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Cruelty Without Beauty
| Cruelty Without Beauty | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| 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 | |||
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| Singles from Cruelty Without Beauty | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 70/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Blender | [1] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| Hot Press | 8.5/10[4] |
| NME | Mixed[5] |
| Release Magazine |   [6] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [7] |
| Q | [1] |
| Uncut | [8] |
Cruelty Without Beauty is the fourth[9] 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.[10]
- ^ a b c "Reviews for Cruelty Without Beauty by Soft Cell". Metacritic. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Cruelty Without Beauty – Soft Cell". AllMusic.
- ^ "CG: Soft Cell". Robert Christgau official website. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Hayden, Jackie (17 December 2002). "Cruelty Without Beauty". Hot Press. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Robinson, Peter (12 September 2005). "Soft Cell : Cruelty Without Beauty". NME. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Noheden, Kristoffer (1 October 2002). "Soft Cell: Cruelty Without Beauty". Release Magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; David Hoard, Christian (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album GuideThe New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 757. ISBN 9780743201698. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ Dalton, Stephen (October 2002). "Soft Cell: Cruelty Without Beauty (Cooking Vinyl) ****". Uncut. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Soft Cell working on new album 'destined to come out next year'".
- ^ "Cruelty Without Beauty – 2020 Expanded Reissue".
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