Cabaret Magazine

"Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" is the debut studio album by English synth-pop duo Soft Cell, released on 27 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records. The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the success of its lead single, a cover version of Gloria Jones's song "Tainted Love", which topped the charts worldwide and became the best-selling British single of 1981. In the United States as a result of the single's success, the album had reported advance orders of more than 200,000 copies. The album spawned two additional top-five singles in the UK: "Bedsitter" and "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye". CMJ New Music Report included "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret" on a list of The Top 25 College Radio Albums of All Time. American magazine Out placed the album at #66 on their list of The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time). It was also included in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret is the debut album by English synthpop duo Soft Cell, released in the United Kingdom on 27 November 1981 by Some Bizzare Records. The album's critical and commercial success was bolstered by the worldwide success of its single "Tainted Love", a cover version of a soul song by Gloria Jones, which topped charts worldwide and became the best-selling British single of 1981 in the United States. American magazine Out placed the album at number sixty-six on their list of The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums (of All Time). It was also included in Robert Dimery's book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. Remastered 1996 reissue with eight bonus tracks: 'Where Did Our Love Go?', 'Memorabilia', 'Facility Girls', 'Torch', 'Insecure Me', 'What?', 'Fun City' and '….So'. 18 tracks total from Marc Almond & Dave Ball, also featuring their top 10 cover of 'Tainted Love' and the hits 'Sex Dwarf' & 'Say Hello, Wave Goodbye'.

BBC Music Magazine 5 stars; Music Web International: Recording of the Month; Gramophone Editor's Choice; Diapason d'Or.
Great cabaret artists sing into your soul, and as this one–a severely Swedish mezzo, light in vocal colouring and texture–barely gets beyond your skin, it doesn't make for a collector's disc. But what she lacks, her pianist–also Swedish, but more intimate and interesting–supplies, with just the qualities demanded by this kind of short, sharp, instant-attraction repertory where you either grab your listeners' attention in the first three bars or not at all.

Recorded live at London's Hammersmith Apollo in November 2021 to celebrate its 40th anniversary; the iconic album 'Non Stop Erotic Cabaret in its entirety plus hits, rarities and new tracks.