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* RedOniBlueOni: Marc Almond was the red to Dave Ball's blue, his flamboyant persona contrasting with Ball's more restrained presence.
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And won't keep going off the rails.''
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Consisting of Marc Almond (vocals) and Dave Ball (keyboards), Soft Cell were an English synthpop duo who rose to prominence in 1981 with their cover of Gloria Jones' song "Tainted Love". While their first album ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' was a success (ranked at #5 on the UK charts), the duo only lasted three more years, releasing three more albums in that time. However, the breakup was amiable, and the duo reformed in 2001, went on tour together and released one more album in 2002. Since then, they have released several compilation albums (mostly consisting of previously-unreleased songs) and a remix album. Marc Almond has also had a fairly high profile solo career including a number one hit in collaboration with Music/GenePitney, "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". The band played what is widely believed to be their farewell concert "Say Hello/Wave Goodbye" at the London O2 on the 30th of September 2018 though they have not officially broken up permanently.
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Consisting of Marc Almond (vocals) and Dave Ball (keyboards), Soft Cell were an English synthpop duo who rose to prominence in 1981 with their cover of Gloria Jones' song "Tainted Love". While their first album ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' was a success (ranked at #5 on the UK charts), the duo only lasted three more years, releasing three more albums in that time. However, the breakup was amiable, and the duo reformed in 2001, went on tour together and released one more album in 2002. Since then, they have released several compilation albums (mostly consisting of previously-unreleased songs) and a remix album. Marc Almond has also had a fairly high profile solo career including a number one hit in collaboration with Music/GenePitney, "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart". The band played what is widely believed to be their farewell concert "Say Hello/Wave Goodbye" at the London O2 on the 30th of September 2018 though they have not officially broken up permanently.
permanently; as of 2019 they are working on a new album but do not plan to do large-scale tours.
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* ''The Bedsit Tapes'' (2005) (compilation of early amateur recordings)
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* CoverVersion: "Tainted Love", of course, but they also covered "Where Did Our Love Go" by Music/TheSupremes, "The Night" by The Four Seasons and "What?" by Judy Street. Prior to getting a record contract they also recorded a cover of [[Music/BlackSabbath "Paranoid"]].
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* ClubKid: The narrator "Bedsitter" lives so much for the clubbing lifestyle that he has no money to buy food.
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* ClubKid: The narrator of "Bedsitter" lives so much for the clubbing lifestyle nightlife that he has no money to buy food.food after spending it all going clubbing.
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* DepravedBisexual: The protagonist in "Sex Dwarf". At one point he alludes to having a foursome with the sex dwarf, a "disco dolly", and [[RunningGag his dumb chauffeur]].
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Consisting of Marc Almond (vocals) and Dave Ball (keyboards), Soft Cell were an English synthpop duo who rose to prominence in 1981 with their cover of Gloria Jones' song "Tainted Love". While their first album ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' was a success (ranked at #5 on the UK charts), the duo only lasted three more years, releasing three more albums in that time. However, the breakup was amiable, and the duo reformed in 2001, went on tour together and released one more album in 2002. Since then, they have released several compilation albums (mostly consisting of previously-unreleased songs) and a remix album. Marc Almond has also had a fairly high profile solo career including a number one hit in collaboration with Music/GenePitney, "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart".
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Consisting of Marc Almond (vocals) and Dave Ball (keyboards), Soft Cell were an English synthpop duo who rose to prominence in 1981 with their cover of Gloria Jones' song "Tainted Love". While their first album ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' was a success (ranked at #5 on the UK charts), the duo only lasted three more years, releasing three more albums in that time. However, the breakup was amiable, and the duo reformed in 2001, went on tour together and released one more album in 2002. Since then, they have released several compilation albums (mostly consisting of previously-unreleased songs) and a remix album. Marc Almond has also had a fairly high profile solo career including a number one hit in collaboration with Music/GenePitney, "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart".
Heart". The band played what is widely believed to be their farewell concert "Say Hello/Wave Goodbye" at the London O2 on the 30th of September 2018 though they have not officially broken up permanently.
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* AuthorExistenceFailure. Almond came close in 2004 after a serious motorcycle accident, spending two weeks in a coma and suffering very serious injuries.
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Consisting of Marc Almond (vocals) and Dave Ball (keyboards), Soft Cell were an English synthpop duo who rose to prominence in 1981 with their cover of Gloria Jones' song "Tainted Love". While their first album ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' was a success (ranked at #5 on the UK charts), the duo only lasted three more years, releasing three more albums in that time. However, the breakup was amiable, and the duo reformed in 2001, went on tour together and released one more album in 2002. Since then, they have released several compilation albums (mostly consisting of previously-unreleased songs) and a remix album.
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Consisting of Marc Almond (vocals) and Dave Ball (keyboards), Soft Cell were an English synthpop duo who rose to prominence in 1981 with their cover of Gloria Jones' song "Tainted Love". While their first album ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' was a success (ranked at #5 on the UK charts), the duo only lasted three more years, releasing three more albums in that time. However, the breakup was amiable, and the duo reformed in 2001, went on tour together and released one more album in 2002. Since then, they have released several compilation albums (mostly consisting of previously-unreleased songs) and a remix album. \n Marc Almond has also had a fairly high profile solo career including a number one hit in collaboration with Music/GenePitney, "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart".
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* AuthorExistenceFailure. Almond came close in 2004 after a serious motorcycle accident, spending two weeks in a coma and suffering very serious injuries.
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* TheCorrupter: The "protagonist" in "Sex Dwarf", given his repeated lines about "Luring disco dollys to a life of vice."
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* PainfulRhyme: "Secret Life" rhymes 'life' with 'life'.
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: The protagonist of "Secret Life" says that he might abandon his life and run somewhere new to start over, after being blackmailed by a former lover.
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* SillyLoveSongs: "Torch".
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* LyricalDissonance: And how. "Secret Life", "Where The Heart Is", "Numbers", "Down In The Subway" "What?" "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", the list goes on.
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* LyricalDissonance: And how. "Secret Life", "Where The Heart Is", "Numbers", "Down In The Subway" "What?" "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", the extended version of "Facility Girls", the list goes on.
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* RealityEnsues: After years of verbal and emotional abuse, the protagonist of "Where The Heart Is" inevitably turns away from their family and starts going out late and slipping the leash. Their parents finally start giving a fuck, but it's far too late.
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* ObligatoryBondageSong: Hooh boy - "Sex Dwarf", even by modern standards, is a ''very'' no holds barred song about BDSM. In 1981 the screams of the MoralGuardians could be heard from miles away.
-->''I would like you on a long black leash,\\
I will parade you down the high streets,\\
You've got the attraction , you've got the pulling power,\\
Walk my doggie, walk my little sex dwarf!''
-->''I would like you on a long black leash,\\
I will parade you down the high streets,\\
You've got the attraction , you've got the pulling power,\\
Walk my doggie, walk my little sex dwarf!''
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Gender-flipped in "Say Hello Wave Goodbye": After the end of a stormy affair, Almond expresses his desire for
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And won't keep going off the rails"''
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Who'll give me a steady life\\
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Who'll give me a steady
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[[caption-width-right:350:Left - Dave Ball, right - Marc Almond]]
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And won't keep going off the rails
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And won't keep going off the rails
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Get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me.''
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Get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me.''
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80s synthpop duo comprising Marc Almond (voice) and Dave Ball (keyboards).
!!Non Stop Erotic Tropes:
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Albums:
* ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' (1981)
* ''The Art Of Falling Apart'' (1983)
* ''This Last Night In Sodom'' (1984)
* ''Cruelty Without Beauty'' (2002)
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* AbusiveParents: "Where The Heart Is".
* {{Blackmail}}: "Secret Life".
* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "Tainted Love" swaps the gender from Gloria Jones' original: "I gave you all a ''boy'' could give you..."
* CoveredUp: "Tainted Love".
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* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "Tainted Love" swaps gender from Gloria Jones' original: "I gave you all a ''boy'' could give you..." LyricalDissonance: And how. "Secret Life", "Where The Heart Is", "Numbers", "Down In The Subway" "What?" "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye", the list goes on.
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->''Sometimes I feel I've got to,\\
Run away, I've got to,\\
Get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me.''
-->"Tainted Love"
Run away, I've got to,\\
Get away from the pain you drive into the heart of me.''
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* CreatorBacklash: Marc Almond doesn't seem keen on the cover versions these days. He has a rather ambivalent attitude to "Tainted Love" (partly for the reason mentioned under BerserkButton above) and outright hates "What".
* OneHitWonder: "Tainted Love" was their only Top 40 hit in Billboard.
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* SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll: Oooh boy. They loved their "substances" - if it was out there, they'd try it. The stomach-pumping story may be an urban myth, but it's not particularly outlandish considering what they ''did'' get up to. For a blow-by-blow account, check out Almond's autobiography ''Tainted Life'', which at times reads like a catalogue of which songs were produced under the influence of which drugs.
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*BerserkButton: If you ever meet Marc Almond, do NOT imitate the [[EpicRiff opening synth riff]] from "Tainted Love".
*TheCoverChangesTheGender: "Tainted Love" swaps gender from Gloria Jones' original: "I gave you all a ''boy'' could give you..."
*CreatorBacklash: Marc Almond doesn't seem keen on the cover versions these days. He has a rather ambivalent attitude to "Tainted Love" (partly for the reason mentioned under BerserkButton above) and outright hates "What".
*BerserkButton: If you ever meet Marc Almond, do NOT imitate the [[EpicRiff opening synth riff]] from "Tainted Love".
*TheCoverChangesTheGender: "Tainted Love" swaps gender from Gloria Jones' original: "I gave you all a ''boy'' could give you..."
*CreatorBacklash: Marc Almond doesn't seem keen on the cover versions these days. He has a rather ambivalent attitude to "Tainted Love" (partly for the reason mentioned under BerserkButton above) and outright hates "What".
