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This article needs additional citations for. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2008) Soft Cell Origin, England, United Kingdom Genres, Years active 1977–1984, 2001–2005 Labels, Associated acts, Members Soft Cell are an English duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s, consisting of vocalist and instrumentalist.
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The duo are principally known for their 1981 hit version of ' (#8 US) and 1981 debut album titled. In the United Kingdom, they had ten Top 40 hits including 'Tainted Love' (#1 UK), ' (#2 UK), ' (#3 UK), 'What!' (#3 UK), and ' (#4 UK), and also had four Top 20 albums between 1981 and 1984. In 1984, the duo split but reformed in 2001 to tour and record new material, releasing their fifth studio album, in 2002. Soft Cell's songs have been covered by various artists including, and. Their track, 'Memorabilia', earned recognition for the band as pioneers of the synth-oriented genre. The duo have sold 10 million records worldwide.
Contents. History Mutant Moments and 'Memorabilia' Soft Cell was initiated during 1977 after Almond and Ball met. Their initial efforts at recording resulted that year in an EP titled which was funded by a loan of £2000 from Dave Ball's mother and made with a simple 2-track recorder. 2,000 vinyl copies of the release were issued independently and the small number of copies have since become a highly valued collectors item. The group's live shows and EP caught the interest of certain record labels such as and. Soft Cell's next recording, 'The Girl with the Patent Leather Face', appeared as a contribution to the, which featured then-unknown bands such as, and.
The duo ultimately signed to the Some Bizzare label, backed. Their first singles, 'A Man Could Get Lost', '7' and 'Memorabilia' 12', were produced by who founded.
While 'Memorabilia' was a success in nightclubs, Soft Cell would remain essentially unknown until their next release. 'Tainted Love'. Cover of Soft Cell's first album. A re-filmed 'Sex Dwarf' appeared in Non-Stop Exotic Video Show featuring Almond dressed in a tuxedo, directing a symphony orchestra of transvestites.
Garnered two additional hits: ' dealt with the loneliness and lifestyle of a young man having recently left home to live in a while partying hard. 'Bedsitter' reached No. 4 in the UK Singles Chart in November 1981. The song was highly acclaimed in a retrospective review by journalist Ned Raggett who wrote that it 'ranks as one of the best, most realistic portrayals of urban life recorded.'
The final single on the album, the ballad ', peaked at No. 3 in February 1982 and was subsequently covered by David Gray nearly 20 years later when his version reached No. 26 in the UK. During 1982, the duo spent most of their time recording and relaxing in New York City, where they met a woman named Cindy Ecstasy whom Almond would later confirm was his drug supplier (it was Cindy Ecstasy who introduced them to the new nightclub drug of the same name). Soon after 'Say Hello Wave Goodbye' dropped out of the chart, Soft Cell released a brand new song, another love song called which was to prove the closest the band ever got to having a No. 1 hit with one of their own songs as it entered straight into the Top 20 and peaked at No.
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The 12' version of featured Cindy Ecstasy singing and exchanging banter in a spoken dialogue section with Marc Almond where they reminisce about their first meeting. Despite their next album being almost ready for release at this point, a decision was made not to include 'Torch' on the album.
The duo released their second album entitled, a 6-track mini album containing remixes of older material along with their new hit single, 'What!' This was a cover of the 1965 song.
It was later covered in 1968 by, whose version became extremely popular on the Northern Soul scene. Almond later admitted that the album was recorded and mixed under the influence of. Placed at No. 101 in US Charts.
But was a major hit in the UK and reached No. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in August of that year Decline and dissolution By 1983, fame and nearly constant drug use were having a bad effect on the duo.
Marc Almond also formed the group, featuring collaborations with 's and future Almond collaborator Annie Hogan, as an to experiment out of the glare of the Soft Cell spotlight. Soft Cell's third album release, appropriately titled, was a Top 5 hit in the UK but the singles were only modest successes. The first single 'Where The Heart Is' only reached 21, while the double A-side 'Numbers'/'Barriers' peaked at 25.
'Numbers' also generated controversy due to references in the song to the drug. The album is highly esteemed by the leader of,. In September 1983, the duo released a new single 'Soul Inside', which returned them to the UK Top 20, but by early 1984 the duo had amicably decided to end Soft Cell. They played farewell concerts at in January, and released one final album called (UK No. 12) in March. Headed by the duo's final single 'Down in the Subway' (UK No. 24), the album departed from its predecessors by featuring more live drums and guitars than previous albums. However, the controversial subject matter still remained true to the Soft Cell ethos, with songs such as 'L'Esqualita' that glamourised culture in. Solo years During Almond's solo years, he and Ball continued to communicate with each other.
Dave Ball's ex-wife played violin in Marc Almond's solo band, though Almond and Ball did not work again together until 1990 when Ball remixed one of Almond's singles ('Waifs And Strays') and co-wrote and arranged some music for Almond's album in 1991. David Ball formed during 1990 with. The Grid ended in 1996, but reformed during 2005 and released an album during 2008 with the company, named.
Reunion Almond and Ball reunited as Soft Cell in 2001, with a series of live dates. They performed at the opening of the Ocean nightclub in London during March 2001, and a mini tour followed later in the year. The track 'God Shaped Hole' featured on the compilation titled, released during 2001. A new Soft Cell album, was released during late 2002, followed by a European tour and a small US tour during early 2003. The new album featured their first new songs together in almost twenty years. The second single from the album, a cover of ' 'The Night', reached No. 39 in the UK.
Soft Cell had considered recording 'The Night' in place of 'Tainted Love' during 1981, though as keyboardist David Ball stated in a 2003 interview with BBC's, 'I think history has kind of shown that we did make the right choice in 1981.' During August 2007, the band announced plans to release a remix album entitled Heat. The remix album was released in November 2008 and included Soft Cell tracks remixed by such acts as, Kinky Roland, George Demure, Yer Man, and many more. Influences The group cited and as primary influences.
Almond also named as a major influence: 'You can even hear that I’m trying to sing like her on some of those early Soft Cell songs: I didn’t want to sing properly, I wanted to sing in a punk way'. Discography. 15 November 1982. Retrieved 30 July 2011. Ruhlmann, William. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
26 March 2012. Retrieved 30 March 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2014. Almond, Marc (1999). Tainted Life. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Raggett, Ned.
Retrieved 25 July 2014. 16 March 2000.
Retrieved 25 July 2014. Interview with Marc Almond BBC TV programme 'Young Guns Go for It'. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
Retrieved 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014. Simpson, Dave (March 20, 2017).
Retrieved November 28, 2017. 20 March 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2018. Marriott, Phil (25 September 2017). Retrieved 12 October 2017.
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