Cruelty Without Beauty
Cruelty Without Beauty is the fourth studio album by Soft Cell. The album was released on 8 October 2002. It is Soft Cell's first album since 1984's This Last Night in Sodom. An expanded and remastered re-issue of the album was released on 25 September 2020. It included new remixes by Dave Ball, 4 of which were released as a limited white vinyl 12-inch single. The album was also released on vinyl for the first time.
Track listing
All songs written by Marc Almond and David Ball unless otherwise noted.- "Darker Times"
- "Monoculture"
- "Le Grand Guignol"
- "The Night"
- "Last Chance"
- "Together Alone"
- "Desperate"
- "Whatever It Takes"
- "All Out of Love"
- "Sensation Nation"
- "Caligula Syndrome"
- "On an Up"
Personnel
;Soft Cell- Marc Almond – vocals, backing vocals, arrangement
- Dave Ball – electronic instruments, additional backing vocals
- Dominic Glover – trumpet
- Nicol D. Thomson – trombone
- Mike Smith – saxophone
- Chris Braide – backing vocals
- Layout – Grace Van Detta
- Engineer – Ingo Vauk
- Assistant mix engineer – Haicong Guo
- Mastering – Dave Blackman
- Photography – Evelyn
- Producer – Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
- Programming – Ingo Vauk
- Additional help – Antti Uusimaki, Philip Bagenal