Biography

With their minimalist electronic approach and lyrics preoccupied with the seedier side of sensuality, the British duo Soft Cell were unlikely pop stars. Nevertheless, that's what they became in the early '80s, boosted by their massive hit "Tainted Love," an electro-pop version of a classic Northern Soul tune. Singer Marc Almond and keyboardist Dave Ball split in the mid-'80s, each moving on to other projects, but never equalled their Soft Cell success. Years later, the band reunited, emerging as godfathers of the early-2000s Electroclash scene.

Top Tracks

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• Little Rough Rhinestone

• Loving You Hating Me

• Meet Murder My Angel

• Memorabilia

• Mr. Self Destruct

• Say Hello, Wave Goodbye

• Sex Dwarf

• Tainted Love

• Tainted Love/where Did Our Love Go

• Whatever It Takes

• Where Did Our Love Go

• Where The Heart Is

Discography

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• At the BBC

  Strange Fruit

  2003

• Cruelty Without Beauty

  Cooking Vinyl Records

  2002