| Artist: | Soft Cell |
| Studio: | 5 |
| Live: | 5 |
| Compilation: | 15 |
| Video: | 3 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 22 |
| Option: | 1 |
| Option Name: | Remix albums |
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. The group reunited again in 2018 for a final farewell concert,[1] accompanied by a host of musical and video releases, including a career-spanning box set[2] and a single.[3]
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4] | AUS [5] | CAN [6] | FIN [7] | GER [8] | NED [9] | NZ [10] | SWE [11] | US [12] | US R&B/HH | ||||||
| Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret |
| 5 | 34 | 2 | 19 | 23 | — | 7 | 25 | 22 | 55 | ||||
| The Art of Falling Apart |
| 5 | — | 82 | — | — | 43 | — | — | 84 | — |
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| This Last Night in Sodom |
| 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Cruelty Without Beauty |
| 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Happiness Not Included |
| 7 | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Additional Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | UK Indie [15] | UK Vinyl [16] | SCO [17] | ||||
| Live |
| — | — | — | — |
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| Soft Cell at the BBC |
| — | — | — | — |
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| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye: Live |
| — | — | — | — |
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| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – 2018 |
| 95 | 11 | 18 | 38 | ||
| Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret & Other Stories |
| — | — | — | — |
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Charting compilations
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | BEL [18] | EUR [19] | GER [20] | SCO [21] | |||||||||||
| The Singles |
| 58 | — | — | 54 | — | |||||||||
| Memorabilia – The Singles |
| 8 | — | 40 | — | — | |||||||||
| The Very Best of Soft Cell |
| 37 | — | — | — | 63 |
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| Hits & Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell |
| 7 | 134 | — | — | 5 | |||||||||
| Keychains & Snowstorms – The Soft Cell Story |
| 56 | — | — | 80 | 36 | |||||||||
| Keychains & Snowstorms – The Singles |
| 34 | — | — | — | 30 | |||||||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Complete list
| Title | Details | |
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| Mutant Moments |
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| Club Mixes 2018 |
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| Magick Mutants |
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | BEL | CAN [22] | FIN | GER [23] | IRE [24] | NED | SWE | US | ||||||
| 1981 | "A Man Can Get Lost" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | |||
| "Memorabilia" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Tainted Love"/ "Where Did Our Love Go" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 8 | Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret | ||||
| "Bedsitter" | 4 | — | 33 | — | 29 | — | 10 | — | — | — |
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| 1982 | "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" | 3 | — | 36 | — | — | 29 | 12 | 30 | — | — |
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| "Torch" | 2 | 68 | 6 | — | 9 | 75 | 7 | 12 | — | — |
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| "What" | 3 | — | 32 | — | — | 64 | 6 | — | — | – |
| Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing | |||
| "Where the Heart Is" | 21 | — | — | — | 23 | — | 14 | — | — | — | The Art of Falling Apart | ||||
| "Loving You, Hating Me" (North America Only Release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 1983 | "Numbers"/"Barriers" | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Heat" (North America Only Release) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Soul Inside" | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | This Last Night in Sodom | ||||
| 1984 | "Down in the Subway" | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | ||||
| 1985 | "Tainted Love" (re-issue) | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 1991 | "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91" (featuring Marc Almond) | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Memorabilia – The Singles | |||
| "Tainted Love '91" (featuring Marc Almond) | 5 | 93 | — | — | — | 22 | 4 | — | — | — | |||||
| 1999 | "Tainted Love" (Soft Cell vs Club 69) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2002 | "Monoculture" | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cruelty Without Beauty | |||
| 2003 | "The Night" | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2018 | "Northern Lights"/ "Guilty (Cos I Say You Are)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Keychains & Snowstorms: The Singles | |||
| 2021 | "Bruises On All My Illusions" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Happiness Not Included | |||
| 2022 | "Purple Zone" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Nostalgia Machine" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "Last Chance (Christmas Mix) / Light Sleepers" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| "—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||||
Promotional singles
| Year | Title | Format | Additional information | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show
| VHS | Reissued on DVD in 2004, and included on the Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset DVD disc | |
| 1991 | Memorabilia - The Video Singles
| VHS | Soft Cell with Marc Almond – video compilation released alongside the 1991 compilation album of the same name | |
| 2002 | Live in Milan
| DVD |
| Year | Title | Director | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Tainted Love | Tim Pope | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset |
| Bedsitter | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | ||
| Say Hello, Wave Goodbye | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | ||
| 1982 | Torch | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | |
| What! | |||
| Entertain Me | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | ||
| Frustration | |||
| Seedy Films | |||
| Secret Life | |||
| Youth | |||
| Memorabilia | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Memorabilia - The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | ||
| Sex Dwarf (Intro) | Released on Soft Cell's Non-Stop Exotic Video Show and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | ||
| Sex Dwarf | Original, banned version that has yet to be officially released | ||
| 1983 | Where The Heart Is | Released on Memorabilia - The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | |
| Numbers | |||
| Soul Inside | |||
| 1984 | Down in the Subway | Released on Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | |
| 1991 | Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91 | Peter Christopherson | Released on Memorabilia - The Video Singles and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset |
| Tainted Love '91 | |||
| 2002 | Monoculture | Tim Pope | Included as a multimedia track on the Monoculture single and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset |
| 2018 | Northern Lights | Included as a multimedia track on the Northern Lights single and Keychains & Snowstorms Boxset | |
| 2022 | Purple Zone | Yassa Khan | Soft Cell & Pet Shop Boys Single |
| Light Sleepers | Charlie Ann Max |
| Year | Title | Label | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Some Bizzare Album | Some Bizzare | Compilation featuring exclusive track "The Girl with the Patent Leather Face." |
| 1982 | Metro MRX | Flexi | 1982 green flexi-disc free with Flexi-Pop magazine. |
| 1983 | Ghostrider - Live '83 | Cellmates | Flexi-disc of a live cover of the song Ghost Rider by Suicide. Available in black, blue, or green and issued by the Soft Cell fan club. |
| 1991 | Bedsitter '91 / Torch | Withdrawn UK promotional 7" & 12" Single, originally intended to be the 3rd single release from the 1991 compilation 'Memorabilia'. Credited to Soft Cell / Marc Almond. | |
| 2001 | I'd Rather Shout at a Returning Echo than Kid That Someone's Listening | Some Bizzare | Compilation that includes the track "God-Shaped Hole." |
| 2016 | Sex Dwarf | UMC | 12" Vinyl UK Record Store Day 2016. Contains the 3 existing (At the time) remixes of the song.[31] |
| 2018 | Say Hello Wave Goodbye / Youth | UMC/Mercury | 12" Vinyl UK Record Store Day 2018 First Release limited to 1,500 copies, containing new mixes by Dave Ball: Say Hello Wave Goodbye (Dave Ball Lateral Mix) & Youth (Dave Ball Wasted On The Young Mix)[32] |
| 2018 | Night And The City (And You) & One Last Time | Exclusive Tracks contained on limited edition 'Keychains & Snowstorms' USB Stick. | |
| 2020 | Cruelty Without Beauty 2020 Extended Mixes | Limited to 500 copies in a PVC sleeve with sticker.[33] | |
. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 280.
