Cruelty Without Beauty

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This article is about the album. For the cosmetics company, see Beauty Without Cruelty.
Cruelty Without Beauty
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Studio album by Soft Cell
Released 8 October 2002
Recorded 2002
Genre Synthpop
Length 54:56
Label Cooking Vinyl
COOK CD245
Spin Art
SPART 116
Producer Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
Soft Cell chronology
This Last Night in Sodom
(1984)This Last Night in Sodom1984		 Cruelty Without Beauty
(2002)		 The Bedsit Tapes
(2005)The Bedsit Tapes2005
Singles from Cruelty Without Beauty
  1. "Monoculture" b/w "Dancing Alone"
    Released: September 2002
  2. "The Night" b/w "Perversity"
    Released: January 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 70/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
Blender 3/5 stars[1]
Robert Christgau (dud)[3]
Hot Press 8.5/10[4]
Los Angeles Times 1/4 stars[5]
NME 6/10[6]
Release Magazine 7/10 stars[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 3/5 stars[8]
Q 4/5 stars[1]
Uncut 4/5 stars[9]

Cruelty Without Beauty is the fourth studio album by Soft Cell. The album was released on 8 October 2002.

Track listing

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

  1. "Darker Times"
  2. "Monoculture" (Marc Almond, David Ball, Ingo Vauk)
  3. "Le Grand Guignol"
  4. "The Night" (Bob Gaudio, Ruzika)
  5. "Last Chance"
  6. "Together Alone"
  7. "Desperate"
  8. "Whatever It Takes"
  9. "All Out of Love"
  10. "Sensation Nation"
  11. "Caligula Syndrome"
  12. "On an Up"

Personnel

  • Marc Almond – vocals, backing vocals, arrangement
  • Dave Ball – electronic instruments, additional backing vocals
  • Dominic Glover – trumpet
  • Nicol D Thomson – trombone
  • Mike Smith – saxophone
  • Chris Braide – backing vocals
  • Layout – Grace Van Detta
  • Engineer – Ingo Vauk
  • Assistant mix engineer – Haicong Guo
  • Mastering – Dave Blackman
  • Photography – Evelyn
  • Producer – Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
  • Programming – Ingo Vauk
  • Additional help – Antti Uusimaki, Philip Bagenal

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