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Nostalgia Machine is back for 2023 with some brand new remixes by Hifi Sean, Wally Funk and Manhattan Clique. A digital-only single will be landing next month - watch this space for more info. In the meantime, a new radio edit of Nostalgia Machine is already starting to pick up early plays on BBC Radio 2 - please listen out for it and Whatsapp/text your support to 88291 if you are in the UK, as we'd love to get onto the playlist. We appreciate your support! Marc Almond Dave Ball

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Nostalgia Machine is back for 2023 with some brand new remixes by Hifi Sean, Wally Funk and Manhattan Clique. A digital-only single will be landing next month - watch this space for more info. In the meantime, a new radio edit of Nostalgia Machine is already starting to pick up early plays on BBC Radio 2 - please listen out for it and Whatsapp/text your support to 88291 if you are in the UK, as we'd love to get onto the playlist. We appreciate your support! Marc Almond Dave Ball

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BMG will be releasing a digital-only remix EP of Nostalgia Machine, which will be available across download and streaming services from 8th September. Included are brand new remixes from Hifi Sean and Wally Funk (which we hear are currently tearing up club dancefloors!) with the new radio edit and Manhattan Clique mixes also included for good measure! Marc Almond Dave Ball

Tracklisting is as follows:

Nostalgia Machine (Hifi Sean Extended Remix)
Nostalgia Machine (Hifi Sean Dub)
Nostalgia Machine (Hifi Sean Remix Edit)
Nostalgia Machine (Wally Funk Remix)
Nostalgia Machine (Wally Funk Remix Dub)
Nostalgia Machine (Manhattan Clique Remix)
Nostalgia Machine (Manhattan Clique Dub)
Nostalgia Machine (2023 Radio Edit)
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Nearly five years in the making, we are delighted to finally announce that the first in the series of the 1981-1984 Universal expanded editions will be released on 20th October 2023. Soft Cell's seminal debut album 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' is the first to receive the special treatment, and will come in an amazing 6-CD expanded box set, as well as two double vinyl editions and there's more about all those formats below. The other albums will be released in early 2024.

We are offering a number of special value 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' bundles via our own store, including free bonus items which are exclusive to our website, so please have a good look at the Soft Cell website, where they are available now. Please note, some of the bonus items are strictly limited editions, so please order early if you don't want to miss out.

We can't wait for you to hear everything!

Marc, Dave & Everyone at SCHQ

'NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET'
6-CD SUPER DELUXE EDITION + 2-LP BLACK VINYL + LIMITED EDITION 2-LP YELLOW & BLUE VINYL
20TH OCTOBER 2023


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6-CD SUPER DELUXE EDITION
Mercury-EMI / UMR are proud to present a timely celebration of ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ with various supplementary extras and rarities. The 6-CD, 98-track Super Deluxe Edition is the ultimate version of the album and features 40 unreleased pieces.

In the four decades since its release, it's hard to overestimate just how influential the debut album by Soft Cell, ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’, has been. It’s revered by artists such as Trent Reznor and sampled by the likes of Rihanna. It remains an icon of electronic music.

With its roots in post-punk electronics, French chanson, American soul, kitchen sink drama and New York dance, over forty years later, the album’s themes still resonate and helped change the course of British pop. 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret' paved the way for countless synth-based music duos, fashioning something dark and distinctive with a hit of pop that helped kick-start a new decade. The phenomenal success of ‘Tainted Love’ in America, where it spent a then-record breaking 43 straight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, also helped open up the U.S. for alternative and electronic artists such as The Cure and Depeche Mode.

Initially released in November 1981, the ten-track song cycle, in the words of Marc Almond, “Tells a story of a bored ordinary bloke seething with his life wanting more and looking for excitement and adventure in a red neon lit Soho world of red-light cabarets, prostitutes and sex dwarves, looking back at his youth and wondering what happened.” ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ contained three of the most significant singles of the decade; ‘Tainted Love’ (the best-selling UK single of 1981), ‘Bedsitter’ and ‘Say Hello Wave Goodbye’. Dave Ball recalls making the album as “All very weird and extreme, from living in a council flat and suddenly you're flying on Concorde to New York” Looking back, Ball says “Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret was the first period of Soft Cell, really. It was our pop period, and by 1982 we were done and dusted with that. The next one, was much darker.”

CD1 - 'NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET'
CD1 features ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’ newly remastered in 2023 by Barry Grint, plus the A & B sides in their original 7” versions, including ‘Torch’, ‘What!’, the band’s first Phonogram single ‘A Man Could Get Lost’ & ‘Memorabilia’ which was produced by Mute’s Daniel Miller along with the 2016 edit of ‘Fun City’ and a new edit of ‘Persuasion’, both only released on 12” at the time.

CD2 - ' NON-STOP EXTENDED CABARET'
CD2 ‘Non-Stop Extended Cabaret’ contains the entire album in extended 12” form, made up of Dave Ball’s 2018 studio reworkings of the album using only the original studio parts, plus the original ‘Bedsitter’ 12” which all parties agreed just could not be improved upon. Also featured are new remixes of ‘Memorabilia’ by techno legend The Hacker, Mute founder Daniel Miller and a new Dave Ball extended of ‘A Man Could Get Lost’.

CD3 - 'NON-STOP ECLECTIC CABARET
CD3 entitled ‘Non-Stop Eclectic Cabaret’ is a treasure trove of rarities including BBC session highlights, a selection of demos, outtakes, audio from BBC TV and radio appearances on The Richard Skinner Show’, ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’, ‘Top Of The Pops / Top Of The Pops 2’ and ‘The Oxford Road Show’ as well as selections from ‘Heat: The Remixes”, including Richard X’s now legendary version of ‘Seedy Films’.

CD4 - 'NON-STOP INSTRUMENTAL CABARET'
CD4 is ‘Non-Stop Instrumental Cabaret’, which presents the full album instrumentally for the first time and six original 1981 demos, five of which are previously unreleased. These demos include a Daniel Miller produced version of ‘Tainted Love’, ‘Say Hello, Wave Goodbye’ and a version of ‘Sex Dwarf’ which was previously presumed wiped.

CD5 - 'NON-STOP EROTIC SINGLES'
CD5 brings together the original 12” A and B-sides of 1981 & 1982 under the banner ‘Non-Stop Original Cabaret’ including ‘Memorabilia’, ‘Tainted Love’, ‘Say Hello Wave Goodbye’, and the standalone singles ‘Torch’ and ‘What!’. Soft Cell were rightly hailed in their day for pouring their creative efforts and energies into the extended form and these pioneering sides have become legendary.

CD6 - 'NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET LIVE'
CD6 includes the album played in full plus, ‘Torch’ and ‘Memorabilia’, recorded live at Hammersmith’s Eventim Apollo in November 2021. There are also three tracks from the band’s jubilant London O2 Arena show in September 2018.


SOFT CELL ‘NON-STOP EROTIC CABARET’ 6-CD SUPER DELUXE EDITION

*Denotes previously unreleased

CD1: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret: 2023 Remaster + Singles, B-Sides & Edits

Frustration 04:12
Tainted Love 02:35
Seedy Films 05:05
Youth 03:21
Sex Dwarf 05:47
Entertain Me 03:00
Chips On My Shoulder 04:06
Bedsitter 03:36
Secret Life 03:37
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye 05:34
Memorabilia (Single Version) 04:49
A Man Could Get Lost (Single Version) 03:17
Persuasion (Edit of 12” Single B-Side) 03:36 *
Where Did Our Love Go? (Single B-Side) 03:14
Facility Girls (Single B-Side) 02:23
Fun City (Edit of 12” Single B-Side) 04:24
Torch (Single Version) 04:08
Insecure Me (Single B-Side) 04:40
What! (Single Version) 02:51
…So (Single B-Side) 03:49

CD2: Non-Stop Extended Cabaret: Full-Length Versions & New Remixes

Frustration (Extended Version) 06:02 *
Tainted Love (2021 10″ Extended Version) 05:05
Seedy Films (2023 Extended Version) 05:16 *
Youth (2018 ‘Wasted On The Young’ Extended Version) 05:41
Sex Dwarf (2023 Extended Version) 05:45 *
Entertain Me (2023 Extended Version) 06:05 *
Chips On My Shoulder (2018 Extended Version) 06:16
Bedsitter (1981 Original 12” Mix) 07:52
Secret Life (2018 Extended Version) 05:20
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (2018 Dave Ball ‘Lateral Mix’) 07:07
A Man Could Get Lost (2023 Extended Version) 05:08 *
Memorabilia (Daniel Miller 2023 Remix) 05:16
Memorabilia (The Hacker 2023 Remix) 06:37

CD3: Non-Stop Exotic Cabaret: Curios, Rarities, Sessions & Alternate Mixes

Frustration (Original ‘Mutant Moments’ Version) 03:32
Tainted Love (New 2023 Version) 03:01 *
Seedy Films (Richard X Remix) 05:20
Youth (Dave Ball ‘Warhol Funeral’ Mix) 03:05 *
Sex Dwarf (Live On BBC ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ 4th February 1982) 05:16
Entertain Me (Richard Skinner Session, Radio 1, 26th July 1981) 03:45
Chips On My Shoulder (Live From ‘The Oxford Road Show’ 22nd January 1982) 03:28 *
Bedsitter ((Richard Skinner Session, Radio 1, 26th July 1981) 03:34
Secret Life (George Demure Remix) 05:10
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Live From ‘The Oxford Road Show’ 22nd January 1982) 04:33 *
A Man Could Get Lost (Live at Leeds Warehouse, 16th July 2018) 03:30 *
Torch (Live from ‘Top Of The Pops 2’, 28th January 2002) 04:05 *
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go (US Radio Edit) 04:01 *
Seedy Films (Richard Skinner Session, Radio 1, 26th July 1981) 03:58
Youth (Live On BBC ‘Old Grey Whistle Test’ 4th February 1982) 03:15 *
Chips On My Shoulder (Richard Skinner Session, Radio 1, 26th July 1981) 04:20
Tainted Love (Live from ‘Top Of The Pops’ 1981 Reunion, 2001) 03:14 *
Bedsitter (‘Flexipop’ Version) 03:45 *
Memorabilia (2023 Dub Mix) 5:44 *
Tainted Love (Aborted 1981 Studio Take) 1:07 *

CD4: Non-Stop Instrumental Cabaret: Instrumentals & Bonus Demos

Frustration (Instrumental) 04:15 *
Tainted Love (Instrumental) 03:01 *
Seedy Films (Instrumental) 05:10 *
Youth (Instrumental) 03:25 *
Sex Dwarf (Instrumental) 05:15 *
Entertain Me (Instrumental) 02:57 *
Chips On My Shoulder (Instrumental) 04:09 *
Bedsitter (Instrumental) 03:39 *
Secret Life (Instrumental) 04:03 *
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Single B-Side Instrumental) 03:54
A Man Could Get Lost (Original Daniel Miller Instrumental Version) 03:30 *
Torch (Instrumental) 04:12 *
What! (Instrumental) 03:11 *
Insecure Me (Instrumental) 03:12 *
Tainted Love (Original 1981 Daniel Miller Demo) 02:47
Seedy Films (Original 1981 Demo) 04:02 *
Sex Dwarf (Original 1981 Demo) 06:53 *
Chips On My Shoulder (Original Demo) 03:50 *
Secret Life (Original 1981 Demo) 03:39 *
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Original 1981 Demo) 04:39 *

CD5: Non-Stop Original Cabaret: The 1981 / 1982 12” Mixes & B Sides

Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go? (Original 12″ Version) 08:57
Memorabilia (Original 12″ Version) 07:47
Torch (Original 12″ Version) 08:28
What! (Original 12″ Version) 06:09
Tainted Dub (Original Version) 09:14
Persuasion (Original 12″ Version) 07:35
Facility Girls (Original 12″ Version) 07:16
Fun City (Original Version) 07:33
Insecure Me (Original 12″ Version) 08:16
…So (Original 12″ Version) 08:29

CD6: Non-Stop Intimate Cabaret: Live In Concert, London 2021 & 2018

Frustration (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Tainted Love (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Seedy Films (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Youth (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Sex Dwarf (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Entertain Me (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Chips On My Shoulder (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Bedsitter (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Secret Life (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Torch (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Memorabilia (Live at Eventim Apollo London, November 2021)
Insecure Me (Live at 02 Arena London, 30 September 2018)
What! (Live at 02 Arena London, 30 September 2018)
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go? (Live at 02 Arena London, 30 September 2018)

Also available on double black vinyl & coloured double vinyl.

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Dolby Atmos Mix + bonus tracks • Instrumentals in Atmos • Original Stereo Mix Remastered • HD Videos • Only available via theSDEshop.com

Soft Cell’s 1981 album Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is one of the most influential and iconic albums that emerged from the 1980s. I’m thrilled to announce that, in collaboration with EMI/UMR and the band, that a brand new Dolby Atmos Mix of the album and bonus tracks will be available via an SDE-exclusive blu-ray.

A critical and commercial success, Marc Almond and Dave Ball’s debut paved the way for countless synth-based music duos, fashioning something dark and distinctive with a hint of pop that helped kick-start a new decade.

The album features three massive UK hit singles including the chart-topping ‘Tainted Love’, the best-selling UK single of 1981 which enjoyed phenomenal success in America and helped open up the U.S. for alternative and electronic artists such as The Cure and Depeche Mode.

Initially released in November 1981, the 10-track song cycle, in the words of Marc Almond, “Tells a story of a bored ordinary bloke seething with his life wanting more and looking for excitement and adventure in a red neon lit Soho world of red-light cabarets, prostitutes and sex dwarves, looking back at his youth and wondering what happened.”

This SDE-exclusive blu-ray audio edition offers you a Non-Stop Immersive Cabaret, featuring a brand new 2023 Dolby Atmos Mix of Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret created at Abbey Road Studios under the supervision of the band. Additionally, three non-album singles ‘Memorabilia‘, ‘Torch‘ and ‘What!’ are also included in Dolby Atmos. So this blu-ray includes all five of Soft Cell’s UK top 10 hits, in Atmos.

Furthermore, instrumentals of the album and the three bonus tracks are also included in Dolby Atmos and the same 13 tracks also feature in the original 1981 stereo mix, remastered. If that’s not enough, four original Tim Pope promo videos for ‘Bedsitter’, ‘Say Hello Wave Goodbye’, ‘Torch’ and ‘What!’, available physically in HD for the very first time.

Blu-ray content summary:

Dolby Atmos Mix of Album + bonus singles (Memorabilia, Torch, What!)
Dolby Atmos Instrumentals of album + bonus singles
Remastered Original Stereo Mix of album + bonus singles
Four HD videos: Bedsitter, Say Hello Wave Goodbye, Torch, What!
This Soft Cell blu-ray audio is No 15 in the ongoing SDE Surround Series
The SDE Surround Series so far is:

#1 Tears For Fears: The Tipping Point

#2 xPropaganda: The Heart Is Strange

#3 Gilbert O’Sullivan: Driven

#4 Shakespears Sister: Hormonally Yours

#5 Brian Eno: FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE

#6 Orbital: Optical Delusion

#6.5 Various Arists: Concert For George

#7 Ten Years After: A Space In Time

#8 Bob Dylan: Time Out Of Mind (2022 Remix)

#9 Tears For Fears: The Hurting

#10 Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells

#11 Suede

#12 ABC: The Lexicon of Love

#13 Duran Duran: Danse Macabre

#14 Trevor Horn: Echoes – Ancient & Modern
and will be packaged the same as previous editions and ships with a free, collectible SDE Surround Series slipcase with the number 15 on the spine. Here’s the now traditional reminder as to why this blu-ray is highly recommended:

It’s the only way to enjoy the Dolby Atmos mix of the album via a physical product
You don’t need to sign-up to a streaming service such as Tidal or Apple Music to hear the spatial audio mix
The Atmos Mix on the Blu-ray is not compressed due to streaming bandwidth restrictions
You own the product, you are not renting it from a digital service provider
The Blu-ray audio is an excellent format for music and you don’t want to see it die off
Supporting SDE with these initiatives is leading to similar collaborations with labels/artists and we are keen to bring your more in the near future!
The SDE-exclusive Blu-ray Audio of Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is a limited edition item. It will be pressed based on demand and due to the short lead time to manufacture, it will be available to pre-order for 10 days only. Availability after that cannot be guaranteed, so secure your copy today by pre-ordering at the SDE shop, either directly via this link or using the special SDE shop buy button (‘add to cart’) below. A selected number of still available similar products are listed below for your convenience (Trevor Horn has newly added 5.1 instrumentals!)

We ship worldwide, you can now pay in your local currency and there’s no longer any extra charges to the EU (if your order is worth less than €150).

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret will be reissued on 1 December 2023 via EMI/UMR. Other vinyl and box set formats are available via the Soft Cell shop.

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[thequietus.com] Manchester University Press Reveals New Short Book Series
The series draws on the British Pop Archive and will launch with a book about Soft Cell by tQ's own Patrick Clarke
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I'm curious if there'll also be a book about Erasure...

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Cesar wrote: Wed Oct 25, 2023 5:29 pm [thequietus.com] Manchester University Press Reveals New Short Book Series
The series draws on the British Pop Archive and will launch with a book about Soft Cell by tQ's own Patrick Clarke
More details here:
[manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk] British Pop Archive books

I'm curious if there'll also be a book about Erasure...

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Electronic Sound Issue 108
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We've got Soft Cell on the cover of this month's Electronic Sound and we're packaging the magazine with an exclusive red vinyl seven-inch featuring demo versions of 'Tainted Love' and 'Bedsitter' produced by Mute boss Daniel Miller. We're anticipating a very high demand for this issue, which is out next Thursday, so we are making a limited number available for people on our mailing list to order a few days earlier than usual.

Click here to buy your magazine and vinyl bundle now

The focus of our interview with Marc Almond and Dave Ball is ‘Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret’, Soft Cell's glorious debut album. It's a record that defiantly set the tone of the early 1980s and it’s just been reissued as an expanded double LP and a six-CD boxset, both editions loaded up with tons of fantastic extras. As well as delving deep into the heart of the album, which Almond describes as “mundanity with a technicolour touch – glamour in squalor” in the boxset notes, the pair talk about their art-school beginnings and their ongoing working relationship. It’s a scintillating read and a great way for us to bring this year to an end.

We have plenty of other good stuff for you too, including chats with iconic film director and composer John Carpenter, former Radiophonic Workshop synthesist Elizabeth Parker, the perpetually cool Chris & Cosey, and pop star par excellence Howard Jones. We also have multimedia artist Aho Ssan and analogue dreamscaper Hinako Omori, plus a rare interview with eclectic producer Sam Shackleton. And as this is the last Electronic Sound of 2023, there's our Albums Of The Year round-up as well. As always, you'll probably find a few surprises on the list. Will any of your favourite records make it on there?

To accompany the magazine, we have a superb seven-inch featuring early demo versions of 'Tainted Love' and 'Bedsitter', Soft Cell's first two hit singles. The demos were recorded shortly after the group had signed to Some Bizarre Records and they were produced by Mute supremo Daniel Miller. “Marc and I had been fans of Daniel for a while," explains Dave Ball. "We were friends with Frank Tovey – we went to the same college as him – and we’d seen that Frank’s first record had come out on Mute and was produced by Daniel. We also loved The Normal’s ‘TVOD’, so we thought, ‘This guy seems to be the man to talk to’, and started desperately hunting him down”.

As with all our music releases, this seven-inch is strictly limited and is only available to readers of Electronic Sound, so be sure to get your copy straight away.

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Only £12 for book & usb stick at time of posting

USB Stick Tracklisting:

Soft Cell – And My Last Breath
Soft Cell – Art Student (You’re So Chic)
Soft Cell – Art Student (Pt 2)
Soft Cell – Tupperware Party 2018 (Instrumental)
Soft Cell – Seedy Films (Instrumental)
Dave Ball– Strict Tempo
English Boy On The Loveranch – Sex Vigilante (Single Version)
Psychic TV – Money For E (Dave Ball Remix)
The Grid – Flotation (Special Request Remix, Richard Norris Edit)
Faust – Wir Brauchen Dich, No. 6 (Gel Remix)
The Grid – Aquarium
Erasure – Am I Right (The Grid Remix)
Minty – Useless Man (The Grid Remix)
Nitewreckage – Repetition
Soft Cell – Back To Nature (Dave Ball Vocal Version)
Dave Ball – Nighthawks


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*Happiness now digital : Limited Edition 100+ Track WAV USB Stick & Lanyard + Art Print Set

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To round off 2023, one of Soft Cell’s busiest years ever, we’re pleased to announce one further outing from the acclaimed *Happiness series. The first release, *Happiness not included, entered the UK album chart at Number 7 back in May 2022, followed by companion albums *Happiness now extended and *Happiness now completed, both landing in summer 2023.

The *Happiness series will finally conclude on 19th January 2024 with the release of *Happiness now digital, via BMG. Featuring a staggering 100+ tracks, the release is presented on an exclusive new style black and gold Soft Cell USB stick with matching black lanyard with gold logo print, all presented in highest sound quality WAV format.

*Happiness now digital brings together the whole *Happiness campaign for the first and last time, on one single bundle, including the *Happiness now extended, *Happiness now completed and *Happiness not included albums. The package additionally features remixes, bonus tracks, B sides, alternative versions, live recordings, demos, instrumentals – many previously unreleased, from formats that have sold out and are now deleted, or unavailable before digitally.

The USB stick also includes digital versions of the new cover artwork, single sleeves plus other selected curios from throughout the campaign, press shots, press releases and other hidden treasures. Total playing time is 8 hours 30 minutes!

Released due to many requests from completists as well as those who do not have physical format facilities, and/or prefer to enjoy higher quality audio on the WAV format, *Happiness now digital is a veritable treasure trove of Soft Cell’s most recent and very prolific era. If you loved *Happiness not included, and want to enjoy the whole event together in one handy package, this one’s for you!

This release is STRICTLY limited to 250 copies, and includes a set of 4 custom 7 x 7 inch artwork prints, featuring brand new artwork. Exclusive to the Soft Cell store, orders will be shipped to arrive in time for the 19th January release date, or before.

Tracklisting is as follows:

1 Happy Happy Happy (Album Version)

2 Polaroid (Album Version)

3 Bruises On All My Illusions (Album Version)

4 Purple Zone (Album Version)

5 Heart Like Chernobyl (Album Version)

6 Light Sleepers (Album Version)

7 Happiness Not Included (Album Version)

8 Nostalgia Machine (Album Version)

9 Nighthawks (Album Version)

10 I’m Not A Friend Of God (Album Version)

11 Tranquiliser (Album Version)

12 New Eden (Album Version)

13 First Hand Experience Of Second Hand Love (Full Version)

14 Jukebox Head

15 Quiet Rebellion

16 Strange Kinda Dance (Edit)

17 The Day The World Turned Day-Glo (Full Version)

18 Vapourise

19 You Kill Me

20 Last Chance (2022 Version)

21 Murder Your Darlings

22 Night And The City (2023 Version)

23 Gemini Lounge

24 Defiant

25 Back To Nature (Marc’s Mix)

26 Happiness Not Included (Sax Version)

27 Purple Zone (Original Soft Cell Version)

28 Nostalgia Machine (2023 Radio Edit)

29 Bruises On All My Illusions (Radio Edit)

30 First Hand Experience Of Second Hand Love (Radio Edit)

31 Nighthawks (Chris & Cosey Remix)

32 Happy Happy (Extended 2023 Mix)

33 Polaroid (Extended 2023 Mix)

34 Bruises On My Illusions (Extended 2023 Mix)

35 Purple Zone (Pet Shop Boys Extended 2022 Mix)

36 Heart Like Chernobyl (Extended 2021 Mix)

37 Light Sleepers (Extended 2022 Mix)

38 Happiness Not Included (Extended 2022 Mix)

39 Nostalgia Machine (Manhattan Clique Remix)

40 Nighthawks (Extended 2023 Mix)

41 I’m Not A Friend Of God (Extended 2023 Mix)

42 Tranquiliser (Extended 2023 Mix)

43 New Eden (Extended 2023 Mix)

44 Happy Happy (Instrumental Version)

45 Polaroid (Instrumental Version)

46 Bruises On All My Illusions (Instrumental Version)

47 Purple Zone (Instrumental Version)

48 Heart Like Chernobyl (Instrumental Version)

49 Light Sleepers (Instrumental Version)

50 Happiness Not Included (Instrumental Version)

51 Nostalgia Machine (Instrumental Version)

52 Nighthawks (Instrumental Version)

53 I’m Not A Friend Of God (Instrumental Version)

54 Tranquiliser (Instrumental Version)

55 New Eden (Instrumental Version)

56 The Day The World Turned Day Glo (Instrumental Version)

57 Defiant (Instrumental Version)

58 First Hand Experience Of Second Hand Love (Instrumental Version)

59 Gemini Lounge (Instrumental Version)

60 Jukebox (Instrumental Version)

61 Last Chance (Brass Mix Instrumental Version)

62 Murder Your Darlings (Instrumental Version)

63 Quiet Rebellion (Instrumental Version)

64 Strange Kinda Dance Edit (Instrumental Version)

65 Vapourise (Instrumental Version)

66 Purple Zone (Original Soft Cell Instrumental Version)

67 Night And The City (Instrumental Version)

68 Bruises On All My Illusions (Manhattan Clique Remix]

69 Bruises On My Illusions (MHC Dub)

70 Bruises On All My Illusions (The Grid Remix)

71 Bruises On All My Illusions (The Grid Remix Dub)

72 Bruises On All My Illusions (Live in London, 2021)

73 Happy Happy Happy (Live in London, 2021)

74 Heart Like Chernobyl (Live in London, 2021)

75 Nostalgia Machine (Live in London, 2021)

76 Purple Zone (Live in London, 2021)

77 Purple Zone (Pet Shop Boys Club Mix)

78 Purple Zone (Pet Shop Boys Extended Mix)

79 Purple Zone (Pet Shop Boys Club Dub)

80 Purple Zone (Manhattan Clique Remix)

81 Purple Zone (Manhattan Clique Dub)

82 Purple Zone (Hercules & Love Affair Remix)

83 Purple Zone (Hercules & Love Affair Dub)

84 Purple Zone (Original Dave Ball Extended Mix)

85 Purple Zone (Original Soft Cell Radio Edit)

86 Nostalgia Machine (Hifi Sean Extended Remix)

87 Nostalgia Machine (Hifi Sean Dub)

88 Nostalgia Machine (Hifi Sean Remix Edit)

89 Nostalgia Machine (Wally Funk Remix)

90 Nostalgia Machine (Manhattan Clique Dub Remix)

91 Nostalgia Machine (Wally Funk Remix Dub)

92 Last Chance 2022 (Extended Christmas Mix)

93 Last Chance (Christmas Mix)

94 Last Chance (Christmas Radio Edit)

95 Light Sleepers (Grid Twilight Mix)

96 Light Sleepers (The Grid ‘Another Grid World’ Mix)

97 Vapourise (Dave Ball Extended Version)

98 Strange Kinda Dance (Full Version)

99 Nighthawks (Dave Ball Original Version)

100 Night And The City (And You) (Original 2018 Version)

101 The Day The World Turned Day-Glo (Edit)

102 The Day The World Turned Day Glo (Dave’s Demo)

Please note, tracklisting and artwork subject to possible minor final changes before release.

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From Wonderland to the World Beyond
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