Say Hello to Soft Cell

Say Hello to Soft Cell is a compilation album by Soft Cell. The album was released in 1996 by Spectrum and collects singles, album tracks and b-sides. It is also notable for the inclusion of A Man Can Get Lost (incorrectly titled as A Man Could Get Lost in the artwork), formerly previously available only on 7" vinyl single and (at the time) unavailable on CD, until subsequent releases corrected this. The four-page booklet contains a brief biography by Marc Almond.[2]

Say Hello to Soft Cell
Compilation album by
Released1996
GenreSynthpop
Length69:06
LabelSpectrum
552 086-2
Soft Cell chronology
Down in the Subway
(1994)
Say Hello to Soft Cell
(1996)
The Twelve Inch Singles
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The album was reissued in 1999 with different artwork that omitted the 'featuring Marc Almond' epithet but repeated the mistakes made regarding the track listing (see Notes).[3]

Track listing edit

  1. "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" - 5:23 (*)
  2. "Torch" - 4:09
  3. "Bedsitter" - 3:38
  4. "You Only Live Twice" (John Barry, Leslie Bricusse) - 4:35
  5. "Heat" - 6:14
  6. "The Art of Falling Apart" - 5:03
  7. "Facility Girls" - 2:24
  8. "Born to Lose" (Johnny Thunders) - 2:57
  9. "Sex Dwarf" - 5:22
  10. "Disease and Desire" - 4:06
  11. "Chips on My Shoulder" - 4:09
  12. "Frustration" - 4:13
  13. "Mr. Self Destruct" - 3:15
  14. "Numbers" - 4:58
  15. "Where Was Your Heart (When You Needed It Most)" - 5:11
  16. "A Man Could Get Lost" - 3:18 (**)

Notes edit

All songs written by Marc Almond and Dave Ball unless otherwise noted.

  • (*) "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" is actually the Julian Mendelsohn remix Say Hello, Wave Goodbye '91.
  • (**) As previously mentioned, "A Man Could Get Lost" is actually the early vocal version of this track entitled A Man Can Get Lost.

References edit

  1. ^ "Say Hello to Soft Cell - Soft Cell - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Soft Cell Featuring Marc Almond - Say Hello to Soft Cell". Discogs.
  3. ^ "Soft Cell - Say Hello to Soft Cell". Discogs.