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Cruelty Without Beauty is the fifth [9] studio album by Soft Cell. The album was released on 8 October 2002. It is Soft Cell's first album since 1984's This Last Night in Sodom. An expanded and remastered re-issue of the album was released on September the 25th 2020. It included new remixes by Dave Ball, 4 of which were released as a limited white vinyl 12 inch single. The album was also released on vinyl for the first time.[10]
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| Released | 8 October 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop | |||
| Length | 54:56 | |||
| Label | Cooking Vinyl COOK CD245 Spin Art SPART 116 | |||
| Producer | Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk | |||
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| Singles from Cruelty Without Beauty | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Blender | [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| Hot Press | 8.5/10[4] |
| NME | Mixed[5] |
| Release Magazine |   [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Q | [1] |
| Uncut | [8] |
Track listing
All songs written by Marc Almond and David Ball unless otherwise noted.
- "Darker Times" (Marc Almond, David Ball, Ingo Vauk)
- "Monoculture"
- "Le Grand Guignol"
- "The Night" (Bob Gaudio, Al Ruzicka)
- "Last Chance"
- "Together Alone"
- "Desperate"
- "Whatever It Takes"
- "All Out of Love"
- "Sensation Nation"
- "Caligula Syndrome"
- "On an Up"
Personnel
- Soft Cell
- Marc Almond – vocals, backing vocals, arrangement
- Dave Ball – electronic instruments, additional backing vocals
with:
- Dominic Glover – trumpet
- Nicol D. Thomson – trombone
- Mike Smith – saxophone
- Chris Braide – backing vocals
- Technical
- Layout – Grace Van Detta
- Engineer – Ingo Vauk
- Assistant mix engineer – Haicong Guo
- Mastering – Dave Blackman
- Photography – Evelyn
- Producer – Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
- Programming – Ingo Vauk
- Additional help – Antti Uusimaki, Philip Bagenal
References
- "Reviews for Cruelty Without Beauty by Soft Cell". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- "Cruelty Without Beauty – Soft Cell". AllMusic.
- "CG: Soft Cell". Robert Christgau official website. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- Hayden, Jackie (17 December 2002). "Cruelty Without Beauty". Hot Press. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- Robinson, Peter (12 September 2005). "Soft Cell : Cruelty Without Beauty". NME. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- Noheden, Kristoffer (1 October 2002). "Soft Cell: Cruelty Without Beauty". Release Magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- Brackett, Nathan; David Hoard, Christian (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album GuideThe New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 757. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- Dalton, Stephen (October 2002). "Soft Cell: Cruelty Without Beauty (Cooking Vinyl) ****". Uncut. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- "Soft Cell working on new album 'destined to come out next year'".
- "Cruelty Without Beauty – 2020 Expanded Reissue".
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