Soft Cell
Artist Type: Group
Group Formed:
1980
Group Dissolved:
1984
External Links:
Surge Tracks
Played By
| More Than A Feeling | |
| The Road to Nowhere.... | |
| Ollie Woods | |
| Wessex Scene | |
| Chappers & Rave |
Artist Biography
Soft Cell is an English synthesizer duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s and come from Leeds, England. They consisted of Marc Almond (vocals) and Dave Ball (synthesizers). Their lyrics often focused on the darker side of life, with subjects such as 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 in 1964 by Gloria Jones (the wife of Marc Bolan). While "Tainted Love" was Soft Cell's only Top 40 hit in the United States, the band had approximately eight Top 40 hits in the UK, including "Bedsitter", "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", "Torch", and "What?", each of which broke the UK Top 5. Soft Cell sold 10 millions records worldwide.
Artist Discography
Albums
At the BBC - In Session (2003)
Cruelty Without Beauty (30 September 2002)
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (1 June 1996)
The Art of Falling Apart (1983)
This Last Night in Sodom (1998)
EPs
Mutant Moments EP (1980)
Singles
Bedsitter
Down in the Subway
Memorabilia (1981)
Monoculture
Numbers
Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91 (1991)
Soul Inside (September 1983)
Tainted Love (1981)
Tainted Love vs. Club 69
Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? (1987)
Torch (April 1982)
Where the Heart Is