Say Hello to Soft Cell explained

Say Hello to Soft Cell
Type:	compilation
Artist:	Soft Cell
Cover:	Soft Cell - Say Hello to Soft Cell Coverart.jpg
Released:	1996
Genre:	Synth-pop
Length:	69:06
Label:	Spectrum 552 086-2
Prev Title:	Down in the Subway
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	The Twelve Inch Singles
Next Year:	2001

Say Hello to Soft Cell is a compilation album by Soft Cell. The album was released in 1996 by Spectrum and collects singles, album tracks and b-sides. It is also notable for the inclusion of A Man Can Get Lost (incorrectly titled as A Man Could Get Lost in the artwork), formerly previously available only on 7" vinyl single and (at the time) unavailable on CD, until subsequent releases corrected this. The four-page booklet contains a brief biography by Marc Almond.^[1]

The album was reissued in 1999 with different artwork that omitted the 'featuring Marc Almond' epithet but repeated the mistakes made regarding the track listing (see Notes).^[2]

Track listing

1. "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" - 5:23 (*)
2. "Torch" - 4:09
3. "Bedsitter" - 3:38
4. "You Only Live Twice" (John Barry, Leslie Bricusse) - 4:35
5. "Heat" - 6:14
6. "The Art of Falling Apart" - 5:03
7. "Facility Girls" - 2:24
8. "Born to Lose" (Johnny Thunders) - 2:57
9. "Sex Dwarf" - 5:22
10. "Disease and Desire" - 4:06
11. "Chips on My Shoulder" - 4:09
12. "Frustration" - 4:13
13. "Mr. Self Destruct" - 3:15
14. "Numbers" - 4:58
15. "Where Was Your Heart (When You Needed It Most)" - 5:11
16. "A Man Could Get Lost" - 3:18 (**)

Notes

All songs written by Marc Almond and Dave Ball unless otherwise noted.

• (*) "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" is actually the Julian Mendelsohn remix Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91.
• (**) As previously mentioned, "A Man Could Get Lost" is actually the early vocal version of this track entitled A Man Can Get Lost.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Soft Cell Featuring Marc Almond - Say Hello to Soft Cell. Discogs.
2. Web site: Soft Cell - Say Hello to Soft Cell. Discogs.