Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Review by Okechukwu Iroegbu

Say Hello Wave Goodbye is a landmark album by Soft Cell, a British synthpop duo that made a significant impact in the 1980s. Released in 1982, the album features ten tracks that showcase the band's unique blend of electronic beats, soulful vocals, and edgy lyrics. From the opening track "Forever the Same" to the closing ballad "Say Hello Wave Goodbye," the album takes the listener on a journey of love, loss, and longing.

One of the standout tracks on the album is the hit single "Tainted Love," a cover of a 1964 song by Gloria Jones. Soft Cell's version became a massive hit, reaching the top of the charts in several countries and becoming an anthem for the new wave and synthpop movements. The song's catchy melody and pulsating rhythm, combined with Marc Almond's emotive vocals, make it a timeless classic.

Other notable tracks on the album include "Bedsitter," a haunting ballad about loneliness and isolation, and "Youth," a fast-paced dance track with a punk edge. The album's title track, "Say Hello Wave Goodbye," is a poignant ballad that captures the pain of a breakup and the struggle to move on.

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Artist: Soft Cell
Album: Say Hello Wave Goodbye

1981

Rating: 5.0

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Tracks

Track	Duration	Preview
Together Alone
Bleak Is My Favourite Cliché (Live Leeds Warehouse 16.07.18)
Loving You, Hating Me
What
Say Hello Wave Goodbye (Dub Master)	5:30
Darker Times
Tainted Love / Where Did Your Love Go
Frustration
Baby Doll
Last Chance
Soul Inside
The Art Of Falling Apart
Say Hello Wave Goodbye (Radio Edit Master)	5:00
Bedsitter (Extended Version)
Tainted Love (Soulchild Mix)	3:19
So (Live 02 30.09.18)
The Night	4:25
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (DJ-Version)	4:28
Forever The Same
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Extended Version)	8:58
Barriers
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Almighty Radio Edit)	4:36
Youth
Bedsitter
Caligula Syndrome	4:51
Somebody, Somewhere, Sometime
The Art of Falling Apart	07:17
Insecure Me
Numbers
Divided Soul	4:22
Mr. Self Destruct	03:32
Martin
Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go
Northern Lights
Fun City	7:45
Say Hello Wave Goodbye (Edited 12" Master)	8:10
Say Hello,Wave Goodbye (Instrumental)	5:20
Say Hello ,Wave Goodbye	5:30
Say Hello Wave Goodbye	5:25
Persuasion
Where Did Our Love Go	05:33
O2verture
The Best Way To Kill
Surrender To A Stranger
Tainted (Dub) / Where Did Our Love Go (Vocal)	8:50
Tainted Love	3:39
Torch
Darker Time
Memorabilia
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Almighty Radio Edit Short Version)	3:21
Say Hello Wave Goodbye 12"
Sex Dwarf
Say Hello Wave Goodbye (12" Version)	9:10
Say Hello Wave Goodbye 7"
A Man Could Get Lost (Live Leeds Warehouse 16.07.18)
Tainted Love/Where Did Our Love Go
Meet Murder My Angel
Le Grand Guignol	4:18
The Best Way to Kill	05:23
Where Did Our Love Go?	5:33
Tainted Dub
Mr Self Destruct	3:32
Where the Hearts Is (Live 02 30.09.18)
Say Hello Wave Goodbye (Extended Version)	9:08
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye (Instrumental)
Say Hello, Wave Goodbye
Monoculture
Say Hello Wave Goodbye (Master)	5:20
Heat
The Art Of Falling Appart

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Live Here Now
Vertigo
Celluloid
Some Bizzare
UMC
Cellmates
Not On Label
Music Club
Flexi Records Ltd, Cellmates
Phonogram GmbH
Vertigo, Some Bizzare
UMC, Live Here Now
Mercury
Vertigo (Canada)
747
Vertigo, Mercury

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7"
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Companies

Role	Company
Licensed To	Live Here Now Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p)	Soft Cell
Copyright (c)	Soft Cell
Record Company	Polygram Discos SARL
Distributed By	PolyGram
Mixed At	Mediasound
Printed By	Sericrom Lda.
Published By	Metropolis
Recorded At	O2 Arena, London
Lacquer Cut At	Master Room
Pressed By	PRS Ltd.
Manufactured By	Flexi Records Ltd
Marketed By	Demon Music Group Ltd.
Licensed From	Phonogram Ltd.
Made By	PolyGram Records Pty. Limited
Mastered At	Master Room

Credits

Role	Credit
Backing Band	Simon King
Backing Vocals	Billie Godfrey, Bryan Chambers, Louise Marshall
Brass	Jack Birchwood
Percussion	Pablo Cook
Synthesizer	Dave Ball
Bass	Dave Ball
Vocals	Mari Wilson
Guitar	Marc Almond
Woodwind	Gary Barnacle
Written-By	Holland (tracks: DVD-27, BD-27), Ball (tracks: DVD-1 to DVD-24, DVD-26, DVD-28, DVD-29, BD-1 to BD-24, BD-26, BD-28, BD-29), Cobb (tracks: DVD-27, BD-27), Holland (tracks: DVD-27, BD-27), Barnum (tracks: DVD-25, BD-25), Dozier (tracks: DVD-27, BD-27), Almond (tracks: CD-1 tDVD-1 to DVD-24, DVD-26, DVD-28, DVD-29, BD-1 to BD-24, BD-26, BD-28, BD-29), Mulhall (tracks: DVD-23, BD-23)
Engineer	Don Wershba
Illustration	Huw Feather
Mixed By	Harvey Goldberg
Photography By	Peter Ashworth
Producer	Mike Thorne
Guest	Mari Wilson (tracks: D2)
Management	Chris Smith Management, Mark Langthorne
Artwork	Huw Feather
Lacquer Cut By	ARUN
Remix	Julian Mendelsohn
Liner Notes	Adam Woods
Cover	Huw Feather
Performer	David Ball, Marc Almond
Mastered By	Arun
Engineered By	Don Wershba (tracks: A1), Paul Hardman (tracks: B1)
Artwork By	Huw Feather
Photography	Peter Ashworth

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Live Here Now
LHN052DVD
Marc Almond Dave Ball with Mike Thorne Producing
℗ 1982
Mixed at Media Sound
Distribuido Em Portugal Por PolyGram
Fabricado Em Portugal
Impresso por Sericrom Lda.
Mixed By Harvey Goldberg At Media Sound.
Limited to 300 copies with 02 photobook, autographed certificate, 12"x12" double sided art print, 4 x A6 Postcards, Lyric / music sheet of Say Hello Wave Goodbye, exclusive 10” of 4 live tracks, AAA Show Laminate & Lanyard, sealed O2 Show Programme.
First 1000 copies included a slipcase.
CD tracks are numbered sequentially (and not separated by disc)
Exclusive edit of the 12" version
Mixed At Media Sound.
A-side ℗1981
B-side ℗1982
1st edition: Paper labels
2nd edition: Blue injection-print labels (this issue)
3rd edition: Silver injection-print labels
℗ 1981 Phonogram Ltd
Live At The 02 Arena, London / 2018
℗ A UMC release; 2019 Live Here Now Limited, under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations Limited © 2019 Live Here Now Limited
Promotional Copy Only - Not For Resale.
2nd edition: Blue injection-print labels
3rd edition: Silver injection-print labels (this issue)
Track A mixed at Media Sound.
Track B recorded live at Box Studios Heckmondwike, Leeds.
Metropolis / Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
(P) 1981 Phonogram Ltd.
Made in West Germany
Made under licence of Phonogram Ltd
℗ © 1982 Phonogram
Distribution Vogue P.I.P.
Catalog# given on sleeve: 106 410
on labels: 106410
Recorded Live at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 5th Dec 1982.
Promotional cassette for the single 'Say hello wave goodbye'91'. Neither the 1991 remix is mentioned, nor Marc Almond as it was a Soft Cell/Marc Almond release for the forthcoming 'Memorabilia - The Singles' album.
The cassette features the 1991 remix in different edits.
Tape plays tracks only on one side.
(P) 1982 Phonogram Ltd
Made in Holland
Single sided Master Room acetate - DJ version
LHN052CD
Reissue of the 2003 Live album with different artwork and title and new liner notes.
Tracks 1-1, 1-4, 1-8, 1-9, 1-10, 1-11, 1-12 and 1-13 published by Warner Chappell.
Tracks 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-5 and 1-7 published by Cooking Vinyl Music/BMG Music Publishing.
Track 1-6 published by Cooking Vinyl/BMG Music Publishing/Copyright Control.
Tracks 2-3, 2-5, 2-6, 2-7, 2-11, 2-12 and 2-13 published by Warner Chappell.
Tracks 2-1 and 2-2 published by Cooking Vinyl Music/BMG Music Publishing.
Track 2-4 published by Jobete/London/Motown Record Corporation.
Track 2-8 published by Embassy Music Corporation.
Track 2-9 published by EMI Blackwood Music Inc/Stone Agate Music.
Recorded Spring 2003 in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, London and Brussels.
All tracks licensed courtesy of Cooking Vinyl.
This compilation: ℗ 2005 Demon Music Group Ltd.
© 2005 Demon Music Group Ltd.
Marketed by Demon Music Group Ltd.
Made in the UK
This is the original GEMA release in picture sleeve.
(P) 1981 Phonogram Ltd
This is the only known pressing to include "Tainted Dub/Where Did Our Love Go (vocal)". Other known pressings include different track on side B. "Tainted Dub" is normally mixed with instrumental of "Where Did Our Love Go".
Titles on front cover: Say Hello Wave Goodbye Where Did Our Love Go (vocal) Tainted (dub)
Titles on back cover: Tainted (Dub) / Where Did Our Love Go (Vocal) Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Title on spine: Say Hello Wave Goodbye
Titles on labels: [A] Say Hello, Wave Goodbye [B] Tainted (Dub) / Where Did Our Love Go (Vocal)
Printed on back cover:
Limited Edition
[A] Mixed ... at Media Sound.
[A] Extended from the Vertigo Album & Cassette "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret"
℗ *[B] 1981 Some Bizzare Label
℗1982 Phonogram Ltd.
©1982 Phonogram Ltd.
Manufactured by PolyGram Inc. and distributed by PolyGram Distribution Inc., 6000 Cote de Liesse, St-Laurent, Quebec H4T 1E3 - Made in Canada
[Shorewood logo]
Printed on Side A label:
Extended from the Vertigo Album & Cassette "Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret"
Original Sound Recording made by Phonogram Ltd.
℗ 1982 Phonogram Ltd.
Printed on Side B label:
Original Sound Recording made by Some Bizarre Label
℗ 1981 Some Bizarre Label
Issued in a "fat" jewel box with the 3 discs and the 12-page booklet in the 4 slots
1st edition: Paper labels (this issue)
A: mixed at Media Sound.
B: recorded live at Box Studios Heckmondwike Leeds.
Metropolis/Warner Bros. Music Ltd.
℗ 1982 Original sound recording made by Phonogram Ltd.
Featuring Marc and David with Annie Hogan, Tim Taylor (For Marc And The Mambas).
Track times not listed on the release.
Comes in generic PolyGram paper sleeve. Has Vertigo logo on vinyl label.
Issued as promo for The Very Best Of Soft Cell compilation.
Orig. Sound Rec. made by
(P)1982 Phonogram Ltd.
Vertigo
A Philips Record Product.
Made in Austria
Came original with "phonogram" cover.
On labels:
℗ 1981 Phonogram Ltd.
On sleeve:
Herausgeber: Phonogram GmbH Hamburg
The 'Dub master' is unreleased.
Mixed at Media Sound.
White label test pressings in outer slip case (as normal release) in white inner sleeves. Signed by Almond and Ball on the front.
30 copies only. 15 from Soft Cell website, 15 from Lexer Music.
"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" mixed at Media Sound.
"Fun City" Recorded live at Box Studios, Heckmondwike, Leeds.
Annie Hogan/Tim Taylor (For Marc And The Mambas).
Printed in West Germany.
Originally released as a single in 1981.
The version of "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" fades out earlier than the original 12" version (10 seconds or so.).
It is still not possible to get the full version on CD.
The version on the 3CD 12" singles collection fades out even earlier.

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About Soft Cell

Album herunterladen Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye

Soft Cell was an English synthesizer duo during the early 1980's (later re-formed) of Marc Almond (vocals) and David Ball (keyboards). Their lyrics often focused on love and romance as well as the darker side of life, with subjects such as the nightlife, kinky sex, transvestism, drugs and murder. They had a huge world-wide hit in 1981 with a cover version of "Tainted Love," a northern soul classic originally sung by (the wife of ), that they followed up with more charting singles and one of the first remix Albums "Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing." Their self-penned non-album single "," missed the No.1 spot of the UK charts with a hairbreadth. "The Art Of Falling Apart'," produced with Mike Thorne and the then new CMI Fairlight at hand with endless efforts by Dave Ball aiming at perfection followed in 1982. It spawned two singles chosen against the will of the record companies; "Where The Heart Is," and "Numbers," the first on youthful frustration, the later about frequently changing sexual partners and neither sold too well. The commercial pressure finally collided with their artistic ambitions which led to solo and side projects and two farewell shows in January 1984 even before "This Last Night In Sodom," was released. They reunited in the early 2000's and toured with a 4th studio album "Cruelty Without Beauty," following in 2002. Once again they reunited for a final well documented "," live show in 2018 and the recording of a new single. Their new studio album "*Happiness Not Included," was released in spring of 2022.

Name Vars

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Softcell
Solt Cell
The Soft Cell
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Members

Marc Almond
Dave Ball

Summary by Okechukwu Iroegbu

Say Hello Wave Goodbye is a must-have album for fans of 1980s synthpop and new wave. Soft Cell's unique sound and Marc Almond's powerful vocals make this album a classic that stands the test of time. Whether you're a longtime fan or discovering the band for the first time, this album is sure to leave a lasting impression.