*Happiness Not Included
by Soft Cell
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Soft Cell bestography
*Happiness Not Included is ranked 3rd best out of 12 albums by Soft Cell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Soft Cell is Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret which is ranked number 1880 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 902.
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*Happiness Not Included track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 70 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
*Happiness Not Included rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 2022 | 70/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  johnner | Top 56 Music Albums of the 2020s | 20/56 | 13 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2022 | 97/99 | 0 |
| 2025 |  meezus | Top 13 Music Albums of 2022 | 11/13 | 1 |
| 2025 | johnner | Top 33 Music Albums of 2022 | 2/33 | 5 |
| 2024 |  Igtonumama | Greatest Duos | 72/92 | - |
| 2023 |  Triple Seis | Top 35 Music Albums of 2022 | 32/35 | 1 |
| 2022 | Our Sound Music | The Top Fifty Albums Of 2022 | 29/52 | 2 |
| 2022 | arnellarsen | more 2022 best-albums (101-200) | 16/100 | - |
| 2022 | Classic Pop | Top Albums 2022 | 5/10 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 10 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 27 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 12/10/2025 11:46 | Leginlists | 3,840 | 83/100 |
| ! | 11/17/2025 21:37 | LittleM1971 | 6,001 | 81/100 |
| ! | 02/12/2025 18:16 |  DanaceoG | 201 | 65/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 68.1/100, a mean average of 65.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.3.
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BestEverAlbums 05/06/2022 12:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2022-05-02) (week 18, 2022) BestEverAlbums 02/25/2022 13:00 in Latest Releases (w\c 2022-02-21) (week 08, 2022)*Happiness Not Included comments
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johnner 05/08/2022 19:31 | #285126
Soft Cell are legends, one of the very first progenitors of the fire’n’ice, synth-pop duos. No one wants to hear a flat, uninspired album from this lot and thankfully, this album is none of that.
Dreams of the futurepast, Andy Warhol, God,
longings for a neverland utopia abound all shot through with the cynical, seedy worldview of Almond/Ball.
The tunes are still there, but this time tinged with a mature, regretful perspective.
A must-listen, don’t let it pass you by.
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