Soft Cell discography
| Soft Cell discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 5 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| Singles | 17 |
| Video albums | 2 |
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.
Studio albums
| Year | Album Information | Chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
NZ [2] |
US [3] | |||
| 1981 | Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
|
5 | 7 | 22 | |
| 1982 | Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing
|
6 | – | 57† | |
| 1983 | The Art of Falling Apart
|
5 | – | 84 | |
| 1984 | This Last Night in Sodom
|
12 | – | – | |
| 2002 | Cruelty Without Beauty
|
116 | – | – | |
† As an EP in the US, Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing also peaked at number 31 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.
Live albums
| Year | Album Information | Additional information |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Live
|
2003 European tour |
Soft Cell at the BBC
|
Live sessions in 1981–1983 | |
| 2005 | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye: Live
|
Re-issue of Live with new title and artwork |
Compilation albums
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Extended plays
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 1980 | Mutant Moments
|
| 1981 | Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go EP
|
Singles
| Year | Title | Album | Chart positions | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] |
AUS | IRE [5] |
NZ [2] |
NL [6] |
GER [1] |
FRA [7] |
POL [7] |
BEL [8] |
US [9] |
US Dance [9] | |||
| 1981 | "A Man Can Get Lost" "Memorabilia" |
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| "Memorabilia" "Persuasion" |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | ||
| 1981 | "Tainted Love" / "Where Did Our Love Go?" "Memorabilia" |
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| "Bedsitter" "Facility Girls" |
4 | – | 10 | – | – | – | 4 | – | 33 | – | – | ||
| 1982 | "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" "Fun City" |
3 | – | 12 | – | 30 | 29 | – | – | 36 | – | – | |
| "Torch" "Insecure... Me?" |
— | 2 | 68 | 7 | – | 12 | 75 | – | 15 | 6 | – | 31 | |
| "What!" "So..." |
Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing | 3 | – | 6 | – | – | 64 | 6 | 21 | 32 | 101 | – | |
| "Where the Heart Is" "It's a Mug's Game" |
The Art of Falling Apart | 21 | – | 14 | – | – | – | – | 27 | – | – | – | |
| "Loving You, Hating Me" (special remix) "It's A Mugs Game" (US single release) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1983 | "Numbers" / "Barriers" | 25 | – | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| "Heat" "It's a Mug's Game" (US single release) |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| "Soul Inside" "You Only Live Twice" |
This Last Night in Sodom | 16 | – | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1984 | "Down in the Subway" "Disease and Desire" |
24 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1991 | "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91" "Memorabilia '91" |
Memorabilia – The Singles | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| "Tainted Love '91" "Where the Heart Is '91" |
5 | 99 | 4 | – | – | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1999 | "Tainted Love" (Soft Cell vs. Club 69) (US Single Release) |
— | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 24 |
| 2002 | "Monoculture" "Dancing Alone" |
Cruelty Without Beauty | 52 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2003 | "The Night" "Perversity" |
39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
Video albums
| Year | Title | Format | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show
|
VHS | Reissued on DVD in 2004 |
| 1991 | Memorabilia - The Video Singles
|
VHS | Soft Cell with Marc Almond – video compilation released alongside the 1991 compilation album of the same name |
| 2002 | Live in Milan
|
DVD |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Director | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Tainted Love | Tim Pope | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show |
| Bedsitter | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles | ||
| 1982 | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show | |
| Torch | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles | ||
| What! | |||
| Entertain Me | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show | ||
| Frustration | |||
| Seedy Films | |||
| Secret Life | |||
| Youth | |||
| Memorabilia | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles | ||
| Sex Dwarf (Intro) | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show | ||
| Sex Dwarf | Original, banned version that has yet to be officially released | ||
| Where The Heart Is | Released on Memorabilia - The Video Singles | ||
| 1983 | Soul Inside | ||
| 1984 | Down in the Subway | Aired on television, but has yet to be released on home video | |
| 1991 | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91 | Peter Christopherson | Released on Memorabilia - The Video Singles |
| Tainted Love '91 | |||
| 2002 | Monoculture | Philip Richardson | Included as a multimedia track on the Monoculture single |
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." |
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