It was forty years ago today … out in clubland having fun
There is little doubt that the early success of this debut album was down to the quite superb cover of an old Gloria Jones B-side from the early sixties that never charted. The original version became a Northern Soul classic in the ‘seventies, before their cover shot Soft Cell to the top of the singles charts in the late summer of 1981. But, as most of those who bought it recognise, that was just one of a number of well-crafted tracks on an album that, unfortunately, they never quite emulated afterwards.
Album: Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret
Artist: Soft Cell
Released: 27th November 1981
Weeks in UK Album Chart: 46
Highest Chart Position: 5
