Released originally in 1982 and remastered recently with the addition of 8 bonus tracks, this effectively sums up the 1st stage of Soft Cell's career and is better than any best of compilation on the market. The album highlights marc Almond's and Dave Ball's twin obsessions of good time disco dancing and seedy erotica merging them into a compelling blend. Musically the songs are driven by Dave Ball's synths which hammer repetative rythmns adding lighter flourishes to make you want to dance over which marc sings in a distinctive, sometimes off key, torch song style about normal life and soho perversions. The key song is obviously tainted love a monsster hit at the time , the album proper also contains the hit singles Bedsitter and Say hello wave goodbye whilst Torch and what are included in the bonus tracks - all unforgettable songs. Of the other tracks from the album sex dwarf and entertain me are the best the best with marc's lyrics outstanding. From the bonus tracks Whdid our love go is the best - this is pitched as tainted love and indeed was it's b-side and mixed with tainted love is the best 122 single ever in my opinion
Indispensible 80's pop
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MadMax90559 02.02.2002 21:13
oh, i love the music of soft cell. i know the album and i think you may write a little bit more about it and its tracks. ...yours MadMax90559
broksababe 02.02.2001 14:55
I must get this!!, I loved Soft Cell and even Met Marc Almond once at a party, Tainted love is still a great song, its one of those that just gets to you, also like Bedsitter.
Thanks for telling me about this :)