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Soft Cell – Cruelty Without Beauty
| Label: | Cooking Vinyl – COOK CD245, Cooking Vinyl – COOKCD245 |
|---|---|
| Format: | CD, Album |
| Country: | UK |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Electronic |
| Style: | Synth-pop |
Tracklist
| 1 | Darker Times | 4:25 | |
| 2 | Monoculture | 3:55 | |
| 3 | Le Grand Guignol | 4:14 | |
| 4 | The Night | 4:16 | |
| 5 | Last Chance | 4:30 | |
| 6 | Together Alone | 5:46 | |
| 7 | Desperate | 4:45 | |
| 8 | Whatever It Takes | 4:37 | |
| 9 | All Out Of Love | 4:59 | |
| 10 | Sensation Nation | 4:05 | |
| 11 | Caligula Syndrome | 4:51 | |
| 12 | On An Up | 4:26 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cooking Vinyl
- Copyright © – Cooking Vinyl
- Published By – Copyright Control
- Published By – BMG Music
- Published By – Jobete
- Published By – London
- Published By – Motown Record Corporation
- Recorded At – Dave And Ingo's Place
- Engineered At – Dave And Ingo's Place
- Overdubbed At – Eastcote Studios
- Mixed At – Eastcote Studios
- Mastered At – Hiltongrove Multimedia
Credits
- Arranged By [Backing Vocals] – Marc Almond
- Backing Vocals – Chris Braide
- Electronics [Electronic Instruments], Backing Vocals [Additional] – Dave Ball
- Engineer [Assistant Mix Engineer] – Haicong Guo
- Horns – The Brasstitutes
- Layout – Grace Van Detta
- Management – Mark Langthorne, Vicki Wickham
- Mastered By – Dave Blackman*
- Photography – Evelyn
- Producer – Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
- Programmed By [Programming By], Engineer [Engineering 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
All tracks published by Copyright Control / BMG Music except
"The Night" published by Jobette / London / Motown Record Corp.
Recorded and programmed at Dave and Ingo's Studio, West London.
Overdubbed and mixed at Eastcote Studios, West London.
Mastered at Hilton Grove.
© 2002 Cooking Vinyl ℗ 2002 Cooking Vinyl.
Made in the UK.
"The Night" published by Jobette / London / Motown Record Corp.
Recorded and programmed at Dave and Ingo's Studio, West London.
Overdubbed and mixed at Eastcote Studios, West London.
Mastered at Hilton Grove.
© 2002 Cooking Vinyl ℗ 2002 Cooking Vinyl.
Made in the UK.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 7 11 297 4645 2 8
- Barcode (Scanned): 711297464528
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): COOKCD245P 2062407
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, 3, 4): COOKCD245P-28372. 2062407
- Mastering SID Code (Variant 2, 3, 4): IFPI L055
- Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI KA02
- Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI KA01
- Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI KA03
- Label Code: LC 7180
Other Versions (5 of 29)View All
| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album, CD, Enhanced) | spinART Records | SPART 116 | US | 2002 | ||
Recently Edited | Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album, Promo) | Cooking Vinyl | COOKCD245P | UK | 2002 | ||
New Submission | Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album) | Sum Records (2), Cooking Vinyl | 2581-2 | Brazil | 2002 | ||
Recently Edited | Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album) | Cooking Vinyl | COOKCD245 | Europe | 2002 | ||
| Cruelty Without Beauty (CD, Album) | Cooking Vinyl | BSCP-30070 | Japan | 2002 |
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Reviews
The only track that sounded like "classic" Soft Cell to my ears (probably closest sounding to Non stop erotic cabaret of the 3 studio albums, proper (my least favourite)), was Caligular syndrome. First listen was disappointing beyond belief but with repeat listens and an acceptance that this was not what I was expecting or hoping for, this is not actually a bad album. Perhaps they're to be commended for not playing safe.
A week comeback and a wrong choice of singles.time to leave Soft Cell rip and remember the good times 80-84.
All Out Of Love could have been a catchy single actually,predictable but it least pleasant what Monoculture was not.
All Out Of Love could have been a catchy single actually,predictable but it least pleasant what Monoculture was not.
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.