''The Singles'' was the first
compilation album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
to be released by
Soft Cell. The album was issued on
vinyl,
cassette and
CD in 1986 and features all their singles, from the albums ''
Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'', ''Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing'', ''
The Art of Falling Apart
''The Art of Falling Apart'' is the second full-length album by the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, released in 1983.
The album reached No. 5 on the UK charts, although its two singles "Where the Heart Is" and the double A-sided single "Number ...
'' and ''
This Last Night in Sodom'', with the exception of 'A Man Can Get Lost' (Original UK AA side to 'Memorabilia') & 'Barriers' (Original UK AA side to Numbers') . The CD booklet included a November 1986 essay by Tony Mitchell.
Track listing
All songs written by Marc Almond and David Ball except where noted.
#"Memorabilia" - 4:50
Non-album single
#"
Tainted Love" (
Ed Cobb) - 2:40
from '' Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret''
#"
Bedsitter
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" - 3:36
from ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret''
#"
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" is a song from the album'' Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'' by English synth-pop duo Soft Cell that was released as a single in January 1982 and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart.
In 1991, the track was remixed by ...
" - 5:25
from ''Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret''
#"
Torch" - 4:08
Non-album single
#"Loving You, Hating Me" - 4:19
from ''The Art of Falling Apart
''The Art of Falling Apart'' is the second full-length album by the English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, released in 1983.
The album reached No. 5 on the UK charts, although its two singles "Where the Heart Is" and the double A-sided single "Number ...
''
#"What?" (H.B. Barnum) - 4:34
from '' Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing''
#"Where the Heart Is" - 4:32
from ''The Art of Falling Apart''
#"Numbers" - 4:56
from ''The Art of Falling Apart''
#"Soul Inside" - 4:29
from '' This Last Night in Sodom''
#"
Down in the Subway" (
Jack Hammer) - 3:26
from ''This Last Night in Sodom''
Notes
"Loving You, Hating Me" was never actually released in the UK as a single and only saw a promo release in the USA & Canada.
References
External links
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Soft Cell albums
1986 compilation albums