In the U.S., Soft Cell, the British duo of singer Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball, was a classic one-hit wonder, that hit being the remake of Gloria Jones' "Tainted Love," which dominated dance clubs and eventually peaked in the pop Top Ten with its synth-pop sound and Almond's plaintive vocal in 1981-1982. In the U.K., the group not only had a longer career, but also influenced a raft of similar performers. Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret, originally released in Britain in the fall of 1981, contained both the band's first hit and its follow-up, "Bedsitter," its title referring to what in America would be called a studio apartment. (A third U.K. Top Five hit, "Say Hello Wave Goodbye," emerged from the LP.) At full album length, lyricist Almond's primary preoccupation, only suggested in "Tainted Love," was spelled out; this was a theme album about aberrant sexuality, a tour of a red-light district. The point was well made on "Sex Dwarf," with its oft-repeated chorus "Isn't it nice/Sugar and spice/Luring disco dollies to a life of vice?" Songs like "Seedy Films," "Entertain Me," and "Secret Life" expanded upon the subject. The insistent beats taken at steady dance tempos and the chilling electronic sounds conjured by Ball emphasized Almond's fascination with deviance; it almost seemed as though the album had been designed to be played in topless bars. British listeners saw through Almond's pretense or were amused by him, or both; more puritanical Americans tended to disapprove, which probably limited the group's long-term success stateside. But the music was undeniably influential. The 2002 CD reissue added two lengthy 12" single mixes of "Tainted Love," one of them a medley with the old Supremes hit "Where Did Our Love Go," the other a dub version.
Everyone has their own personal genre favorites. I'm not a huge 80s nostalgia buff, but I will drop everything at the drop of a hat if I'm out and they play anything off my all-time favorite synthpop album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell.This whole album is killer. Every single song is a classic. "Tainted Love" is the song everyone in the US knows, but it's actually not my favorite tr...
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If you don't believe me...i will FIGHT you! Not really...but I am a bit drunk, and I just got home from '80's Night' and if this song would have been played the entire evening would have been better!!b
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What's that I hear... I was up before the early bird this morning... so I am going to ease into this war with a song that is another *INSTANT VOLUME-ENHANCER* !!! Don't touch me please - I cannot stand the way youh1. tease ;)*Don't worry MOG - I am not going to pack my bags & go...*Original will follow in the comments section of this program... carry on ;)
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Adios Mog.... I owe you much, I have met SO many amazing people here...who will - God willing - be a part of mhy life forever more.... But just so everyone knows....I had my little music blog up on MOG also, which is strictly a hobby of mine...but when I didn't want to put any advertising on it....MOG suspended the syndication....which rubbed me the wrong way. I just don't need that much regul...
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Say Hello, Wave Goodbye..Soft Cell were an English synthesizer duo during the early 1980s. They consisted of Marc Almond (vocals) and David Ball (synthesizers). Their lyrics often focused on love and romance as well as the darker side of life, with subjects such as kinky sex, transvestism, drugs and murder. They had a huge world-wide hit in 1981 with a cover version of "Tainted Love".They becam...
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The long weekend begins today - and the weather here is crazy - and for some reason it all adds up to some Soft Cell grooving.this album has been a long-time favorite of mine, and while it's not really the kind of music that fits in with a lot of the other music i love and listen to, there seems to have always been a place for Marc Almond in my sonic journeys. This album is just wonderful and d...
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Everyone has their own personal genre favorites. I'm not a huge 80s nostalgia buff, but I will drop everything at the drop of a hat if I'm out and they play anything off my all-time favorite synthpop album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell.This whole album is killer. Every single song is a classic. "Tainted Love" is the song everyone in the US knows, but it's actually not my favorite tr...
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it wasn't until I heard this song that i realized there is a fine like between Love and Hate!
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Tainted Love, written for her by Ed Cobb, was a hit first for Gloria Jones in the sixties, and was clearly a persistent one in some people's minds. She re-recorded it in 1975 for her EMI album Vixen, co-produced with her husband Marc Bolan just before she drove into the late-night disaster on Barnes Common, in West London, that killed him. By the late seventies, it had become a club staple on...
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| 1 Frustration |
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| 2 Tainted Love |
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| 3 Seedy Films |
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| 4 Youth |
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| 5 Sex Dwarf |
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| 6 Entertain Me |
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| 7 Chips on My Shoulder |
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| 8 Bedsitter |
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| 9 Secret Life |
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| 10 Say Hello, Wave Goodbye |
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