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
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en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, musicbrainz.org · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-08-22