Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing [Original recording remastered]

Soft Cell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B00000I601
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #516,374 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered 1998 reissue of their second release, 1982's six track remix mini-LP 'Non Stop Ecstatic Dancing'. Contains new cover art, new liner notes, all of the originaltracks & six bonus tracks: extended versions of 'Tainted Love/ Where Did Our Love Go', 'Memorabilia', 'What!', 'So', 'Torch' and 'Insecure Me'. Both this reissue & the original are Mercury releases. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fabulous, kinky romp into Clubland with two English boys, October 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing (Audio CD)

Soft Cell, best-known for their stark, yet captivating electronic soul cover "Tainted Love", took a trip (literally!) to New York City to remix some of their material in 1982. Instead of simply extending their songs (sadly, most modern electronic artists give up their heart and soul by letting TOTALLY UNRELATED "artists" remix their singles-check out Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys and Erasure's mixes: Where are the original songs? Where are the original artists? Yuck.) Soft Cell took their material into their OWN hands, and totally reinvented some of their best-known songs (except "Tainted Love"). Instead of the two-minute Soft Cell tracks, we are presented with six lengthy creations, each as exciting as the next. David Ball's keyboards pulse, pump, crunch and bleep to create a carnival-like madhouse of frenzied frolicking, which vocalist Marc Almond luxuriates in. Soft Cell create a world of neon bars and backrooms, with characters that live their lives with hedonistic abandon. Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing throws all cares to the wind, and shamelessly spins the COOLEST dance music *ever* created in the 1980's. Listening to this album now, it is hard to imagine that it was made seventeen years ago. Dave and Marc were very ahead of the pack, and this hypnotic collection of dance mixes brings the listener into an uninhibited land of fantasy and fun. The cover of NON-STOP ECSTATIC DANCING says it all. David Ball-cool, collected, and brimming with GQ style, stands beside Marc Almond, the little diva with more *glamour* than you can shake a whip at, hint at a fantastic world of twilight and sleaze. Marc grins beside an Adult Cinema Emporium in Times Square, while Dave stands by in leather, stoic and staring. I WANT TO PEEK INTO THEIR WORLD! "Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing" is a nice place to start! This edition features some original mixes. A must-have for anyone interested in QUALITY electronic music.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars you'll get no soft sell from this Soft Cell!, October 17, 2002

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Lori Warriner (near boston ma) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing (Audio CD)

Very very meaty big and bouncy release from Soft Cell - the original EP was released before tainted love and was very well received by college radio. Danceable pop and pretty steamy lyrics; overall a hoot and a lot of fun to listen to and remember when our hair was big, our pants were tight and made outta leather!

4.0 out of 5 stars Dance like crazy!, August 2, 2008

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Martin V. Ribe Kolendowitz "MartinRibe" (Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing (Audio CD)

This was Soft Cells' second album, is a very fresh and danceable one. It gets us all back to the 80's. It's astounding what a great quality and creativity this two guys were able to cook up just using a couple of synthesizers. Of course Almond is a vocal talent and Ball a great musician. I strongly recommend it to people over 35 yo.