Soft Cell – Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret

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Label:	Some Bizzare – BZLP 2
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	Dec 1981
Genre:	Electronic, Pop
Style:	Synth-pop, New Wave

Tracklist

A1		Frustration Saxophone – Dave Tofani
A2		Tainted Love Engineer – Paul Hardiman Written-By – Ed Cobb
A3		Seedy Films Clarinet – Dave Tofani
A4		Youth
A5		Sex Dwarf
B1		Entertain Me
B2		Chips On My Shoulder
B3		Bedsitter
B4		Secret Life
B5		Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Phonogram Ltd.
Copyright © – Phonogram Ltd.
Published By – Metropolis (7)
Published By – Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Published By – Intersong Music
Recorded At – Camden Cell Studios
Recorded At – Advision Studios
Pressed By – PRS Ltd.
Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound

Credits

Artwork [Padded Cell] – Huw Feather
Backing Vocals – Vicious Pink Phenomena
Design – Andrew Prewett
Engineer – Don Wershba (tracks: A1, A3 to B5)
Engineer [Assistant] – Andy Hoggman, Michael Christopher (2), Nicky Kalliongis
Instruments [Electronic And Acoustic] – Dave Ball
Make-Up – Vivien P
Mastered By – Arun Chakavertz*, Jack Skinner
Mixed By – Harvey Goldberg
Photography By – Ashworth*
Producer – Mike Thorne
Vocals – Marc Almond
Written-By – D. Ball* (tracks: A1, A3 to B5)
Written-By, Lyrics By – M. Almond* (tracks: A1, A3 to B5)

Notes

Recorded in Camden Cell Studios, London, except
"Tainted Love" recorded at Advision Studios, London.

Printed inner sleeve with Marc Almond's lyrics, so omitting 'Tainted Love'.

[Publishers]:
Tracks A1, A3 to B5 Metropolis/Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
Track A2 Intersong Music.

[Labels]
© 1981 Phonogram Ltd. ℗ 1981 Phonogram Ltd.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 1, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 A//2▽EST 1 4 STERLING A 2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 1, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 B//2▽EST 1 4 STERLING 1 6 Side B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 2, stamped): BZLP 2 A//2▽EST STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 2, stamped): BZLP 2 B//1▽EST STERLING
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 3, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 A//2▽EST 1 3 STERLING A 2 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 3, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 B//2▽EST 1 3 STERLING 1 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 4, stamped): BZLP 2 A//3▽420W 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 4, stamped, etched): BZLP 2B//1▽EST STERLING 2 B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 5, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 A//2▽EST L5 STERLING (upside down A) 2
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 5, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 B//1▽EST STERLING L2 (reverse B) 3
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 6, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 A//2▽EST L5 STERLING (upside down A) 6
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 6, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 B//2▽EST 1 3 STERLING 9 Side B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, var. 7, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 A//2▽EST 1 4 STERLING A 1 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, var. 7, stamped, etched): BZLP 2 B//1 ▽EST STERLING 1 1 B 2 0

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (LP, Album, Stereo)	Celluloid, Vogue, Some Bizzare	529814	France	1981
Recently Edited	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (LP, Album)	Vertigo, Some Bizzare	VOG-1-3309	Canada	1981
	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (LP, Album)	Vertigo, Some Bizzare	63 59 087	Spain	1981
Recently Edited	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (LP, Album, Jacksonville Pressing)	Sire	SRK 3647	US	1981
Recently Edited	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (LP, Album, Stereo)	Vertigo	6359 087	Netherlands	1981

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Reviews

bonirex Jan 30, 2023
Pretty much every used copy of this record I've ever seen has been played to death. I think that says a lot about how loved this album was/is.
eltigreferoz Nov 14, 2022
Best album cover of all time. You want to know what the album sounds like? Look at this sleeve.
Sumogirl Jan 14, 2022
It's been over 30 years since I've listened to this album. It holds up extremely well. I had forgotten how much I LOVE Soft Cell. I knew I liked them, but had forgotten I loved them.

First, Marc Almond's voice is amazing. Even songs that with another artist would be boring, his voice holds you and entices you to listen deeply to the lyrics he is singing. The result is an album where every song is worth listening to and feeling too.

Several of the songs were hits. Tainted Love, Sex Dwarf for example. The album ending with Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, is just - very satisfying.

Great album.
vegasbiss Apr 8, 2018
One of the best albums of all time. A masterpice of synthpop!
Galge Dec 12, 2017
Marc Almond sang "Youth has gone, but somehow I don't really mind" and "Chips on my shoulder, more as I get older" at age 24?! WTF!
nick321 Oct 14, 2016
if you turn the back of the cover 90° to the right, the sign on the bottom right looks like sausages on a grill
Misannthorpe Jun 12, 2016
It would appear that I'm the only person here that doesn't think Non stop erotic cabaret is Soft Cell's best album!
darkdubh May 5, 2015
I have a copy that matches the UK first press in every way except its got black and white labels.Anyone else come across this?
Booj1Boy Sep 25, 2014
A seemingly concept album with two main concepts, 'social anxiety' and 'deviant sexuality'. Just in the first three tracks, the album takes us from having a mid-life crisis ("Frustration"), to a failed relationship ("Tainted Love"), to going downtown to the Red Light District, going to porno theaters and other classy things. David Ball's extremely talented layered synth melodies hook you in and go perfectly with Marc Almond's varied singing. The album produced the infamous "Sex Dwarf" track, about Hardcore BDSM, with an appropriate video that was seized by authorities. This incident was parodied in their video album "Non-Stop Exotic Video Show", where they recounted the incident and made a new Sex Dwarf video that was purposfully terrible and pointless.

A complete and utter Synthpop classic
5/5
realmdemagic Apr 22, 2013
I just listened to this album for the first time less than a month ago and had to get it. I've owned the singles collection for more than a decade, but I had no idea this album was so amazing! I read that only two synths were used, but they must have used them well, because this sounds WAY ahead of it's time. I can't wait to check out the other Soft Cell albums.