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	!width="30"\| ] <br /><ref name="charts.org.nz">{{cite web\|author=Steffen Hung \|url=http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell \|title=Discography Soft Cell \|publisher=charts.org.nz \|date= \|accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref>		!width="30"\| ] <br /><ref name="charts.org.nz">{{cite web\|author=Steffen Hung \|url=http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell \|title=Discography Soft Cell \|publisher=charts.org.nz \|date= \|accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref>
	!width="30"\| ] <br /><ref name="allmusic-billboard albums">{{cite web\|url={{Allmusic\|class=artist\|id=p14314/charts-awards\|pure_url=yes}} \| title=allmusic ((( Soft Cell > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))\| publisher=Billboard\| accessdate=2010-07-07}}</ref>		!width="30"\| ] <br /><ref name="allmusic-billboard albums">{{cite web\|url={{Allmusic\|class=artist\|id=p14314/charts-awards\|pure_url=yes}} \| title=allmusic ((( Soft Cell > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))\| publisher=Billboard\| accessdate=2010-07-07}}</ref>
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	*Released: June 1982		*Released: June 1982
	*Label: Some Bizzare / Sire		*Label: Some Bizzare / Sire
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	<small>† As an ] in the US, ''Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing'' also peaked at number 31 on the ~~U.S.~~ ] chart.</small>		<small>† As an ] in the US, ''Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing'' also peaked at number 31 on the US ] chart.</small>

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	*Released: 20 May 1991 <small>(Soft Cell with Marc Almond)</small>		*Released: 20 May 1991 <small>(Soft Cell with Marc Almond)</small>
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	\| 8<ref name="chartstats-softcellmarc">{{cite web\|url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=11915\| title=Chart Stats - Soft Cell And Marc Almond\| publisher=chartstats.com\| accessdate=2011-09-24\|archiveurl=http://archive.is/BKD03\|archivedate=2013~~-01-02~~}}</ref>		\| 8<ref name="chartstats-softcellmarc">{{cite web\|url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=11915\| title=Chart Stats – Soft Cell And Marc Almond\| publisher=chartstats.com\| accessdate=2011-09-24\|archiveurl=http://archive.is/BKD03\|archivedate=2 January 2013}}</ref>
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	;Complete list		;Complete list
	*1982 - '']'' (Some Bizzare) (6x12" vinyl boxset with booklet)		*1982 – '']'' (Some Bizzare) (6x12" vinyl boxset with booklet)
	*1986 - '']'' (Some Bizzare)		*1986 – '']'' (Some Bizzare)
	*1991 - '']'' (]) (Soft Cell with Marc Almond)		*1991 – '']'' (]) (Soft Cell with Marc Almond)
	*1994 - '']'' (Spectrum)		*1994 – '']'' (Spectrum)
	*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 – '']'' (Universal)
	*2008 - ''Heat: The Remixes'' (Mercury) (2CD collection of new remixes)		*2008 – ''Heat: The Remixes'' (Mercury) (2CD collection of new remixes)
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	!width="30"\| ] <br /><ref name="dutchcharts.nl">{{cite web\|author=Steffen Hung \|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell \|title=Discografie Soft Cell \|publisher=dutchcharts.nl \|date= \|accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref>		!width="30"\| ] <br /><ref name="dutchcharts.nl">{{cite web\|author=Steffen Hung \|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Soft+Cell \|title=Discografie Soft Cell \|publisher=dutchcharts.nl \|date= \|accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref>
	!width="30"\| ] <br/> <ref name="Chart Stats - Soft Cell"/>		!width="30"\| ] <br/><ref name="Chart Stats - Soft Cell"/>
	!width="30"\| ] <br /> <ref name="tsort.info">{{cite web\|url=http://tsort.info/music/qb9qeg.htm \|title=Song artist 976 - Soft Cell \|publisher=Tsort.info \|date=2007~~-10-08~~ \|accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref>		!width="30"\| ] <br /><ref name="tsort.info">{{cite web\|url=http://tsort.info/music/qb9qeg.htm \|title=Song artist 976 – Soft Cell \|publisher=Tsort.info \|date=8 October 2007 \|accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref>
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	!width="30"\| ] <br /> <ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.flanders-hitparade.net/ \|title=top20hitparade \|publisher=Flanders-hitparade.net \|date= \|accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref>		!width="30"\| ] <br /><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.flanders-hitparade.net/ \|title=top20hitparade \|publisher=Flanders-hitparade.net \|date= \|accessdate=2012-01-07}}</ref>
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	\| align=left\| "Loving You, Hating Me" (special remix)<br>"It's A Mugs Game" <small>(~~U.S.~~ single release)</small>		\| align=left\| "Loving You, Hating Me" (special remix)<br>"It's A Mugs Game" <small>(US single release)</small>
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	\| align=left\| "Heat"<br>"It's a Mug's Game" <small>(~~U.S.~~ single release)</small>		\| align=left\| "Heat"<br>"It's a Mug's Game" <small>(US single release)</small>
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	\|rowspan="2"\| 1991		\|rowspan="2"\| 1991
	\| align=left\| "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91"<br>"Memorabilia '91"		\| align=left\| "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91"<br>"Memorabilia '91"
	\| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"\| ''Memorabilia - The Singles''		\| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"\| ''Memorabilia – The Singles''
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	*Label: Polygram		*Label: Polygram
	\| style="text-align:left;"\|VHS		\| style="text-align:left;"\|VHS
	\| style="text-align:left;"\|Soft Cell with Marc Almond - video compilation released alongside the 1991 compilation album of the same name		\| style="text-align:left;"\|Soft Cell with Marc Almond – video compilation released alongside the 1991 compilation album of the same name
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Revision as of 04:48, 8 September 2013

Soft Cell discography
Studio albums	5
EPs	2
Live albums	3
Compilation albums	11
Singles	17
Video albums	2

This is the discography of Soft Cell, a British synthpop 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.

Studio albums

Year	Album Information	Chart positions			Certifications (sales thresholds)
Year	Album Information	UK	NZ	US	Certifications (sales thresholds)
1981	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Released: December 1981 Label: Some Bizzare / Sire	5	7	22	UK: Platinum
1982	Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing Released: June 1982 Label: Some Bizzare / Sire	6	–	57†	UK: Gold
1983	The Art of Falling Apart Released: January 1983 Label: Some Bizzare / Sire	5	–	84	UK: Gold
1984	This Last Night in Sodom Released: March 1984 Label: Some Bizzare	12	–	–
2002	Cruelty Without Beauty Released: 8 October 2002 Label: Some Bizzare	116	–	–

† As an EP in the US, Non-stop Ecstatic Dancing also peaked at number 31 on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart.

Live albums

Year	Album Information	Additional information
2003	Live Label: Cooking Vinyl	2003 European tour
2003	Soft Cell at the BBC Label: Strange Fruit	Live sessions in 1981–1983

Compilation albums

Charting compilations

Year	Album Information	Chart positions
Year	Album Information	UK	US
1986	The Singles Released: 15 December 1986 Label: Some Bizzare	58	–
1991	Memorabilia – The Singles Released: 20 May 1991 (Soft Cell with Marc Almond) Label: Mercury	8	–
2002	The Very Best of Soft Cell Released: 16 April 2002 Label: Universal	37	–

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)

Extended plays

Year	Title
1980	Mutant Moments Label: Big Frock

Singles

Year	Title	Album	Chart positions
Year	Title	Album	UK	AUS	IRE	NZ	NL	GER	FRA	POL	BEL	US	US Dance
1980	"A Man Could Get Lost" "Memorabilia"	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1980	"Memorabilia" "Persuasion"	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35
1981	"Tainted Love" / "Where Did Our Love Go?" "Memorabilia"	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret	1	1	4	2	7	1	1	–	1	8	4
1981	"Bedsitter" "Facility Girls"		4	–	10	–	–	–	4	–	29	–	–
1982	"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" "Fun City"		3	–	12	–	30	29	–	–	30	–	–
	"Torch" "Insecure... Me?"	—	2	–	7	–	12	75	–	15	9	–	31
	"What!" "So..."	Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing	3	–	6	–	–	64	6	21	25	101	–
	"Where the Heart Is" "It's a Mug's Game"	The Art of Falling Apart	21	–	14	–	–	–	–	27	–	–	–
	"Loving You, Hating Me" (special remix) "It's A Mugs Game" (US single release)		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1983	"Numbers" / "Barriers"		25	–	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Heat" "It's a Mug's Game" (US single release)		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
	"Soul Inside" "You Only Live Twice"	This Last Night in Sodom	16	–	13	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1984	"Down in the Subway" "Disease and Desire"	This Last Night in Sodom	24	–	20	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91" "Memorabilia '91"	Memorabilia – The Singles	38	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	"Tainted Love '91" "Where the Heart Is '91"	Memorabilia – The Singles	5	–	4	–	–	22	–	–	–	–	–
1999	"Tainted Love" (Soft Cell vs. Club 69)	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	24
2002	"Monoculture" "Dancing Alone"	Cruelty Without Beauty	52	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
2003	"The Night" "Perversity"	Cruelty Without Beauty	39	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Video

Year	Title	Format	Additional information
1982	Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show Released: 1982 Label: HBO/Cannon	VHS	Reissued on DVD in 2004
1991	Memorabilia - The 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

Rarities and miscellaneous

Year	Title	Label	Additional information
1981	Some Bizarre (album)	Some Bizarre	Compilation featuring exclusive track "The Girl with the Patent Leather Face".
1982	Metro MRX	Flexi	1982 green flexi-disc free with Flexi-Pop magazine.

References

^ "Chart Stats – Soft Cell". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
^ Steffen Hung. "Discography Soft Cell". charts.org.nz. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
"allmusic ((( Soft Cell > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
^ "British certificates: searchable database". bpi.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
"Chart Stats – Soft Cell And Marc Almond". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
^ "Chart Stats – Soft Cell". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 2 January 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
"The Irish Charts – All there is to know". chartstats.com. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
Steffen Hung. "Discografie Soft Cell". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
^ "Song artist 976 – Soft Cell". Tsort.info. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
"top20hitparade". Flanders-hitparade.net. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
^ "allmusic ((( Soft Cell > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Billboard. Retrieved 21 August 2010.

v t e Soft Cell
Marc Almond David Ball
Studio albums	Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing The Art of Falling Apart This Last Night in Sodom Cruelty Without Beauty Happiness Not Included
EPs	Mutant Moments Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
Live albums	Live Soft Cell at the BBC
Compilations	The Twelve Inch Singles The Singles Memorabilia – The Singles Down in the Subway Say Hello to Soft Cell The Very Best of Soft Cell The Bedsit Tapes
Video	Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show Memorabilia – The Singles
Notable songs	"Tainted Love" "Bedsitter" "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" "Torch" "What"
Related	Soft Cell discography Marc Almond discography The Grid

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