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9.0
129853
9.0 |
God Is In The TV
That these guys – with Almond’s life-threatening motorbike crash and Ball’s lung disease (and recent cracked vertebrae) – are still making music at all is remarkable; that they’re making music as fresh, inspired, angry, sexy, innovative and downright wonderful as this is nothing short of a miracle
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8.0
130115
8.0 |
Mojo
Marc Almond's slightly-too sharp voice and Dave Ball's compendium of antique synth tricks are once again a perfect pop match. Print edition only
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8.0
129796
8.0 |
The Guardian
Two decades after their last album, the band return with a wryly hopeful record – and some trademark electro bangers
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8.0
129782
8.0 |
Uncut
While these dozen faithfully and fabulously Soft Cell-ish songs do not stint on paranoid foreboding, they are buoyed by an undimmed pop instinct and Almond’s waspish wit. Print edition only
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8.0
129784
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
The title track gives a pretty accurate summation of the state of our lives today
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7.0
129815
7.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Synth legends Soft Cell serve up darkness you can dance to (again) on Happiness Not Included
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6.0
129822
6.0 |
The FT
The estranged 1980s synth-pop duo of Marc Almond and Dave Ball reunite for another album
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6.0
129795
6.0 |
The Independent
After “bowing out” with a string of farewell shows in 2018, Soft Cell have returned to a landscape that’s almost certainly worse than when they left it
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5.0
129783
5.0 |
musicOMH
They’ve had their day doing one thing, they now need to do another, and while further albums are even less likely than this one, Happiness Not Included feels like something of a missed opportunity
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