Band · from Leeds · 1980 to 2025
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Soft Cell are an English synth-pop band who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consisted of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball until the latter's death in 2025. The band are primarily known for their 1981 hit version of "Tainted Love" and their platinum-selling debut album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret.
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Danceteria25 Sep 2026Vinyl
Torch E.P.5 Apr 2024Vinyl
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye E.P.22 Mar 2024Vinyl
Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go? E.P.23 Feb 2024Vinyl
*Happiness Now Completed28 Jul 2023Vinyl
Non Stop Erotic Cabaret ... And Other Stories12 May 2023Vinyl
*Happiness Not Included25 Feb 2022VinylListening Party
The Singles – Keychains & Snowstorms28 Sep 2018Vinyl
Cruelty Without Beauty1 Jan 2002Vinyl
This Last Night in Sodom1 Jan 1984Vinyl
The Art of Falling ApartJan 1983Vinyl
Non‐Stop Erotic Cabaret23 Nov 1981VinylListening PartyThe Rainbow Room8 Sep 2026 · EPVinylThe Space Inside11 Aug 2026 · EPVinylIn Heaven (When I Dance With You)15 Jul 2026 · EPVinyl
First Hand Experience In Second Hand Love1 Jun 2025 · EPVinyl
What? E.P.19 Apr 2024 · EPVinyl
Bedsitter E.P.8 Mar 2024 · EPVinyl
Memorabilia / A Man Could Get Lost E.P.16 Feb 2024 · EPVinyl
Tainted Love (Re-Recorded - Sped Up)26 Apr 2023 · EPVinyl
Mutant Moments EP (40th Anniversay Remastered Edition)5 Jun 2020 · EPVinyl
Mutant Moments EP8 Oct 1980 · EPVinyl
Out Come the Freaks24 Mar 2026 · SingleVinylIt's A Mug's Game (Dave Ball 2025 Re-Eq Version)24 Oct 2025 · SingleVinylBaby Doll (2025 Extended Version)17 Oct 2025 · SingleVinyl
Martin19 Sep 2025 · SingleVinylGhost Rider (2025 Version)4 Sep 2025 · SingleVinyl
Insecure Me (Hifi Sean Mix)23 May 2025 · SingleVinyl
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (Deluxe Edition)29 Sep 2023 · SingleVinylFrustration (2023 Extended Version)30 Aug 2023 · SingleVinyl
Last Chance (Christmas Mix)18 Nov 2022 · SingleVinyl
Purple Zone22 Mar 2022 · SingleVinyl
Bruises on All My Illusions7 Oct 2021 · SingleVinyl
Heart Like Chernobyl13 Aug 2021 · SingleVinyl![Northern Lights / Guilty (‘Cos I Say You Are) [Remixes] sleeve](https://cdn-images.dzcdn.net/images/cover/38a1efd6a3fefe39ab1869b02693bd99/500x500-000000-80-0-0.jpg)
Northern Lights / Guilty (‘Cos I Say You Are) [Remixes]28 Sep 2018 · SingleVinylNorthern Lights22 Aug 2018 · SingleVinylHeat1983 · SingleVinylBedsitter29 Oct 1981 · SingleVinyl
Tainted LoveJul 1981 · SingleVinylMemorabilia21 Mar 1981 · SingleVinyl
Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go1981 · SingleVinylRecords from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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2 albums by Soft Cell, played together at the same time, with the band’s own stories as the songs go by.
Tim Burgess’s Listening Parties. Replays on timstwitterlisteningparty.com.
Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz.
Records by other artists with Soft Cell in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
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