Cruelty Without Beauty

Cruelty Without Beauty
Studio album by Soft Cell
Released	8 October 2002
Recorded	2002
Genre	Synthpop
Length	54:56
Label	Cooking Vinyl COOK CD245 Spin Art SPART 116
Producer	Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
Soft Cell chronology
This Last Night in Sodom (1984) Cruelty Without Beauty (2002) The Bedsit Tapes (2005)

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Cruelty Without Beauty is the fourth studio album by Soft Cell. The album was released on 8 October 2002.

Track listing

1. "Darker Times"
2. "Monoculture"
3. "Le Grand Guignol"
4. "The Night"
5. "Last Chance"
6. "Together Alone"
7. "Desperate"
8. "Whatever It Takes"
9. "All Out of Love"
10. "Sensation Nation"
11. "Caligula Syndrome"
12. "On an Up"

Notes

All songs written by Marc Almond and David Ball unless otherwise noted.

• "Darker Times" composed by Marc Almond, David Ball and Ingo Vauk
• "The Night" composed by Bob Gaudio and Ruzika

Personnel

• 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

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