Soft Cell have announced a pair of companion releases to their latest Top 10 LP, ‘*Happiness Not Included’.
Originally released last spring, the album entered the UK charts at No. 7 – their highest placement in four decades – and features the Pet Shop Boys collaboration, Purple Zone.
1/2: Announcing 2 companion albums to accompany 2022's *Happiness not included, both coming on 28th July. *HAPPINESS NOW EXTENDED is a double-vinyl album featuring full length versions of the tracks from the original album + bonus track Nighthawks.
— Soft Cell (@softcellhq) July 6, 2023
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Building the world around the record, ‘*Happiness Now Extended’ features longer versions of all 12 tracks from the original release, while ‘*Happiness Now Completed’ includes 10 brand new Marc Almond and Dave Ball tracks, plus unreleased mixes, remixes and single-only tracks.
The album also includes a newly re-recorded version of fan favourite Last Chance, with the addition of a full brass section, plus cover versions of Fad Gadget’s Back To Nature and X-Ray Spex’s The Day The World Turned Day Glo.
Lead track First Hand Experience in Second Hand Love was originally recorded by Giorgio Moroder, a huge influence on Soft Cell.
Both albums are out July 28 on BMG and available to pre-order now.
Tracklist: Soft Cell – *Happiness Now Extended
1. Happy Happy Happy
2. Polaroid
3. Bruises On All My Illusions
4. Purple Zone (with Pet Shop Boys)
5. Heart Like Chernobyl
6. Light Sleepers
7. Happiness Not Included
8. Nostalgia Machine
9. Nighthawks (with CHRISTEENE)
10. I’m Not A Friend Of God
11. Tranquiliser
12. New Eden
Tracklist: Soft Cell – *Happiness Now Completed
1. First Hand Experience In Second Hand Love
2. Jukebox Head
3. Quiet Rebellion
4. Strange Kinda Dance
5. The Day The World Turned Day-Glo (Full Version)
6. Vapourise (Edit)
7. You Kill Me
8. Last Chance (2002 Mix)
9. Murder Your Darlings
10. Night & The City (2023 Mix)
11. Gemini Lounge
12. Defiant
13. Back To Nature (Marc’s Mix)
14. *Happiness Not Included (Sax Mix)
15. Purple Zone (Original Soft Cell Version)
16. Nostalgia Machine (Radio Edit)
17. Bruises On All My Illusions (Radio Edit)
18. First Hand Experience In Second Hand Love (Radio Edit)
19. Nighthawks (with CHRISTEENE) (Chris & Cosey Remix)
