Soft Cell discography
| Soft Cell discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 5 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 15 |
| Video albums | 3 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 19 |
This is the discography of Soft Cell, a British synthpop duo consisting of Marc Almond and Dave Ball who rose to prominence in the early 1980s. The duo broke up in 1984 after releasing four albums, but reunited in the early 2000s for a series of live dates and released an album of new material in 2002. The group reunited again in 2018 for a final farewell concert,[1] accompanied by a host of musical and video releases, including a career-spanning box set[2] and a new single.[3]
Studio albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [5] |
CAN [6] |
FIN [7] |
GER [8] |
NED [9] |
NZ [10] |
SWE [11] |
US [12] |
US R&B [12] | |||||
| Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret |
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5 | 34 | 2 | 19 | 23 | — | 7 | 25 | 22 | 55 | |||
| The Art of Falling Apart |
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5 | — | 82 | — | — | 43 | — | — | 84 | — |
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| This Last Night in Sodom |
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12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Cruelty Without Beauty |
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116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Happiness Not Included |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Live albums[]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Additional Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
UK Indie [15] |
UK Vinyl [16] |
SCO [17] | |||
| Live |
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— | — | — | — |
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| Soft Cell at the BBC |
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— | — | — | — |
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| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye: Live |
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— | — | — | — |
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| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2019 |
|
95 | 11 | 18 | 38 | |
Compilation albums[]
Charting Compilations
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
BEL [18] |
EUR [19] |
GER [20] |
SCO [21] | ||||||||||
| The Singles |
|
58 | — | — | 54 | — | ||||||||
| Memorabilia – The Singles |
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8 | — | 40 | — | — | ||||||||
| The Very Best of Soft Cell |
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37 | — | — | — | 63 |
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| Hits & Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell |
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7 | 134 | — | — | 5 | ||||||||
| Keychains & Snowstorms – The Soft Cell Story |
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56 | — | — | 80 | 36 | ||||||||
| Keychains & Snowstorms – The Singles |
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34 | — | — | — | 30 | ||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Complete list
- 1982 – The Twelve Inch Singles (Some Bizzare) (6x12" vinyl boxset with booklet)
- 1986 – The Singles (Some Bizzare)
- 1991 – Memorabilia – The Singles (Mercury) (Soft Cell with Marc Almond)
- 1994 – Down in the Subway (Spectrum)
- 1996 – Say Hello to Soft Cell (Spectrum)
- 1998 – Master Series (Mercury)
- 2001 – The Twelve Inch Singles (Polygram) (3CD re-release of the 1982 boxset)
- 2002 – The Very Best of Soft Cell (Universal)
- 2005 – The Bedsit Tapes (Some Bizzare) (Recorded in 1978–1980)
- 2006 – Demo Non Stop (Some Bizzare) (Recorded in 1978–1980)
- 2006 – (Universal)
- 2008 – Heat: The Remixes (Mercury) (2CD collection of new remixes)
- 2017 - Hits & Pieces The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell (UMC)
- 2018 - Keychains & Snowstorms – The Soft Cell Story (10 Disc Box Set) (UMC)
- 2018 - Keychains & Snowstorms – The Singles (UMC)
Extended plays[]
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Mutant Moments
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| 1982 | Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing
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| 2019 | Magick Mutants
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Singles[]
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] |
AUS [5] |
BEL [18] |
CAN [22] |
FIN [7] |
GER [23] |
IRE [24] |
NED [9] |
SWE [11] |
US [12] |
US Dance [12] | ||||
| 1981 | "A Man Can Get Lost" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Memorabilia" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ��� | — | — | — | 35 | |||
| "Tainted Love"/ "Where Did Our Love Go" |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 24 | Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret | ||
| "Bedsitter" | 4 | — | 33 | — | 29 | — | 10 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1982 | "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" | 3 | — | 36 | — | — | 29 | 12 | 30 | — | — | — |
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| "Torch" | 2 | 68 | 6 | — | 9 | 75 | 7 | 12 | — | — | 31 |
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Non-album single | |
| "What" | 3 | — | 32 | — | — | 64 | 6 | — | — | –[A] | — |
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Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing | |
| "Where the Heart Is" | 21 | — | — | — | 23 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | The Art of Falling Apart | ||
| "Loving You, Hating Me" (North America Only Release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 1983 | "Numbers"/"Barriers" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Heat" (North America Only Release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| "Soul Inside" | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | This Last Night in Sodom | ||
| 1984 | "Down in the Subway" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985 | "Tainted Love" (re-issue) | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Non-album single |
| 1991 | "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91" (featuring Marc Almond) |
38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Memorabilia – The Singles | |
| "Tainted Love '91" (featuring Marc Almond) |
5 | 99 | — | — | — | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2009 | "Tainted Love" (Soft Cell vs Club 69) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24 | Non-album single | |
| 2002 | "Monoculture" | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cruelty Without Beauty | |
| 2003 | "The Night" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018 | "Northern Lights"/ "Guilty (Cos I Say You Are)" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles | |
| 2021 | "Bruises On My Illusions" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Happiness Not Included | |
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
- 1981 - "Sex Dwarf/Entertain Me/Seedy Films"[27] (US Dance #65)
- 1982 - "What/Insecure...Me?"[28]
- 1984 - Songs from The Last Night in Sodom[29]
Video albums[]
| Year | Title | Format | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show
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VHS | Reissued on DVD in 2004, and included on the Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset DVD disc |
| 1991 | Memorabilia - The Video Singles
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VHS | Soft Cell with Marc Almond – video compilation released alongside the 1991 compilation album of the same name |
| 2002 | Live in Milan
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DVD |
Music videos[]
| Year | Title | Director | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Tainted Love | Tim Pope | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and |
| Bedsitter | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles and | ||
| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and | ||
| 1982 | Torch | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles and | |
| What! | |||
| Entertain Me | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and | ||
| Frustration | |||
| Seedy Films | |||
| Secret Life | |||
| Youth | |||
| Memorabilia | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles and | ||
| Sex Dwarf (Intro) | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and | ||
| Sex Dwarf | Original, banned version that has yet to be officially released | ||
| 1983 | Where The Heart Is | Released on Memorabilia - The Video Singles and | |
| Numbers | |||
| Soul Inside | |||
| 1984 | Down in the Subway | Released on | |
| 1991 | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91 | Peter Christopherson | Released on Memorabilia - The Video Singles and ' |
| Tainted Love '91 | |||
| 2002 | Monoculture | Tim Pope | Included as a multimedia track on the Monoculture single and |
| 2018 | Northern Lights | Included as a multimedia track on the Northern Lights single and |
Rarities and miscellaneous[]
| Year | Title | Label | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Some Bizzare Album | Some Bizzare | Compilation featuring exclusive track "The Girl with the Patent Leather Face." |
| 1982 | Metro MRX | Flexi | 1982 green flexi-disc free with Flexi-Pop magazine. |
| 1983 | Ghostrider - Live '83 | Cellmates | Flexi-disc of a live cover of the song Ghost Rider by Suicide. Available in black, blue, or green and issued by the Soft Cell fan club. |
| 2001 | I'd Rather Shout at a Returning Echo than Kid That Someone's Listening | Some Bizzare | Compilation that includes the track "God-Shaped Hole." |
| 2018 | Exclusive Tracks contained on limited edition 'Keychains & Snowstorms' USB Stick. |
Notes[]
- ^ "What" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.[26]
References[]
- ^ "Soft Cell Announce One-Off 40th Anniversary Concert".
- ^ "Announcing 'Keychains & Snowstorms - the Soft Cell Story' Boxset".
- ^ "Soft Cell to release brand new single Northern Lights plus new Best of compilation in September".
- ^ a b c d UK chart peaks:
- "UK chart peaks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. ISBN 9781904994107.
- "Chart Log UK 1994–2010". zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 280. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ Canadian albums chart peaks:
- "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret". RPM. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "The Art of Falling Apart". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ German albums chart peaks:
- "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "New Zealand chart peaks". charts.nz. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Swedish chart peaks". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d "US chart peaks". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 24 October 2020. Note: User needs to enter "Soft Cell" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter
- ^ a b "Music Canada > Gold & Platinum > Soft Cell". Music Canada. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ UK live albums chart peaks:
- "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ UK vinyl albums chart peaks:
- "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Scottish live albums chart peaks:
- "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks". ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ European compilation album chart peaks:
- "Memorabilia – The Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ German compilation albums chart peaks:
- "The Singles". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Keychains & Snowstorms – The Soft Cell Story". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
- "The Very Best of Soft Cell". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Hits & Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Keychains & Snowstorms – The Soft Cell Story". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Keychains & Snowstorms – The Singles". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Canadian singles chart peaks:
- "Tainted Love". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ German singles chart peaks:
- "Tainted Love". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Torch". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "What". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- "Tainted Love '91". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ Irish singles chart peaks:
- Note: User needs to click on the "Search Charts" tab. Then enter Soft Cell into the "Search Artists" field and press "Search". "Irish singles chart peaks up to 1999". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ "Platinum and Gold Singles 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via Imgur.
- ^ "US Hot 100 Bubbling Under". Retrieved 1 October 2021.
- ^ "Sex Dwarf/Entertain Me/Seedy Films promotional single". discogs.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "What/Insecure...Me? promotional single". discogs.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Songs from The Last Night in Sodom promotional single". discogs.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Soft Cell". MVDbase. ASG. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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