Soft Cell, Numbers

The Readers Wifes twenty-seventh choice of song with LGBT significance: Soft Cell, Numbers. For 2012 LGBT History Month.

“Sexual addiction had never sounded so good – and ‘throw ‘em away like Kleenex’ is still a fantastic line, isn’t it?”

Clayton Littlewood’s Soho Stories: Soft Cell and Lady Gaga

Clayton writes about the joys of Soft Cell and the inspiration of Lady Gaga.

He tells me where the early Soft Cell videos were filmed (around Walkers Court), about recording in Trident (which is just up the road on St Anne’s Court), a studio where Bowie and Bolan once recorded.

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Released on March 16th, 1984

A ‘difficult’ third album that is both courageous and satisfying.

Putting aside its deliberately lo-fi sound – heck, some of it was even recorded in mono – what you had in your grubby little, nail-bitten hands was an exemplary set from a band who’d always taken a walk on the wild side.