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Classic Album Review: Soft Cell | Cruelty Without Beauty

The bad news: It's synth-pop dance-glop. The good news: They nailed that title.

This came out in 2002 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):

 


Highly melodramatic, vaguely gothy synth-pop dance-glop from the formerly innovative duo who brought you the definitive version of Tainted Love. On the plus side, though, they sure nailed the title.