Soft Cell / Danceteria

Soft Cell release their last album, Danceteria, in September.

Marc Almond describes the record as “a love letter to New York in the early 80s” which was where he and the late Dave Ball recorded their first three albums. It takes its name from the legendary Manhattan nightclub where the duo would hang out while during the making of their 1981 debut, Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret. 

Marc Almond: “New York was like nowhere else on earth. There were 24-hour nightclubs, music, art and underground theatre. It offered a cornucopia of energy and edge, and the lyrics on Danceteria reflect that time of my life” 

The album was co-produced and co-written by Ball before his untimely death last October and Almond acknowledges that there will be no more Soft Cell albums without his friend, the “brilliant musical genius”.

“There can be no more recordings of Soft Cell without Dave, it would not be possible”, Marc says. “The sad reality is that Dave Ball was half of Soft Cell, and live work aside, I can’t write Soft Cell songs without him.”

Ball heard the finished record before he died and Almond says, “he knew it was a great piece of work”. You can hear the title track, above.

The CD edition comes in book format and includes two extra tracks, while the 12-track vinyl version as well as having fewer songs than its vinyl counterpart, appears to include edited versions of some of the tracks (presumably to make it all fit).

Danceteria will be released on CD and vinyl on 25 September 2026 via Republic of Music.

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Danceteria - CD edition

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Danceteria - black vinyl

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Tracklisting

Danceteria Soft Cell /

• CD

  • Side A

    1. Elusive
    2. Danceteria
    3. The Space Inside
    4. Times Square
    5. Two of a Kind
    6. The Rainbow Room
    7. In Heaven (When I Dance With You)

    Side B

    1. Decadence Is Hard Work
    2. Crackland*
    3. What Is Your Morality*
    4. Losing Yourself
    5. After Hours
    6. Wave to America
    7. Out Come the Freaks

    *Bonus tracks

• Vinyl LP

  • Side A

    1. Elusive (Vinyl Edit)
    2. Danceteria
    3. The Space Inside (Vinyl Edit)
    4. Times Square (Vinyl Edit)
    5. Two of a Kind
    6. The Rainbow Room (Vinyl Edit)
    7. In Heaven (When I Dance With You)

    Side B

    1. Decadence Is Hard Work
    2. Losing Yourself
    3. After Hours
    4. Wave to America
    5. Out Come the Freaks