Soft Cell discography

Soft Cell discography
Studio albums	5
EPs	3
Live albums	5
Compilation albums	15
Singles	22
Video albums	3
Remix albums	1

This is the discography of Soft Cell, a British synth-pop 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 single.^[3]

Albums

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/HH [12]
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	Released: 27 November 1981 Label: Some Bizzare (#BIZ2) Formats: LP, CS, CD	5	34	2	19	23	—	7	25	22	55	BPI: Platinum[13] MC: Platinum[14]
The Art of Falling Apart	Released: 14 January 1983 Label: Some Bizzare (#BIZ3) Formats: LP, CS, CD	5	—	82	—	—	43	—	—	84	—	BPI: Gold[13]
This Last Night in Sodom	Released: 16 March 1984 Label: Some Bizzare (#BIZ6) Formats: LP, CS, CD	12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Cruelty Without Beauty	Released: 8 October 2002 Label: Cooking Vinyl (#COOK245) Formats: CS, CD	116	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Happiness Not Included	Released: 6 May 2022 Label: BMG Formats: LP, CS, CD	7	—	—	—	12	—	—	—	—	—
Happiness Now Completed	Released: 28 July 2024 Label: BMG	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		UK [4]	US [12]
Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing	Released: June 1982 Label: Some Bizzare (#BIZ6) Formats: LP, CS, CD	6	57	BPI: Gold[13]

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Additional Information
		UK [4]	UK Indie [15]	UK Vinyl [16]	SCO [17]
Live	Released: 7 October 2003 Label: Cooking Vinyl (#COOKCD267) Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	2003 European tour Includes recordings from Leeds, London and Brussels 26-track, double CD album
Soft Cell at the BBC	Released: 14 October 2003 Label: Strange Fruit (#SFRSCD123) Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	Live sessions in 1981–1983 Includes multimedia tracks from The Old Grey Whistle Test 10-track album of BBC recordings
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye: Live	Released: 27 June 2005 Label: Demon Music Group (#MCCD573) Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	Re-issue of Live album from 2003 With new title and artwork 26-track, double CD album
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2018	Released: 1 August 2019 Label: Live Here Now (#LHN052) Formats: LP, CD, download	95	11	18	38	Live at the O2, 30 September 2018 4×LP and 2×CD box sets Available with DVD and Blu-ray discs
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret & Other Stories	Released: 7 October 2022 Label: Live Here Now Formats: LP, CD, download, DVD, Blu-ray	—	—	—	—	Live in London, November 2021 2×CD set, plus various vinyl, DVD & Blu-ray packages Available with DVD and Blu-ray discs

Compilation albums

Charting compilations

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions					Certifications
		UK [4]	BEL [18]	EUR [19]	GER [20]	SCO [21]
The Singles	Released: 13 December 1986 Label: Some Bizzare (#BIZ3) Formats: LP, CS, CD	58	—	—	54	—
Memorabilia – The Singles	Released: 20 May 1991 Label: Mercury (#8485121) Formats: LP, CS, CD	8	—	40	—	—
The Very Best of Soft Cell	Released: 1 April 2002 Label: UMTV (#5868342) Formats: CD	37	—	—	—	63	BPI: Gold[13]
Hits & Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell	Released: 10 March 2017 Label: Universal (#5737778) Formats: LP, CD	7	134	—	—	5
Keychains & Snowstorms – The Soft Cell Story	Released: 7 September 2018 Label: Universal (#6741996) Formats: CD	56	—	—	80	36
Keychains & Snowstorms – The Singles	Released: 28 September 2018 Label: Universal (#6779852) Formats: CD	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 – 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Soft Cell (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

Title	Details
Mutant Moments	Released: 1980 Label: Big Frock
Club Mixes 2018	Released: 2018 Label: Big Frock
Magick Mutants	Released: 2019 Label: Big Frock

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]
1981	"A Man Can Get Lost"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album singles
	"Memorabilia"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Tainted Love"/ "Where Did Our Love Go"	1	1	1	1	—	1	4	7	2	8	BPI: 3× Platinum[13] ARIA: Gold[25] BVMI: Gold[26] MC: Platinum[14]	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
	"Bedsitter"	4	—	33	—	29	—	10	—	—	—	BPI: Silver[13]
1982	"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"	3	—	36	—	—	29	12	30	—	—	BPI: Silver[13]
	"Torch"	2	68	6	—	9	75	7	12	—	—	BPI: Silver[13]	Non-album single
	"What"	3	—	32	—	—	64	6	—	—	–[A]	BPI: Silver[13]	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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Non-album single
1991	"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91" (featuring Marc Almond)	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Memorabilia – The Singles
	"Tainted Love '91" (featuring Marc Almond)	5	93	—	—	—	22	4	—	—	—
1999	"Tainted Love" (Soft Cell vs Club 69)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		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 All My Illusions"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Happiness Not Included
2022	"Purple Zone" (with Pet Shop Boys)	—[B]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Nostalgia Machine"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Last Chance (Christmas Mix) / Light Sleepers"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2024	"Light Sleepers (Christmas Mix) / First Hand Experience In Second Hand Love"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

• 1981 – "Sex Dwarf/Entertain Me/Seedy Films"^[29] (US Dance #65)
• 1982 – "What/Insecure...Me?"^[30]
• 1984 – Songs from The Last Night in Sodom^[31]

Video albums

Year	Title	Format	Additional information
1982	Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show Released: 1982 Label: Some Bizzare Films	VHS	Reissued on DVD in 2004, and included on the Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset DVD disc
1991	Memorabilia – The Video Singles Released: 1991 Label: Polygram	VHS	Soft Cell with Marc Almond – video compilation released alongside the 1991 compilation album of the same name
2002	Live in Milan Released: 2002 Label: Eagle Vision USA	DVD

Music videos

^[32]

Year	Title	Director	Additional Information
1981	Tainted Love	Tim Pope	Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
	Bedsitter		Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia – The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
	Say Hello, Wave Goodbye		Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
1982	Torch		Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia – The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
	What!
	Entertain Me		Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
	Frustration
	Seedy Films
	Secret Life
	Youth
	Memorabilia		Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia – The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
	Sex Dwarf (Intro)		Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
	Sex Dwarf		Original, banned version that has yet to be officially released
1983	Where The Heart Is		Released on Memorabilia – The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
	Numbers
	Soul Inside
1984	Down in the Subway		Released on Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
1991	Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91	Peter Christopherson	Released on Memorabilia – The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
	Tainted Love '91
2002	Monoculture	Tim Pope	Included as a multimedia track on the Monoculture single and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
2018	Northern Lights		Included as a multimedia track on the Northern Lights single and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
2022	Purple Zone	Yassa Khan	Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys Single
	Light Sleepers	Charlie Ann Max

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.
1991	Bedsitter '91 / Torch		Withdrawn UK promotional 7" & 12" single, originally intended to be the 3rd single release from the 1991 compilation 'Memorabilia'. Credited to Soft Cell / Marc Almond.
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."
2016	Sex Dwarf	UMC	12" Vinyl UK Record Store Day 2016. Contains the 3 existing (At the time) remixes of the song.[33]
2018	Say Hello Wave Goodbye / Youth	UMC/Mercury	12" Vinyl UK Record Store Day 2018 First Release limited to 1,500 copies, containing new mixes by Dave Ball: Say Hello Wave Goodbye (Dave Ball Lateral Mix) & Youth (Dave Ball Wasted on the Young Mix)[34]
2018	Night and the City (And You) & One Last Time		Exclusive Tracks contained on limited edition 'Keychains & Snowstorms' USB Stick.
2020	Cruelty Without Beauty 2020 Extended Mixes		Limited to 500 copies in a PVC sleeve with sticker.[35]

Notes

1. "What" did not enter the US Billboard Hot 100 but did peak at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 extension chart.^[27]
2. "Purple Zone" did not enter the UK singles chart, but peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.^[28]

References

1. "Soft Cell Announce One-Off 40th Anniversary Concert".
2. "Announcing 'Keychains & Snowstorms – the Soft Cell Story' Boxset".
3. "Soft Cell to release brand new single Northern Lights plus new Best of compilation in September".
4. 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.
5. Peaks in Australia:
   • All except noted: 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.
   • "Tainted Love '91": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 259.
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.
7. 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.
8. "Discographie von Soft Cell". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
9. "Dutch chart peaks". Dutch Charts. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
10. "New Zealand chart peaks". charts.nz. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
11. "Swedish chart peaks". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
12. "US chart peaks". Billboard. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
13. "British certifications – Soft Cell". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 14 July 2024. Type Soft Cell in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
14. "Music Canada > Gold & Platinum > Soft Cell". Music Canada. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
15. UK live albums chart peaks:
    • "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
16. UK vinyl albums chart peaks:
    • "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
17. Scottish live albums chart peaks:
    • "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2019". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
18. "Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks". ultratop.be. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
19. European compilation album chart peaks:
    • "Memorabilia – The Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
20. 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.
21. 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.
22. Canadian singles chart peaks:
    • "Tainted Love". RPM. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
23. 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.
24. 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.
25. "Platinum and Gold Singles 1982". Kent Music Report. 28 February 1983. Retrieved 10 November 2021 – via Imgur.
26. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Soft Cell)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
27. "US Hot 100 Bubbling Under". Retrieved 1 October 2021.
28. "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. 25 March 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
29. "Sex Dwarf/Entertain Me/Seedy Films promotional single". Discogs. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
30. "What/Insecure...Me? promotional single". Discogs. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
31. "Songs from The Last Night in Sodom promotional single". Discogs. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
32. "Soft Cell". MVDbase. ASG. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
33. "Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf". Discogs.
34. "Soft Cell – Say Hello Wave Goodbye / Youth". Discogs.
35. "Soft Cell – Cruelty Without Beauty 2020 Extended Mixes". Discogs.