Talk:Soft Cell

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Still Together?[edit]

Are they still together? I mean Dave Ball is back with the Grid. Human historian 18:25, 13 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Tainted Love[edit]

Wasn't this also covered by Coil?

--72.224.119.211 19:34, 19 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Softcell.jpg[edit]

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Down in the Subway album[edit]

I recently fixed up the discography section, but i couldn't figure whether "Down in the Subway" album was a compilation or a studio, so i chucked it into the compilations for now, if any one can figure what type of album it is that would be great. Salavat 05:54, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

SOFT CELL - THE TWELVE INCH SINGLES - Box Set Compilation[edit]

Someone is insisting on removing the fact that Soft Cell released this complilation, here's a couple of links: http://soft-cell.tripod.com/discography/uksingles/ and http://soft-cell.tripod.com/discography/uksingles/

Bond0023 11:23, 23 July 2007 (UTC)Yes, this compilation does exist and was released in December 1982. I have a copy.[reply]

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Cindy Ecstasy[edit]

According to the BBC, the real name of Soft Cell's collaborator Cindy Ecstasy was Cindy Meyers.

https://twitter.com/BBCFOUR/status/786639247423967236 109.255.182.141 (talk) 23:53, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Issues[edit]

There are two obvious issues regarding English Wiki coverage of the duo:

a) Their year of formation is variously stated, across the individuals' articles and this one, to be 1977 or 1978. Which is it? Consistency would avoid confusion.
b) The Art of Falling Apart is stated in the text of this article to be the duo's "third album release". This can surely only be so if The Twelve Inch Singles is counted as an album, but that release doesn't even seem to be mentioned in the text here – so confusion, again, is likely. Harfarhs (talk) 01:45, 30 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Harfarhs The Art Of Falling Apart is often quoted as their third album as Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing was originally released in the UK as a mini album, not an EP as listed on WIKI 51.6.254.158 (talk) 21:02, 5 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I've done what I can can to fix some of the issues.

a) Although they met at Uni in 1977, they formed the band in 1978 (See plaque already posted), I can site them meeting the year previously if required.

b) As I've already said about the 'Third Album' point, Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing was released in The UK (The band's origin country), in the new 'Mini Album' format that was popular at the time. Often also called 'Remix Albums', these were never referred to as EP's. I have tried several times to place this 'album' back in the relevant section of the discography, but it's been changed back every time. Not sure why, while I do appreciate that it's not a full album as such, it did appear in the UK album charts and is listed as such practically everywhere else. As Soft Cell are a UK band, I do feel that thier page should be reflective of this in it's primary information.

In addition, I've tried to address the various citation issues on the page, even though, the text entered was not of my origin. 51.6.254.158 (talk) 09:07, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]