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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When Marc Almond and David Ball met at Leeds Poly in the late 1970's neither could have known the impact they were to have on pop in the early 80's and beyond. Their first release, Mutant Moments EP, brought them to the attention of Some Bizarre supremo Stevo and secured them a deal. First single Memorabilia/A Man Could Get Lost hardly dented the singles chart, but their follow-up gained rather more success.
Tainted Love was a late-summer hit in 1981 across most of the civilised world, and has completely eclipsed the Gloria Jones original. It's status now is iconic. It was released as a double A-side with Where Did Our Love Go? - the 12" moving sweetly from one song to the other. Soon after, Bedsitter was released, the first Ball/Almond composition to come to the attention of the record buying public. A better song about the ennui of a Sunday alone in, well, a bedsit has not been written.
The album was released to much critical acclaim and commercial success. Third single, Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, a Scott Walker-ish torch song about a man who falls for a hooker, cemented Soft Cell in the psyche of the nation and made them a favourite with those who liked their pop slightly more alternative.
The album has plenty of strong songs apart from the singles. Personal favourites are Secret Life and Youth, the latter still evoking in me the despair of the early 80's. Chips on My Shoulder and Entertain Me are chirpy froth, and of course Sex Dwarf has a video that has secured a place in pop infamy.
Buy it.
(And I didn't use the word 'sleaze' once.)
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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Possibly one of the most depraved, hedonistic, perverse, sickening, sleazy, filthy, kinky and enjoyable albums of all time. I went and bougth this cd after seeing the performance of Tainted Love on TOTP. I didn't realize at the time how different my life was to get. Everything here is brillinat. From the disturbing Frustration, to the excellent Tainted Love, the ultra-kinky Sex Dwarf and the excellent Say Hello, Wave Goodbye. Later songs on the album such as What?, Torch and Facility Girls expand on an already perfect album. If you want to know what real sleaze and filth are then I suggest you get this album. You will not regret it. A perfect lesson in the depravity that exists in all big cities.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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The inventiveness of both the hook lines and Marc Almonds' lyrics make this album a timeless classic. A dose of real life from the early eighties to take the gloss off the fluffy pop of the time (e.g. Wham, Duran Duran, Kajagoogoo...ETC). Rarely does any artist lay himself as bare as Almond does and his imperfect voice only adds to a near perfect album. This guy was the Eminem of his generation, singing reality songs that some people could just not handle!
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Soft Cell - Digitally Remastered
'Non-Stop Erotic Dancing' was an excellent debut album and this has 8 bonus tracks including 'Torch'. This is an excellent CD .
Published 7 months ago by J. Crank
Standing in the door of the Pink Flamingo..........
Perhaps it's an eighties thing, but this album has really matured with time.
Yes, there's the obvious singles, (Tainted Love, Say Hello, etc), but what you have here is... Read more
Yes, there's the obvious singles, (Tainted Love, Say Hello, etc), but what you have here is... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
Good Album
Nice album. They have tried to redo the songs recently on other albums, but nothing replaces the drive commitment and enthusiasm of this original
Published 17 months ago by Graham
soft cell 80s non stop erotic cabaret
I bought this CD for myself as I had it on LP back in the 80s when I was a teenager and yes it sounded just as I remembered "GREAT" I would recommend this
Published on 12 April 2009 by anastasia wrinkles
Brilliant
In my teens this had to have been one of my most overplayed records...(my parents hated it). I've just repurchased it on cd, no idea whatever happened to the vinyl. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2009 by A. Lloyd
perfect pop deprevation!!
one on the first albums i ever bought on vinyl! them where the days!
still sounds as fresh and dirty as it did then! Read more
still sounds as fresh and dirty as it did then! Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2007 by Mr. Nathan Armstrong
Life Changing
The first time I heard this album I was blown away. I was 13 and had heard little except Top40 pop and the Beatles ( this is in 1981 ). Read more
Published on 15 Nov 2003 by K. Tune
'Erotic' being the emphasised word here...
This is the re-released, re-mastered 1998 version of Soft Cell's 1981 debut masterpiece. Apart from the 'usual suspects' (i.e. the hit singles, e.g. Read more
Published on 14 Mar 2002
Soft Cell rediscovered
After watching the film Skin Flick I couldn't wait to hear sex dwarf again on my Hi-Fi. Low and behold I discovered why we all moved to CD's ! Read more
Published on 17 Feb 2000
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