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Soft Cell News

Soft Cell founder announces new collaboration

Dave Ball is back with a new band and single

  • Aug 12, 2010

V-MENDOUS NEWS!

The dance outfit and 80s popsters join the party...

  • Apr 25, 2002

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Soft Cell Music Videos

Torch Play Video

Torch

Official music video for the track Torch by Soft Cell.

Soul Inside Play Video

Soul Inside

Official music video for the track Soul Inside by Soft Cell.

Tainted Love Play Video

Tainted Love

Official music video for the track Tainted Love by Soft Cell. The track was originally sung by Gloria Jones and Soft Cell covered the track in 1981. Their version has a much slower tempo and is sung in key G rather...

Memorabilia Play Video

Memorabilia

Official music video for the track Memorabilia by Soft Cell.

Tainted Love Play Video

Tainted Love

The early 21st century proved to be an exciting time for long-time fans of synth pop masters Soft Cell. It had been nearly 20 years since original members Marc Almond and Dave Ball went their separate ways, but in...

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Soft Cell Reviews

Soft Cell : The Night

Soft Cell : The Night

...the band's slightly menacing bedsit electro has evidently received a painful chest wax...

  • Jan 16, 2003

Soft Cell : Cruelty Without Beauty

Veteran electro-pop sleaze duo's latest

  • Sep 10, 2002

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Soft Cell Biography

Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo is most widely known for their 1981 worldwide hit version of "Tainted Love" and platinum debut Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. In the UK, they had ten Top 40 hits, including "Bedsitter" (No. 4), "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" (No. 3), "Torch" (No. 2), and "What!" (No. 3), and also had four Top 20 albums between 1981 and 1984. The duo split in 1984, but reformed in the early 2000s to tour and released a new album in 2002. Their songs have been covered by various artists including Nine Inch Nails, David Gray, Nouvelle Vague, Marilyn Manson and A-ha. Soft Cell's track "Memorabilia" earned recognition for the band as pioneers of techno style. The duo have sold 10 million records worldwide.

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