This Last Night in Sodom

by Soft Cell

This Last Night in Sodom cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1984
  • Label: Some Bizzare
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:27
  • Community rating: 3.34/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Dave Ball, Marc Almond

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as the duo's initial swan song before a lengthy hiatus, 'This Last Night in Sodom' completely abandons the commercial sheen of their earlier hits. Marc Almond and Dave Ball lean into aggressive percussion, distorted synths, and themes of sleaze and desperation. The challenging, abrasive production polarized mainstream audiences but cemented their legacy as subversive electronic pioneers.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Mr. Self Destruct (3:12)
  2. Slave To This (5:04)
  3. Little Rough Rhinestone (4:38)
  4. Meet Murder My Angel (4:38)
  5. The Best Way To Kill (4:42)
  6. L'Esqualita (7:12)
  7. Down In The Subway (2:50)
  8. Surrender (To A Stranger) (3:38)
  9. Soul Inside (4:25)
  10. Where Was Your Heart (When You Needed It Most) (5:08)

Credits

  • Huw Feather - artwork [done by]
  • Raoul Revere - concept by [cover]
  • Dave Ball - keyboards, performer [instruments], bass, guitar, percussion, performer [very complicated things], written-by
  • Marc Almond - percussion, vocals, percussion, written-by, guitar [mammoth tremolo arm blitz]
  • Gary Barnacle - saxophone [naughty]
  • Gini Ball - vocals [big appetite + big hair]
  • Sister Celeste - voice
  • Jack Hammer - written-by

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