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“Soft Cell” are an duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The duo is most widely known for their 1981 worldwide hit version of “Tainted Love” and influential multi-platinum debut ‘’Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’‘. In the UK, they had five Top 5 hits, including “Bedsitter”, “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye”, “Torch” and “What!”, and also had four Top 20 albums between 1981 and 1984. The duo split in 1984, but reformed in the early 2000s to tour and released a new album in 2002. Their songs have been covered by various artists including David Gray, Marilyn Manson, Nouvelle Vague and A-ha.

Both Marc Almond and Dave Ball grew up in seaside towns (the former, , and the latter, ), and later met while students at the Polytechnic Fine Arts University (now Leeds Metropolitan University). Almond, a performance artist, collaborated with Ball on a few avant-garde multi-media performances at the university. Although Ball’s musical background consisted of guitar, he had access to the university studio and was experimenting with the nascent synthesizer technology at the time. The two students became the prototypical duo and were initially associated with other scenesters dubbed “s” by the British Press. Other bands associated with this scene included Visage, Duran Duran, and Spandau Ballet.

Marc Almond had a productive career as a solo artist later in the 80s and 90s and with Marc & The Mambas and other collaborations.
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  • jusluvanmusiq

    their version of Where Did Our Love Go?,was the best to be covered.

    14 days ago

  • Synchrothrone

    %song_name% is awesom! >3

    last month

  • MikahThompson

    Entertain Me <3

    last month

  • Silverhawk33

    3.696 plays for Tainted Love and only 13 for The Darker Times? Tsk Tsk. [2]

    last month

  • drasinnja

    THE ART OF FALLING APART <3

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  • Phlunked

    Sex Dwarf? Sounds like a fetish.

    December 2011

  • KurtBell

    "Ruddy hell it's Soft Cell"

    December 2011

  • leecyberblu

    Sex Dwarf <3

    December 2011

  • Miss-Kei

    Tainted Love!

    December 2011

  • Suck_

    Teinted Love!

    November 2011

  • rythm_dancer

    great band

    November 2011

  • RussellChap

    'Tainted Love' in the dirty hands of Soft Cell adds another dimension to the original ;-)

    October 2011

  • chokladelefant

    ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡ ㋡

    October 2011

  • the_raytownian

    PS: The world has made me hate Tainted Love. Soft Cell were so, so, so much better than that fucking stupid song!!!

    October 2011

  • the_raytownian

    So, did they get a neon SOFT CELL sign specially made just so they could pose with it in 500 photos?

    October 2011

  • dark_path

    ㋡

    October 2011

  • celybandolero

    3.696 plays for Tainted Love and only 13 for The Darker Times? Tsk Tsk.

    September 2011

  • lazzzy__Blacky

    Sex Dwarf is awesome!!! <3

    September 2011

  • robertkloch

    Hello, friends in music. I wonder if you can evaluate my music. Drop a pm to me! http://www.youtube.com/user/Thedoomtronic

    September 2011

  • douglasanches

    Torch

    September 2011
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