Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (studio album) by Soft Cell

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret by Soft Cell
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 1,891st   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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74/100 (from 191 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1981 (26th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (294th)
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74/100 (from 191 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.0/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.

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65/100
From 12/02/2021 14:02
highly stylized. ridiculous lyrics at times. tainted love, huge. new wave
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From 03/30/2021 02:29
So many great songs - almost every song is a classic, with thematic lyrics peeking into the perverted underbelly of England.
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80/100
From 02/09/2021 20:59
Nothing comes close to Tainted Love, but Youth and Bedsitter are great as well. The rest of the album is fairly dark too, when it comes to synthpop at least.
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90/100
From 07/23/2019 18:24
Favorite Tracks:Bedsitter, Say Hello Wave Goodbye
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95/100
From 03/21/2019 12:14
An ex gf of mine had this so I listened to it and was like, wait they recorded more than just Tainted Love? And the album is just as good or better than that song? Yes it is. It's a shame they didn't record much besides this because this is one of the best new wave albums out there.
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75/100
From 09/28/2018 17:19
Currently on an 80s synth binge and found my way to soft cell. I've only heard tainted love from this group but I was pleasantly surprised how much of the album I found myself liking. Bedsitter has to be my favorite on the album.
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From 04/30/2018 22:02
It's all pretty good, "Tainted Love" being the obvious standout, but I can't help feel a little underwhelmed when you place "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" in direct comparison with other late 70s/early 80s classic synthpop records. No matter, it's great for what it is and "Sex Dwarf" is a riot.
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From 09/01/2017 14:21
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From 06/03/2016 10:30
A sleazy electro pop album. The record cover says it all with Marc Almond suspiciously half hiding something obviously very naughty. As for the music, tainted love, is one of the great singles of the eighties, and, bedsitter, a good follow up. The closing track, say hello, wave goodbye, is beautiful, a song that David Gray would make even more beautiful on his, white ladder, album. NSEC, overall, is a bit inconsistent, a bit of filler here and there, but so what? Tainted love, is worth the price alone.
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