lyrics. I challenge anyone to sing along to this song without tripping! "Monoculture" reminds me of Memorabilia.
Review by Crijevo Oct 27, 2003

referencing Cruelty Without Beauty, CD, Album, COOK CD 245, COOKCD245

Just as it seems to be a dark charmer as Soft Cell can only be, sadly they came too late for a decent album. It still has this energy to offer but 'Cruelty Without Beauty' doesn't make any speacial announcements - except that Marc and Dave are pushing their fifties alright and although they don't look that bad they're don't look that young any more either.
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Data Quality Rating: Correct

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3.94 / 5 (31 votes)

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