Soft Cell - Cruelty Without Beauty
Label:
Catalog#:
COOK CD 245, COOKCD245
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
UK
Released:
2002
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop
Tracklist
| 1 | Darker Times | 4:25 | X | |
| 2 | Monoculture | 3:55 | X | |
| 3 | Le Grand Guignol | 4:14 | X | |
| Voice - Roland Mouret | ||||
| 4 | The Night | 4:16 | X | |
| 5 | Last Chance | 4:30 | X | |
| 6 | Together Alone | 5:46 | X | |
| 7 | Desperate | 4:45 | X | |
| Arranged By [Horns] - Marc Almond | ||||
| 8 | Whatever It Takes | 4:37 | X | |
| 9 | All Out Of Love | 4:59 | X | |
| 10 | Sensation Nation | 4:05 | X | |
| 11 | Caligula Syndrome | 4:51 | X | |
| 12 | On An Up | 4:26 | X | |
Credits
Arranged By [Backing Vocals] -
Marc Almond
Artwork By [Layout] - Grace Van Detta
Backing Vocals - Chris Braide
Electronics [Electronic Instruments], Backing Vocals [Additional] - Dave Ball
Engineer - Ingo Vauk
Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] - Haicong Guo
Mastered By - Dave Blackman
Photography - Evelyn
Producer - Dave Ball , Ingo Vauk
Programmed By - Ingo Vauk
Saxophone - Mike Smith (3)
Technician [Additional Help From] - Antti Uusimaki , Philip Bagenal
Trombone - Nicol D Thomson*
Trumpet - Dominic Glover
Vocals - Marc Almond
Written-By - Ruzika* (tracks: 4) , Gaudio* (tracks: 4) , Ball* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 12) , Vauk* (tracks: 1) , Almond* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 12)
Artwork By [Layout] - Grace Van Detta
Backing Vocals - Chris Braide
Electronics [Electronic Instruments], Backing Vocals [Additional] - Dave Ball
Engineer - Ingo Vauk
Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] - Haicong Guo
Mastered By - Dave Blackman
Photography - Evelyn
Producer - Dave Ball , Ingo Vauk
Programmed By - Ingo Vauk
Saxophone - Mike Smith (3)
Technician [Additional Help From] - Antti Uusimaki , Philip Bagenal
Trombone - Nicol D Thomson*
Trumpet - Dominic Glover
Vocals - Marc Almond
Written-By - Ruzika* (tracks: 4) , Gaudio* (tracks: 4) , Ball* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 12) , Vauk* (tracks: 1) , Almond* (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 12)
Notes
(c) 2002 Cooking Vinyl (p) 2002 Cooking Vinyl
LC 7180
Made in the UK
7 11 297 4645 2 8
LC 7180
Made in the UK
7 11 297 4645 2 8
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Reviews & Discussion
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.
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.