The Very Best of Soft Cell

The Very Best of Soft Cell
Greatest hits album by Soft Cell
Released	April 16, 2002
Genre	Synthpop
Length	79:30
Label	Universal 586 834-2
Producer	Daniel Miller, Mike Thorne, Soft Cell, Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
Soft Cell chronology
The Twelve Inch Singles (2001) The Very Best of Soft Cell (2002) 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Soft Cell (2006)

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The Very Best of Soft Cell is an official compilation album by Soft Cell. The album was released on April 16, 2002 and was approved by the band; it includes most of the hit singles and also some b-sides, such as "Insecure Me" (in a newly edited version) and "It's A Mug's Game". The song "Numbers" was also considerably shortened for this release, but its AA side "Barriers" is missing. Two new songs, "Somebody, Somewhere, Sometime" and "Divided Soul", and two brand new remixes of "Tainted Love" and "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" were also included. The album reached #37 on the UK Top 40 chart.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Memorabilia" - 4:51
2. "Tainted Love" - 2:42
3. "Where Did Our Love Go?" - 3:11
4. "Bedsitter" - 3:39
5. "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" - 5:27
6. "Sex Dwarf" - 5:18
7. "Torch" - 4:09
8. "Insecure Me" - 3:13
9. "What!" - 4:35
10. "Where the Heart Is" - 4:35
11. "It's a Mugs Game" - 5:27
12. "Numbers" - 3:34
13. "Loving You Hating Me" - 4:31
14. "Soul Inside" - 4:31
15. "Down in the Subway" - 3:28
16. "Somebody, Somewhere, Sometime (New Recording)" - 4:11
17. "Divided Soul" - 4:05
18. "Tainted Love" (2XS Remix) - 3:19
19. "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" (Almighty Radio Edit) - 4:33

Notes

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

• "Tainted Love" composed by Ed Cobb
• "Where Did Our Love Go?" composed by Lamont Dozier, Brian Holland and Edward Holland, Jr.
• "What?" composed by H.B. Barnum
• "Down in the Subway" composed by Jack Hammer
• "Divided Soul" composed by Marc Almond, David Ball and Ingo Vauk

References

1. The Very Best of Soft Cell at AllMusic
2. "Soft Cell - The Very Best Of Soft Cell". Chart Stats. Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2011-12-04.