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Soft Cell was an English synthesizer duo during the early 1980s (later re-formed) of Marc Almond (vocals) and David Ball (keyboards).
Their lyrics often focused on love and romance as well as the darker side of life, with subjects such as the nightlife, kinky sex, transvestism, drugs and murder. They had a huge world-wide hit in 1981 with a cover version of "Tainted Love", a northern soul classic originally sung by Gloria Jones (the wife of Marc Bolan), that they followed up with more charting singles and one of the first remix Albums 'Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing'. Their self-penned non-album single 'Torch' missed the No.1 spot of the UK charts with a hairbreadth.
'The Art Of Falling Apart', produced with Mike Thorne and the then new CMI Fairlight at hand with endless efforts by Dave Ball aiming at perfection followed in 1982. It spawned two singles chosen against the will of the record companies; 'Where The Heart Is' and 'Numbers' the first on youthful frustration, the later about frequently changing sexual partners and neither sold too well.
The commercial pressure finally collided with their artistic ambitions which led to solo and side projects and two farewell shows in January 1984 even before 'This Last Night In Sodom' was released.
They reunited in the early 2000's and toured with a 4th studio album following in 2002. Once again they reunited for a final well documented 'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye' live show in 2018 and the recording of a new single.
A new studio album is planned for 2021.
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Members:
Dave Ball, Marc Almond
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SRK 3647 Soft Cell - Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret album art Soft Cell Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (Album, Comp) Some Bizzare SRK 3647 US 1981 Sell This Version
VB04-1-3313 Soft Cell - Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing album art Soft Cell Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing (Album, MiniAlbum) Some Bizzare VB04-1-3313 Canada 1982 Sell This Version
MC STAR 5299 Soft Cell - The Art Of Falling Apart album art Soft Cell The Art Of Falling Apart (Album, EP, Single) Some Bizzare, Some Bizzare MC STAR 5299 South Africa 1983 Sell This Version
VOG-1-3333 Soft Cell - This Last Night...In Sodom album art Soft Cell This Last Night...In Sodom (Album) Some Bizzare, Some Bizzare VOG-1-3333 Canada 1984 Sell This Version
2581-2 Soft Cell - Cruelty Without Beauty album art Soft Cell Cruelty Without Beauty (Album) Cooking Vinyl, Cooking Vinyl 2581-2 Brazil 2002 Sell This Version
COOKCD267 Soft Cell - Live album art Soft Cell Live (Album) Cooking Vinyl COOKCD267 Europe 2003 Sell This Version
SBZ046 Soft Cell - The Bedsit Tapes album art Soft Cell The Bedsit Tapes ‎(CD) Some Bizzare SBZ046 UK 2005 Sell This Version
SBZ059 Soft Cell - Demo Non Stop album art Soft Cell Demo Non Stop ‎(CD, Album) Some Bizzare SBZ059 UK 2006 Sell This Version
SCELL1 Soft Cell - Heat : The Remixes album art Soft Cell Heat : The Remixes (Album, Comp) Some Bizzare, Mercury SCELL1 Europe 2007 Sell This Version
Marketing 19 Soft Cell - Keychains And Snowstorms: Box Set Sampler album art Soft Cell Keychains And Snowstorms: Box Set Sampler ‎(2xCDr + CDr, Mixed + Promo, RM, Smplr) UMC Marketing 19 Europe 2018 Sell This Version
none Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye album art Soft Cell Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Album) UMC, Live Here Now none 2019 Sell This Version
ABF5P Soft Cell - Cruelty Without Beauty 2020 - Album Sampler album art Soft Cell Cruelty Without Beauty 2020 - Album Sampler ‎(CDr, Smplr) A Big Frock Rekord ABF5P UK 2020 Sell This Version

Singles & EPs
ABF 1 Soft Cell - Mutant Moments E.P. album art Soft Cell Mutant Moments E.P. (EP) A Big Frock Rekord ABF 1 UK 1980 Sell This Version
HARD 1 Soft Cell - A Man Can Get Lost album art Soft Cell A Man Can Get Lost (Single) Some Bizzare HARD 1 UK 1981 Sell This Version
Flexipop 12 Soft Cell - Metro MRX / Remembrance Day album art Soft Cell / B-Movie Soft Cell / B-Movie - Metro MRX / Remembrance Day Flexipop Flexipop 12 UK 1981 Sell This Version
DSRE 49856 Soft Cell - Tainted Love album art Soft Cell Tainted Love (Single, Maxi, EP) Some Bizzare DSRE 49856 US 1981 Sell This Version
6059 448 Soft Cell - Tainted Love / Memorabilia album art Soft Cell Tainted Love / Memorabilia (Single) Some Bizzare 6059 448 Netherlands 1981 Sell This Version
BZS 6 Soft Cell - Bedsitter album art Soft Cell Bedsitter (Single, Maxi, EP) Some Bizzare BZS 6 UK 1981 Sell This Version
HARD 12 Soft Cell - Memorabilia album art Soft Cell Memorabilia (Single, Maxi) Some Bizzare HARD 12 UK 1981 Sell This Version
PRO-A-1021 Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf / Entertain Me / Seedy Films album art Soft Cell Sex Dwarf / Entertain Me / Seedy Films ‎(12", Promo) Sire, Some Bizzare PRO-A-1021 US 1981 Sell This Version
7-29812 Soft Cell - Loving You, Hating Me album art Soft Cell Loving You, Hating Me (Single) Sire, Some Bizzare 7-29812 US 1982 Sell This Version
AM-62201-1, AM62201-1 Soft Cell - It's A Mug's Game album art Soft Cell It's A Mug's Game (Single) Amnesia Records (3), Amnesia Records (3) AM-62201-1, AM62201-1 US 1982 Sell This Version
TOS 1399 Soft Cell - What! album art Soft Cell What! (Single, Maxi, EP) Some Bizzare TOS 1399 South Africa 1982 Sell This Version
335003 Soft Cell - Say Hello, Wave Goodbye album art Soft Cell Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Single, Maxi) Some Bizzare 335003 France 1982 Sell This Version
none Soft Cell - Where The Heart Is album art Soft Cell Where The Heart Is (Single, EP, Maxi) Some Bizzare none UK 1982 Sell This Version

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numanmania

numanmania

April 6, 2021
New Soft Cell album for 2021, it´s official!. Check out offcial Soft Cell page.
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neilkelly

neilkelly

October 9, 2018
Soft Cell 1978-2018 RIP.
They have released some great stuff in the 21st century.
Check out 'Divided soul' and 'Somebody, somewhere, sometime' from 2002.
Their 2002 album 'Beauty without cruelty'.
Finally their 2018 newies including 'Northern lights' and 'Guilty ('Cos I say you are)'.
The farewell concert on 30/09/18 which was their biggest headlining gig by far was superb! I caught it at the cinema
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ttooyyss

ttooyyss

January 22, 2013
There was NOTHING like Soft Cell! The dramatic delivery, the instumentation, the exciting sound, the minimalist approach (now I see it like that), the maximalist output, the super-taste for the sonic timbres. Nobody in the synth-genre was ever able to create anything similar. Super genuine, extremely powerful, organic. Non-Stop erotic Cabaret -era was the real thing. We would die for getting more and so am I even a bit today. It would be a very good idea to dig out hidden tracks, mixes, studio-outtakes, bits and pieces from them. We'd be thankful to the great Mike Thorne!
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