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This is the discography of ], a British synthpop duo consisting of ] and ] 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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.softcell.co.uk/soft-cell-announce-one-off-40th-anniversary-concert/|title=Soft Cell Announce One-Off 40th Anniversary Concert}}</ref> accompanied by a host of musical and video releases, including a career-spanning box set<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.softcell.co.uk/announcing-keychains-and-snowstorms-boxset/|title=Announcing 'Keychains & Snowstorms - the Soft Cell Story' Boxset}}</ref> and a single.<ref name="softcell.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.softcell.co.uk/compilation-album-plus-brand-new-northern-lights-single/|title = Soft Cell to release brand new single Northern Lights plus new Best of compilation in September}}</ref> This is the discography of ], a British synth-pop duo consisting of ] and ] 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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.softcell.co.uk/soft-cell-announce-one-off-40th-anniversary-concert/|title=Soft Cell Announce One-Off 40th Anniversary Concert}}</ref> accompanied by a host of musical and video releases, including a career-spanning box set<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.softcell.co.uk/announcing-keychains-and-snowstorms-boxset/|title=Announcing 'Keychains & Snowstorms – the Soft Cell Story' Boxset}}</ref> and a single.<ref name="softcell.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=http://www.softcell.co.uk/compilation-album-plus-brand-new-northern-lights-single/|title = Soft Cell to release brand new single Northern Lights plus new Best of compilation in September}}</ref>


==Studio albums== ==Albums==
===Studio albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|- |-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Mewati song ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| ] ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| ]
|- |-
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK">UK chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK">UK chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19156/soft-cell/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19156/soft-cell/ |title=UK chart peaks |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
* {{cite book |title= British Hit Singles & Albums |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006| edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=9781904994107}} * {{cite book |title= British Hit Singles & Albums |first=David |last=Roberts |year=2006| edition=19th |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |location=London |isbn=9781904994107}}
* {{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM |title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010 |publisher=zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> * {{cite web|url=http://zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_S.HTM |title=Chart Log UK 1994–2010 |publisher=zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="AUS">Peaks in Australia: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="AUS">Peaks in Australia:
* All except noted: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=280}} * All except noted: {{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|authorlink=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=280}}
* "Tainted Love '91": {{cite Ryan|page=259}}</ref> * "Tainted Love '91": {{cite Ryan|page=259}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Canadian albums chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Canadian albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=439& |title=Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=439& |title=Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret |magazine=RPM |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4041& |title=The Art of Falling Apart |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=RPM |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> * {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=4041& |title=The Art of Falling Apart |date=17 July 2013 |magazine=RPM |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="FIN">{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=Finnish |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=] |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}</ref> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="FIN">{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=Finnish |edition=1st |location=Helsinki |publisher=] |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Soft+Cell|title=Discographie von Soft Cell|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Soft+Cell|title=Discographie von Soft Cell|publisher=GfK Entertainment|access-date=11 May 2022}}</ref>
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="NED">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell |title=Dutch chart peaks |publisher=dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="NED">{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell |title=Dutch chart peaks |publisher=Dutch Charts |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="NZ">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell |title=New Zealand chart peaks |publisher=charts.nz |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="NZ">{{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell |title=New Zealand chart peaks |publisher=charts.nz |accessdate=7 January 2012}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="SWE">{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell |title=Swedish chart peaks |publisher=swedishcharts.com |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="SWE">{{cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell |title=Swedish chart peaks |publisher=swedishcharts.com |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="US">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/soft-cell |title=US chart peaks |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="US">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/soft-cell |title=US chart peaks |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="US"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="US"/>


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* ]: Platinum<ref name="BPI">{{Cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Soft Cell|access-date=28 August 2022}}</ref> * ]: Platinum<ref name="BPI">{{Cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Soft Cell|access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref>
* ]: Platinum<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=Soft%20Cell |title=Music Canada > Gold & Platinum > Soft Cell |publisher=] |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref> * ]: Platinum<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://musiccanada.com/gold-platinum/?_gp_search=Soft%20Cell |title=Music Canada > Gold & Platinum > Soft Cell |publisher=] |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref>
⚫ |-
⚫ ! scope="row"| '']''
⚫ |
⚫ * Released: June 1982
⚫ * Label: Some Bizzare <small>(#BIZ6)</small>
⚫ * Formats: LP, CS, CD
⚫ | 6 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
⚫ |
⚫ * UK: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|- |-
! scope="row"| '']'' ! scope="row"| '']''
| |
* Released: 15 January 1983 * Released: 14 January 1983
* Label: Some Bizzare <small>(#BIZ3)</small> * Label: Some Bizzare <small>(#BIZ3)</small>
* Formats: LP, CS, CD * Formats: LP, CS, CD
| 5 || — || 82 || — || — || 43 || — || — || 84 || — | 5 || — || 82 || — || — || 43 || — || — || 84 || —
| |
* UK: Gold<ref name="BPI"/> * BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|- |-
! scope="row"| '']'' ! scope="row"| '']''
| |
* Released: 24 March 1984 * Released: 16 March 1984
* Label: Some Bizzare <small>(#BIZ6)</small> * Label: Some Bizzare <small>(#BIZ6)</small>
* Formats: LP, CS, CD * Formats: LP, CS, CD
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* Released: 6 May 2022 * Released: 6 May 2022
* Label: ] <small>(#TBC)</small> * Label: ]
* Formats: LP, CS, CD * Formats: LP, CS, CD
| 7 || — || — || — || 12 || — || — || — || — || — | 7 || — || — || — || 12 || — || — || — || — || —
⚫ |
⚫ |-
! scope="row"| ''Happiness Now Completed''
⚫ |
* Released: 28 July 2024
* Label: BMG
⚫ | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
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==Live albums== ===Remix albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album details
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| ]
|-
⚫ ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK"/>
! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="US" />
|-
⚫ ! scope="row"| '']''
|
⚫ * Released: June 1982
⚫ * Label: Some Bizzare <small>(#BIZ6)</small>
⚫ * Formats: LP, CS, CD
| 6 || 57
|
⚫ * BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI" />
|}

===Live albums===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
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! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:30em;"| Additional Information ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:30em;"| Additional Information
|- |-
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK"/>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>UK live albums chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>UK live albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20190802/131/ |title=Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 2019 |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/independent-albums-chart/20190802/131/ |title=Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2019 |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>UK vinyl albums chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>UK vinyl albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/20190802/9/ |title=Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 2019 |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/vinyl-albums-chart/20190802/9/ |title=Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2019 |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Scottish live albums chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Scottish live albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20190802/40/ |title=Say Hello, Wave Goodbye - 2019 |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20190802/40/ |title=Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2019 |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


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* 2003 European tour * 2003 European tour
* Includes recordings from Leeds, London and Brussels * Includes recordings from Leeds, London and Brussels
* 26-track, double CD album * 26-track, double CD album
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* Released: 7 October 2022 * Released: 7 October 2022
* Label: Live Here Now <small> * Label: Live Here Now
* Formats: LP, CD, ], DVD, Blu Ray * Formats: LP, CD, ], DVD, Blu-ray
| - || - || - || - | — || — || — || —
| |
* Live In London, November 2021 * Live in London, November 2021
* 2×CD set, plus various vinyl, DVD & Blu Ray packages * 2×CD set, plus various vinyl, DVD & Blu-ray packages
* Available with ] and ] discs * Available with DVD and Blu-ray discs
|} |}


==Compilation albums== ===Compilation albums===
'''Charting Compilations''' '''Charting compilations'''
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
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! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK"/>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="BEL">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell |title=Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks |publisher=ultratop.be/nl |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="BEL">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell |title=Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks |publisher=ultratop.be|accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>European compilation album chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>European compilation album chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/91/MM-1991-06-15-OCR-Page-0025.pdf |title=Memorabilia – The Singles |publisher=] |accessdate=23 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/90s/91/MM-1991-06-15-OCR-Page-0025.pdf |title=Memorabilia – The Singles |publisher=] |accessdate=23 October 2020}}
</ref> </ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>German compilation albums chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>German compilation albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-32598 |title=The Singles |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-32598 |title=The Singles |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-368142 |title=Keychains & Snowstorms – The Soft Cell Story |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> * {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-368142 |title=Keychains & Snowstorms – The Soft Cell Story |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Scottish studio albums chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20020407/40/ |title=The Very Best of Soft Cell |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20020407/40/ |title=The Very Best of Soft Cell |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20170317/40/ |title=Hits & Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=22 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/20170317/40/ |title=Hits & Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
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* UK: Gold<ref name="BPI"/> * BPI: Gold<ref name="BPI"/>
|- |-
! scope="row"| ''Hits & Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell'' ! scope="row"| ''Hits & Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell''
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*1996 – '']'' (Spectrum) *1996 – '']'' (Spectrum)
*1998 – ''Master Series'' (Mercury) *1998 – ''Master Series'' (Mercury)
*2001 – '']'' (]) (3CD re-release of the 1982 boxset) *2001 – '']'' (]) (3CD re-release of the 1982 boxset)
*2002 – '']'' (]) *2002 – '']'' (])
*2005 – '']'' (Some Bizzare) (Recorded in 1978–1980) *2005 – '']'' (Some Bizzare) (Recorded in 1978–1980)
*2006 – '']'' (Some Bizzare) (Recorded in 1978–1980) *2006 – '']'' (Some Bizzare) (Recorded in 1978–1980)
*2006 – '']'' (Universal) *2006 – ''20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Soft Cell'' (Universal)
*2008 – ''Heat: The Remixes'' (Mercury) (2CD collection of new remixes) *2008 – ''Heat: The Remixes'' (Mercury) (2CD collection of new remixes)
*2017 - ''Hits & Pieces The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell'' (UMC) *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 Soft Cell Story (10 Disc Box Set)'' (UMC)
*2018 - ''Keychains & Snowstorms – The Singles'' (UMC) *2018 – ''Keychains & Snowstorms – The Singles'' (UMC)


==Extended plays== ==Extended plays==
{|class="wikitable" {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|- |-
⚫ ! Title
!|Year
! Details
⚫ !|Title
|- |-
⚫ ! scope="row"| '']''
| 1980
|
⚫ | '']''
*Released: 1980
*Label: Big Frock *Label: Big Frock
|- |-
⚫ ! scope="row"| ''Club Mixes 2018''
| 2018
|
⚫ | ''Club Mixes 2018''
*Released: 2018
*Label: ] *Label: Big Frock
|- |-
⚫ ! scope="row"| ''Magick Mutants''
| 2019
|
⚫ | ''Magick Mutants''
*Released: 2019
*Label: Big Frock *Label: Big Frock
|} |}
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! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year ! rowspan="2" style="width:2em;"| Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title
! colspan="11"| Peak chart positions ! colspan="10"| Peak chart positions
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| ] ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| ]
! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Album ! rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Album
|- |-
! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="UK"/>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="AUS"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="AUS"/>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="BEL"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="BEL"/>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Canadian singles chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Canadian singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=441& |title=Tainted Love |date=17 July 2013 |publisher=] |accessdate=22 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=441& |title=Tainted Love |date=17 July 2013 |magazine=RPM |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
</ref> </ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="FIN"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="FIN"/>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>German singles chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>German singles chart peaks:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-792 |title=Tainted Love |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-792 |title=Tainted Love |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-7780 |title=Say Hello, Wave Goodbye |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}} * {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-7780 |title=Say Hello, Wave Goodbye |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}}
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* {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-157826 |title=Tainted Love '91 |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref> * {{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-157826 |title=Tainted Love '91 |publisher=offiziellecharts.de |accessdate=22 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>Irish singles chart peaks: ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref>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". {{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/ |title=Irish singles chart peaks up to 1999 |publisher=irishcharts.ie |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref> * Note: User needs to click on the "Search Charts" tab. Then enter ''Soft Cell'' into the "Search Artists" field and press "Search". {{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/ |title=Irish singles chart peaks up to 1999 |publisher=irishcharts.ie |accessdate=18 October 2020}}</ref>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="NED"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="NED"/>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="SWE"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="SWE"/>


! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="US"/> ! style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="US"/>

⚫ ! style="width:2em;font-size:90%;"| ]<br /><ref name="US"/>
|- |-
| rowspan="4"| 1981 | rowspan="4"| 1981
| style="text-align:left;"| "A Man Can Get Lost" | style="text-align:left;"| "A Man Can Get Lost"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
| rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}} | rowspan="2" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Memorabilia" | style="text-align:left;"| "Memorabilia"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 35 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "]"/<br />"]" | style="text-align:left;"| "]"/<br />"]"
| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || — || 1 || 4 || 7 || 2 || 8 || 24 | 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || — || 1 || 4 || 7 || 2 || 8
| |
* UK: 2× Platinum<ref name="BPI"/> * BPI: 3× Platinum<ref name="BPI"/>
* AUS: Gold<ref>{{cite web|title= Platinum and Gold Singles 1982 |publisher= ] |issue= 453 |via= ] |date= 28 February 1983 |access-date= 10 November 2021 |url= https://i.imgur.com/totLqGG.jpg}}</ref> * ARIA: Gold<ref>{{cite web|title= Platinum and Gold Singles 1982 |publisher= ] |issue= 453 |via= ] |date= 28 February 1983 |access-date= 10 November 2021 |url= https://i.imgur.com/totLqGG.jpg}}</ref>
* ]: Gold<ref>{{cite certification|region=Germany|artist=Soft Cell|access-date=4 June 2023}}</ref>
* CAN: Platinum<ref name="MC"/> * MC: Platinum<ref name="MC"/>
| rowspan="3"| ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' | rowspan="3"| ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret''
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "]" | style="text-align:left;"| "]"
| 4 || — || 33 || — || 29 || — || 10 || — || — || — || — | 4 || — || 33 || — || 29 || — || 10 || — || — || —
| |
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/> * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|- |-
| rowspan="5"| 1982 | rowspan="5"| 1982
| style="text-align:left;"| "]" | style="text-align:left;"| "]"
| 3 || — || 36 || — || — || 29 || 12 || 30 || — || — || — | 3 || — || 36 || — || — || 29 || 12 || 30 || — || —
| |
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/> * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "]" | style="text-align:left;"| "]"
| 2 || 68 || 6|| — || 9 || 75 || 7 || 12 || — || — || 31 | 2 || 68 || 6|| — || 9 || 75 || 7 || 12 || — || —
| |
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/> * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} | {{n/a|Non-album single}}
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "]" | style="text-align:left;"| "]"
| 3 || — || 32 || — || — || 64 || 6 || — || — || | –{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"What" did not enter the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but did peak at number one on the ] extension chart.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://top40weekly.com/bubbling-under/| title=US Hot 100 Bubbling Under |access-date=2021-10-01}}</ref>}} || — | 3 || — || 32 || — || — || 64 || 6 || — || — || | –{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"What" did not enter the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 but did peak at number one on the ] extension chart.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://top40weekly.com/bubbling-under/| title=US Hot 100 Bubbling Under |access-date=2021-10-01}}</ref>}}
| |
* UK: Silver<ref name="BPI"/> * BPI: Silver<ref name="BPI"/>
| ''Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing'' | ''Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing''
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Where the Heart Is" | style="text-align:left;"| "Where the Heart Is"
| 21 || — || — || — || 23 || — || 14 || — || — || — || — | 21 || — || — || — || 23 || — || 14 || — || — || —
| |
| rowspan="4"| ''The Art of Falling Apart'' | rowspan="4"| ''The Art of Falling Apart''
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Loving You, Hating Me" (North America Only Release) | style="text-align:left;"| "Loving You, Hating Me" (North America Only Release)
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| rowspan="3"| 1983 | rowspan="3"| 1983
| style="text-align:left;"| "Numbers"/"Barriers" | style="text-align:left;"| "Numbers"/"Barriers"
| 25 || — || — || — || — || — || 16 || — || — || — || — | 25 || — || — || — || — || — || 16 || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Heat" (North America Only Release) | style="text-align:left;"| "Heat" (North America Only Release)
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Soul Inside" | style="text-align:left;"| "Soul Inside"
| 16 || — || — || — || — || — || 13 || — || — || — || — | 16 || — || — || — || — || — || 13 || — || — || —
| |
| rowspan="2"| ''This Last Night in Sodom'' | rowspan="2"| ''This Last Night in Sodom''
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| 1984 | 1984
| style="text-align:left;"| "Down in the Subway" | style="text-align:left;"| "Down in the Subway"
| 24 || — || — || — || — || — || 20 || — || — || — || — | 24 || — || — || — || — || — || 20 || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| 1985 | 1985
| style="text-align:left;"| "]" <small>(re-issue)</small> | style="text-align:left;"| "]" <small>(re-issue)</small>
| 43 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 43 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} | {{n/a|Non-album single}}
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| rowspan="2"| 1991 | rowspan="2"| 1991
| style="text-align:left;"| "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91"<br /><small>(featuring Marc Almond)</small> | style="text-align:left;"| "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91"<br /><small>(featuring Marc Almond)</small>
| 38 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 38 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
| rowspan="2"| ''Memorabilia – The Singles'' | rowspan="2"| ''Memorabilia – The Singles''
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Tainted Love '91"<br /><small>(featuring Marc Almond)</small> | style="text-align:left;"| "Tainted Love '91"<br /><small>(featuring Marc Almond)</small>
| 5 || 93 || — || — || — || 22 || 4 || — || — || — || — | 5 || 93 || — || — || — || 22 || 4 || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| 1999 | 1999
| style="text-align:left;"| "Tainted Love"<br /><small>(Soft Cell vs ])</small> | style="text-align:left;"| "Tainted Love"<br /><small>(Soft Cell vs ])</small>
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 24 | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
| {{n/a|Non-album single}} | {{n/a|Non-album single}}
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| 2002 | 2002
| style="text-align:left;"| "Monoculture" | style="text-align:left;"| "Monoculture"
| 52 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 52 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
| rowspan="2"| ''Cruelty Without Beauty'' | rowspan="2"| ''Cruelty Without Beauty''
|- |-
| 2003 | 2003
| style="text-align:left;"| "The Night" | style="text-align:left;"| "]"
| 39 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | 39 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| 2018 | 2018
| style="text-align:left;"| "Northern Lights"/<br />"Guilty (Cos I Say You Are)" | style="text-align:left;"| "Northern Lights"/<br />"Guilty (Cos I Say You Are)"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
| ''Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles'' | ''Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles''
|- |-
| 2021 | 2021
| style="text-align:left;"| "Bruises On All My Illusions" | style="text-align:left;"| "Bruises on All My Illusions"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
| rowspan="4"| ''Happiness Not Included'' | rowspan="4"| ''Happiness Not Included''
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| rowspan="3"| 2022 | rowspan="3"| 2022
| style="text-align:left;"| "Purple Zone"<br />{{small|(with ])}} | style="text-align:left;"| "Purple Zone"<br />{{small|(with ])}}
| —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Purple Zone" did not enter the UK Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20220325/7000/ |title=Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=25 March 2022 |access-date=15 June 2022 |archive-date= |archive-url= |url-status= }}</ref>}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Purple Zone" did not enter the UK singles chart, but peaked at number 11 on the ].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20220325/7000/ |title=Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100 |publisher=Official Charts Company |date=25 March 2022 |access-date=15 June 2022 |url-status= }}</ref>}} || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Nostalgia Machine" | style="text-align:left;"| "Nostalgia Machine"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
| style="text-align:left;"| "Last Chance (Christmas Mix) / Light Sleepers" | style="text-align:left;"| "Last Chance (Christmas Mix) / Light Sleepers"
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
| |
|- |-
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'''Promotional singles''' '''Promotional singles'''
* 1981 – "Sex Dwarf/Entertain Me/Seedy Films"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Soft-Cell-Sex-Dwarf-Entertain-Me-Seedy-Films/release/472983 |title=Sex Dwarf/Entertain Me/Seedy Films promotional single |publisher=discogs.com |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref> (] #65) * 1981 – "Sex Dwarf/Entertain Me/Seedy Films"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Soft-Cell-Sex-Dwarf-Entertain-Me-Seedy-Films/release/472983 |title=Sex Dwarf/Entertain Me/Seedy Films promotional single |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref> (] #65)
* 1982 – "What/Insecure...Me?"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Soft-Cell-What-InsecureMe/release/683679 |title=What/Insecure...Me? promotional single |publisher=discogs.com |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref> * 1982 – "What/Insecure...Me?"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Soft-Cell-What-InsecureMe/release/683679 |title=What/Insecure...Me? promotional single |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref>
* 1984 – Songs from ''The Last Night in Sodom''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Soft-Cell-Untitled/release/1564636 |title=Songs from The Last Night in Sodom promotional single |publisher=discogs.com |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref> * 1984 – Songs from ''The Last Night in Sodom''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Soft-Cell-Untitled/release/1564636 |title=Songs from The Last Night in Sodom promotional single |publisher=Discogs |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref>


==Video albums== ==Video albums==
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|- |-
|1991 |1991
| style="text-align:left;"|'']'' | style="text-align:left;"|'']''
*Released: 1991 *Released: 1991
*Label: Polygram *Label: Polygram
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|- |-
| ''Bedsitter'' | ''Bedsitter''
|Released on '']'' and '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset |Released on '']'' and '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
|- |-
|''Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'' |''Say Hello, Wave Goodbye''
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|rowspan="10"|1982 |rowspan="10"|1982
| ''Torch'' | ''Torch''
|rowspan="2"|Released on '']'' and '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset |rowspan="2"|Released on '']'' and '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
|- |-
| ''What!'' | ''What!''
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|- |-
| ''Memorabilia'' | ''Memorabilia''
|Released on '']'' and '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset |Released on '']'' and '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
|- |-
| ''Sex Dwarf'' (Intro) | ''Sex Dwarf'' (Intro)
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|rowspan="3"|1983 |rowspan="3"|1983
| ''Where The Heart Is'' | ''Where The Heart Is''
|rowspan="3"|Released on '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset |rowspan="3"|Released on '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
|- |-
| ''Numbers'' | ''Numbers''
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| ''Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91'' | ''Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91''
|rowspan="2"|Peter Christopherson |rowspan="2"|Peter Christopherson
|rowspan="2"|Released on '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset |rowspan="2"|Released on '']'' and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
|- |-
| ''Tainted Love '91'' | ''Tainted Love '91''
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| Included as a multimedia track on the ''Northern Lights'' single and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | Included as a multimedia track on the ''Northern Lights'' single and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset
|- |-
| 2022 | rowspan="2"|2022
| ''Purple Zone'' | ''Purple Zone''
|Yassa Khan |Yassa Khan
| Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys Single | Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys Single
|-
| ''Light Sleepers''
|Charlie Ann Max
|
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|- |-
|1983 |1983
|''Ghostrider - Live '83'' |''Ghostrider – Live '83''
| Cellmates | Cellmates
| Flexi-disc of a live cover of the song ''Ghost Rider'' by ]. Available in black, blue, or green and issued by the Soft Cell fan club. | Flexi-disc of a live cover of the song ''Ghost Rider'' by ]. Available in black, blue, or green and issued by the Soft Cell fan club.
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|''Bedsitter '91 / Torch'' |''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. | 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 |2001
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|'']'' |'']''
|UMC |UMC
|12" Vinyl UK Record Store Day 2016. Contains the 3 existing (At the time) remixes of the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8391361-Soft-Cell-Sex-Dwarf|title = Soft Cell - Sex Dwarf|website = ]}}</ref> |12" Vinyl UK Record Store Day 2016. Contains the 3 existing (At the time) remixes of the song.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8391361-Soft-Cell-Sex-Dwarf|title = Soft Cell – Sex Dwarf|publisher = ]}}</ref>
|- |-
|2018 |2018
|''] / Youth'' |''] / Youth''
|UMC/Mercury |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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/11895117-Soft-Cell-Say-Hello-Wave-Goodbye-Youth|title = Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye / Youth|website = ]}}</ref> |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)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/11895117-Soft-Cell-Say-Hello-Wave-Goodbye-Youth|title = Soft Cell – Say Hello Wave Goodbye / Youth|publisher = ]}}</ref>
|- |-
|2018 |2018


|''Night And The City (And You) & One Last Time'' |''Night and the City (And You) & One Last Time''
| |
|Exclusive Tracks contained on limited edition 'Keychains & Snowstorms' USB Stick. |Exclusive Tracks contained on limited edition 'Keychains & Snowstorms' USB Stick.
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|''] 2020 Extended Mixes'' |''] 2020 Extended Mixes''
| |
|Limited to 500 copies in a PVC sleeve with sticker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/16330293-Soft-Cell-Cruelty-Without-Beauty-2020-Extended-Mixes|title=Soft Cell - Cruelty Without Beauty 2020 Extended Mixes|website=]}}</ref> |Limited to 500 copies in a PVC sleeve with sticker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/16330293-Soft-Cell-Cruelty-Without-Beauty-2020-Extended-Mixes|title=Soft Cell – Cruelty Without Beauty 2020 Extended Mixes|publisher=]}}</ref>
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Soft Cell discography
Studio albums5
EPs3
Live albums5
Compilation albums15
Singles22
Video albums3
Remix albums1

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, accompanied by a host of musical and video releases, including a career-spanning box set and a single.

Albums

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
 AUS
 CAN
 FIN
 GER
 NED
 NZ
 SWE
 US
 US
R&B/HH
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret 5 34 2 19 23 — 7 25 22 55
  • BPI: Platinum
  • MC: Platinum
The Art of Falling Apart
  • Released: 14 January 1983
  • Label: Some Bizzare (#BIZ3)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
 5 — 82 — — 43 — — 84 —
  • BPI: Gold
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
 US
Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing
  • Released: June 1982
  • Label: Some Bizzare (#BIZ6)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
 6 57
  • BPI: Gold

Live albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Additional Information
UK
 UK
Indie
 UK
Vinyl
 SCO
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
 — — — —
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
 BEL
 EUR
 GER
 SCO
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
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

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
 AUS
 BEL
 CAN
 FIN
 GER
 IRE
 NED
 SWE
 US
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
  • ARIA: Gold
  • BVMI: Gold
  • MC: Platinum
 Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
"Bedsitter" 4 — 33 — 29 — 10 — — —
  • BPI: Silver
1982 "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" 3 — 36 — — 29 12 30 — —
  • BPI: Silver
"Torch" 2 68 6 — 9 75 7 12 — —
  • BPI: Silver
 Non-album single
"What" 3 — 32 — — 64 6 — — –
  • BPI: Silver
 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) 		— — — — — — — — — —
"Nostalgia Machine" — — — — — — — — — —
"Last Chance (Christmas Mix) / Light Sleepers" — — — — — — — — — —
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

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

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

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.
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)
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.

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.
  2. "Purple Zone" did not enter the UK singles chart, but peaked at number 11 on the UK Singles Downloads Chart.

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:
  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:
  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:
  16. UK vinyl albums chart peaks:
  17. Scottish live albums chart peaks:
  18. ^ "Belgian (Flanders) chart peaks". ultratop.be. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  19. European compilation album chart peaks:
  20. German compilation albums chart peaks:
  21. Scottish studio albums chart peaks:
  22. Canadian singles chart peaks:
  23. German singles chart peaks:
  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.
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