Cruelty Without Beauty
Cruelty Without Beauty | ||||
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Released | 8 October 2002 | |||
Recorded | 2002 | |||
Genre | Synthpop | |||
Length | 54:56 | |||
Label | Cooking Vinyl COOK CD245 Spin Art SPART 116 | |||
Producer | Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk | |||
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Singles from Cruelty Without Beauty | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
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Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Robert Christgau | ![]() |
Hot Press | 8.5/10[4] |
NME | Mixed[5] |
Release Magazine | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Uncut | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Cruelty Without Beauty is the fifth [9] studio album by Soft Cell. The album was released on 8 October 2002. It is Soft Cell's first album since 1984's This Last Night in Sodom. The album is set for reissue on September the 25th 2020, including a deluxe double CD with additional tracks, including some new remixes by Dave Ball, 4 of which will also be released as a limited white vinyl 12 inch single. The album itself will also be released on vinyl for the first time.[10]
Track listing[]
All songs written by Marc Almond and David Ball unless otherwise noted.
- "Darker Times" (Marc Almond, David Ball, )
- "Monoculture"
- "Le Grand Guignol"
- "The Night" (Bob Gaudio, )
- "Last Chance"
- "Together Alone"
- "Desperate"
- "Whatever It Takes"
- "All Out of Love"
- "Sensation Nation"
- "Caligula Syndrome"
- "On an Up"
Personnel[]
- Soft Cell
- Marc Almond – vocals, backing vocals, arrangement
- Dave Ball – electronic instruments, additional backing vocals
with:
- Dominic Glover – trumpet
- Nicol D. Thomson – trombone
- Mike Smith – saxophone
- Chris Braide – backing vocals
- Technical
- Layout – Grace Van Detta
- Engineer – Ingo Vauk
- Assistant mix engineer – Haicong Guo
- Mastering – Dave Blackman
- Photography – Evelyn
- Producer – Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
- Programming – Ingo Vauk
- Additional help – Antti Uusimaki, Philip Bagenal
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Reviews for Cruelty Without Beauty by Soft Cell". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Cruelty Without Beauty – Soft Cell". Allmusic.
- ^ "CG: Soft Cell". Robert Christgau official website. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Hayden, Jackie (17 December 2002). "Cruelty Without Beauty". Hot Press. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Robinson, Peter. "Soft Cell : Cruelty Without Beauty". NME. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Noheden, Kristoffer (1 October 2002). "Soft Cell: Cruelty Without Beauty". Release Magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; David Hoard, Christian (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album GuideThe New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 757. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (October 2002). "Soft Cell: Cruelty Without Beauty (Cooking Vinyl) ****". Uncut. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ https://uk.news.yahoo.com/soft-cell-working-album-destined-014551981.html
- ^ https://www.softcell.co.uk/cruelty-without-beauty/
Categories:
- 2002 albums
- Soft Cell albums
- Cooking Vinyl albums
- 2000s pop rock album stubs