The Singles (Soft Cell album)
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The Singles is the first compilation album
to be released by Soft Cell
. The album was issued on vinyl
, cassette
and CD in 1986 and features all their singles, in chronological order, from the albums Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
, The Art of Falling Apart
and This Last Night in Sodom
. The CD booklet includes a November 1986 essay by Tony Mitchell.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
to be released by Soft Cell
Soft Cell
Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo is most widely known for their 1981 worldwide hit version of "Tainted Love" and platinum debut Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret...
. The album was issued on vinyl
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
, cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
and CD in 1986 and features all their singles, in chronological order, from the albums Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Non-stop Erotic Cabaret
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is the debut album by English synthpop duo Soft Cell, released in the United Kingdom on 23 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records...
, The Art of Falling Apart
The Art of Falling Apart
The Art of Falling Apart is the second full-length album released in 1983 by Soft Cell, a pioneering synthpop/new wave duo which featured Marc Almond singing and David Ball playing synthesizers....
and This Last Night in Sodom
This Last Night In Sodom
This Last Night in Sodom is the name of a 1984 album released by seminal electro-synth pop duo Soft Cell for Phonogram records. It was released about a month after its two members Marc Almond and David Ball announced their breakup in a letter to various music magazines, including Melody Maker and...
. The CD booklet includes a November 1986 essay by Tony Mitchell.
Track listing
All songs written by Marc Almond and David Ball except where noted.- "Memorabilia" - 4:50
- "Tainted LoveTainted Love"Tainted Love" is a song composed by Ed Cobb, formerly of The Four Preps, which was originally recorded by Gloria Jones in 1965. It attained worldwide fame after being covered by Soft Cell in 1981, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart, and has since been covered by numerous groups and...
" (Ed CobbEd CobbEd Cobb was a musician, songwriter and record producer, most notably during the 1950s and 1960s.-Career:...
) - 2:40 - "Bedsitter" - 3:36
- "Say Hello, Wave GoodbyeSay Hello, Wave Goodbye"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" is a song from the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by English synthpop duo Soft Cell that was released as a single in 1982 and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart...
" - 5:25 - "Torch" - 4:08
- "Loving You, Hating Me" - 4:19
- "What?" (H.B. Barnum) - 4:34
- "Where the Heart Is" - 4:32
- "Numbers" - 4:56
- "Soul Inside" - 4:29
- "Down in the Subway" (Jack Hammer) - 3:26