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Soft Cell

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Art students Marc Almond and Dave Ball formed Soft Cell, a synth pop duo famed for its uniquely sleazy electronic sound, in Leeds, England in 1980. Originally, vocalist Almond and synth player Ball teamed to compose music for theatrical productions, and as Soft Cell, their live performances continued to draw heavily on the pair's background in drama and the visual arts. A self-financed EP titled Mutant Moments brought the duo to the attention of Some Bizzare label head Stevo, who enlisted Daniel Miller to produce their underground hit single "Memorabilia" the following year.

It was the next Soft Cell effort, 1981's "Tainted Love," that brought the duo to international prominence; written by the Four Preps' Ed Cobb and already a cult favorite thanks to Gloria Jones' soulful reading, the song was reinvented as a hypnotic electronic dirge and became the year's best-selling British single, as well as a major hit abroad. The group's debut LP, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, was also enormously successful, and was followed by the 1982 remix collection Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing.

While 1983's The Art of Falling Apart proved as popular as its predecessors, the LP's title broadly hinted at the internal problems plaguing the duo; prior to the release of 1984's This Last Night in Sodom, Soft Cell had already broken up. Almond immediately formed the electro-soul unit Marc & the Mambas; another group, Marc Almond & the Willing Sinners, followed before the singer finally embarked on a solo career in the late '80s. After a number of years of relative inactivity, Ball later resurfaced in the techno outfit the Grid.

Title: What E. P

Artist: Soft Cell

Genre: New Wave, Synth Pop

Title: Demo Non Stop

Artist: Soft Cell

Genre: Electronica

Title: The Bedsit Tapes

Artist: Soft Cell

Genre: Electronica

Title: Cruelty Without Beauty

Artist: Soft Cell

Genre: Pop

Title: Tainted Love 2021

Artist: Soft Cell

Genre: Synth Pop, EBM

Title: Live

Artist: Soft Cell

Genre: Pop

Title: The Singles

Artist: Soft Cell

Genre: Pop

Title: Torch E. P

Artist: Soft Cell

Genre: New Wave, Synth Pop

Collections

Title: Magic 80's (CD9)

Genre: Rock, Pop

Title: Time Life 1982

Genre: Rock

Title: 12inch 80s Classics

Genre: Pop

Title: MOS 80s Mix (CD1)

Genre: Pop

Title: 100 Hits: More 80s

Genre: Pop

Title: So80s 4

Genre: New Wave, Pop, Synth Pop

Featuring albums

Title: New Wave In Love

Artist: New Wave Players

Genre: Rock

Title: 80s Mixtape

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Pop

Title: Heartbreak Hits

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Pop

Genres