Tainted Love (track)
by Soft Cell
Year: 1981
From the album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (track #2)
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Tainted Love appears on the following album(s) by Soft Cell:
- Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret (track #2) (this album) (1981)
- The Very Best Of Soft Cell (track #2) (compilation) (2002)
- The Singles (track #2) (compilation) (1986)
- The Best Of Soft Cell (track #1) (compilation) (2006)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 08/04/2026 14:28 | jtc91 | 13,961 | 82/100 |
| ! | 04/11/2026 17:05 | Musicbuff123 | 625 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 00:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 170,658 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.7/100, a mean average of 86.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.3.
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DeusExMackia 03/09/2022 11:30 | #282553
Never fails to be utterly astonishing. Stone-cold, ice-cold, positively-artic classic. One of the greatest achievements in the history of Synth Pop and New Wave.
Romanelli 05/26/2014 17:56 | #112985
An absolutely perfect cover. Not better than the original, but just as good, and completely different. A landmark track.
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