View basket “Téléphone” has been added to your basket. *Happiness Not Included Soft Cell SKU: 4050538704549 Barcode: 4050538704549 22.00 £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: BMG Released Date: 6th May 2022 Buying Format: 1LP Coloured Vinyl Add to basket Reserve Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info First New Album Since 2002! Soft Cell – legendary frontman Marc Almond and producer/instrumentalist Dave Ball – return with their fifth studio album *Happiness Not Included. It represents their first new album since they issued Cruelty Without Beauty back in 2002. One play of *Happiness Not Included reveals all of the traits that fans first adored Soft Cell for: that distinctive and striking balance between light and shade, hope and despair, the personal and the universal. Highlights include the yearning, airy pop of “Purple Zone” which contrasts its uplifting sonics with Almond’s darkly doomed lyrics, while “Light Sleepers” drifts with a daydream elegance that neatly matches its subject matter. Elsewhere, “Bruises On My Illusions” is bigger and more abrasive, its baroque-tinged synth energy elevated by theatrical vocal harmonies, while the pure grandeur of “New Eden” closes with the album on a suitably cinematic note. “New Eden” best encapsulates the album’s themes as Almond sings, “All those plans we made in the ‘60s… Seem naïve now we’ve grown older / Leaving we’re leaving looking for the New Eden.” Changing perceptions of the passing of time are a recurring theme throughout. At various points, Almond explores the disappointment of a future that never materialized, reflects on his experiences at The Factory, expresses disillusionment at the modern media landscape, and comes to accept that life isn’t eternal. “In this album I wanted to look at us as a society: a place where we have chosen to put profits before people, money before morality and decency, food before the rights of animals, fanaticism before fairness and our own trivial comforts before the unspeakable agonies of others,” Almond notes. “But in the album there is also a belief that there is a utopia if we can peel back the layers and understand what really matters.” Bell adds, “Recorded remotely during a world pandemic. Science fiction stories for the 21st century.” Artist Soft Cell Genre Rock And Pop Label BMG Buying Options 1LP Coloured Vinyl Format 1LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Happy Happy Happy Polaroid Bruises On My Illusions Purple Zone Heart Like Chernobyl Light Sleepers Happiness Not Included Nostalgia Machine I'm Not a Friend of God Tranquiliser New Eden Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Soft Cell View Product Quick View Soft Cell Non Stop Erotic Cabaret …and Other Stories: Live Rock And Pop | LiveHereNow | 180g, 4LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released 16th February 2024 £53.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Cell Non Stop Erotic Cabaret …and Other Stories: Live £53.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: LiveHereNow SKU: LHN078LP Formats: 180g, 4LP, Coloured Vinyl, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 16th February 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Cell Memorabillia (German Green Vinyl) Rock And Pop | Vertigo | 12", Single Released 1st December 2023 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Cell Memorabillia (German Green Vinyl) £24.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Vertigo SKU: GDR1 Formats: 12", Single Released Date: 1st December 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Cell Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret Rock And Pop | UMR / EMI | 2LP Released 15th December 2023 £35.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Soft Cell Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret £35.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMR / EMI SKU: 5543833 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 15th December 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Soft Cell Magick Mutants Rock And Pop | Big Frock Records | 7", EP/Mini Album Released 18th September 2020 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Cell Magick Mutants £13.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Big Frock Records SKU: ABF3 Formats: 7", EP/Mini Album Released Date: 18th September 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Cell Cruelty Without Beauty (2020 Extended Mixes) Rock And Pop | Big Frock Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 30th October 2020 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Cell Cruelty Without Beauty (2020 Extended Mixes) £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Big Frock Records SKU: ABF5EP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 30th October 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Cell Cruelty Without Beauty Rock And Pop | Big Frock | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 4th December 2020 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soft Cell Cruelty Without Beauty £26.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Big Frock SKU: ABF5LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 4th December 2020 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soft Cell Mutant Moments E.P. 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