Album dossier / 1981
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Soft Cell · Synth-pop/New Wave
Marc Almond and Dave Ball's stark, seedy debut was built around their cover of Gloria Jones's 1964 Northern Soul single 'Tainted Love,' produced by Mike Thorne into a synth-pop juggernaut that topped charts worldwide and became the second best-selling UK single of 1981, driving over 200,000 US advance album orders for a duo initially tagged a one-hit wonder stateside.
Record facts
- Label
- Some Bizzare Records
- Producer
- Mike Thorne
- Chart peak
- #5 UK, #22 US
- Notable tracks
- ★ Tainted Love
- ★ Bedsitter
- ★ Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
4 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Soft Cell. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 10 tracks
- Frustration
- Tainted Love
- Seedy Films
- Youth
- Sex Dwarf
- Entertain Me
- Chips On My Shoulder
- Bedsitter
- Secret Life
- Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
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en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, musicbrainz.org · track listing: https://www.discogs.com/release/76902 · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-08-22