Release Date: | 31/10/2025 |
Format: | 2LP Colour/ 6CD Deluxe/ 2CD |
Label: | UMR/Mercury |
Catalogue Number: | 7563282/ 7563269/ 7563279 |
2LP - The Art of Falling Apart – Limited Edition 2LP set Pressed on pink and orange vinyl Includes remastered original album plus 7" versions
2CD - The Art of Falling Apart – 2CD Deluxe Edition
CD1 features remastered original album + B sides
CD2 includes 12" and alternative versions + live
Soft Cell's - aka singer and frontman Marc Almond and multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Ball - second album is freshly remastered by Barry Grint from the original tapes and shows off the feted duo's harder take on pop music in all its darkly textured and gothic-tinged glory.
6CD - The Art of Falling Apart - expanded super deluxe edition, over six discs, features 36 previously unreleased tracks. The album is housed in a lavish 10”x 10” package, featuring the extended album, plus bonus 12” tracks, B-sides, rarities, remixes, instrumentals/dubs, brand new remixes and a full disc of demos as well as audio from live tv appearances from the time. The super deluxe edition also includes a 60-page hardback book, new notes from esteemed journalist Adrian Thrills and images from long term Soft Cell collaborator, photographer Peter Ashworth. All making this a must have for die-hard Soft Cell fans and alternative and electronic music afficionados alike.
Tracklist:
LP1 –
- Forever The Same
- Where The Heart Is
- Numbers
- Heat
- Kitchen Sink Drama
- Baby Doll
- Loving You, Hating Me
- The Art Of Falling Apart
LP2 -
- Martin
- Hendrix Medley
- It's A Mug's Game (7" Version)
- Barriers (7" Version)
- Ghost Rider (2025 Version)
- Heat (US Single)
2CD
CD1 features remastered original album + B sides
CD2 includes 12" and alternative versions + live
Soft Cell's - aka singer and frontman Marc Almond and multi-instrumentalist and producer Dave Ball - second album is freshly remastered by Barry Grint from the original tapes and shows off the feted duo's harder take on pop music in all its darkly textured and gothic-tinged glory.
Tracklisting
CD1 –
- Forever The Same
- Where The Heart Is
- Numbers
- Heat
- Kitchen Sink Drama
- Baby Doll
- Loving You, Hating Me
- The Art Of Falling Apart
- Martin
- Hendrix Medley
- It's A Mug's Game (7" Version)
- Barriers (7" Version)
- Loving You, Hating Me - Special Mix
CD2 –
- Ghost Rider (New 2022 version featuring Jim Thirlwell)
- Where The Heart Is (12" Version)
- It's A Mug's Game (Dave Ball 2025 Re-Eq Version)
- Numbers (12" Version)
- Barriers (12" Version)
- Loving You, Hating Me (12" Version)
- Forever The Same (12" Version)
- Heat (US Single Edit)
- Where The Heart Is (Live At The Hammersmith Apollo 2021)
- Numbers (Live at 02)
- It's A Mug's Game (Live at Hammersmith Palais, 1983)
6CD
The Art of Falling Apart - expanded super deluxe edition, over six discs, features 36 previously unreleased tracks. The album is housed in a lavish 10”x 10” package, featuring the extended album, plus bonus 12” tracks, B-sides, rarities, remixes, instrumentals/dubs, brand new remixes and a full disc of demos as well as audio from live tv appearances from the time. The super deluxe edition also includes a 60-page hardback book, new notes from esteemed journalist Adrian Thrills and images from long term Soft Cell collaborator, photographer Peter Ashworth. All making this a must have for die-hard Soft Cell fans and alternative and electronic music afficionados alike.
CD1 - REMASTERED ALBUM, B SIDES, BONUS 12"
- Forever The Same - remastered
- Where The Heart Is - remastered
- Numbers - remastered
- Heat – remastered
- Kitchen Sink Drama - remastered
- Baby Doll - remastered
- Loving You, Hating Me - remastered
- The Art Of Falling Apart - remastered
- Martin - remastered
- Hendrix Medley – remastered
- It's A Mug's Game (7" version) - remastered and previously unreleased on CD
- Barriers (7" version) - remastered and previously unreleased on CD
- Loving You, Hating Me - Special Mix - remastered
CD2 - THE ART OF FALLING APART - EXTENDED ALBUM PLUS ORIGINAL 12" B SIDES
- Forever The Same (Original 12" version) - remastered and previously unreleased
- Where The Heart Is (Original 12" version) - remastered
- Numbers (Original 12" version) - remastered
- Heat (2018 extended version) - remastered
- Kitchen Sink Drama (2018 extended version) - remastered
- Baby Doll (2025 extended version) - previously unreleased
- Loving You, Hating Me (Original 12" version) - remastered
- The Art Of Falling Apart (2018 extended version) - remastered
- It's A Mug's Game (Original 12" version) - remastered
- Barriers (Original 12" version) - remastered
CD3 - CURIOS, RARITIES, REMIXES & NEW MIXES
- Ghost Rider (New 2025 version featuring Jim Thirlwell) - previously unreleased
- Martin (The Hacker Remix) - previously unreleased
- It's A Mug's Game (Dave Ball 2025 Re-Eq Version) - previously unreleased
- Where The Heart Is (The Grid Remix) - remastered
- Baby Doll (Nightwreckers Remix) - previously unreleased
- Barriers (Dave Ball Broken Down Angels Mix - Full Version) - previously unreleased
- Martin (Dave Ball Halloween Mix) - remastered
- Where The Heart Is (Marcas Lancaster Remix) - remastered
- The Art Of Falling Apart (Atomizer Remix) - remastered
- Barriers (Dark Poets Remix) - remastered
- Heat (Yer Man 2025 Remix) - previously unreleased
- Martin (Nightwreckers 2025 Remix) - remastered and previously unreleased
CD4 - THE ART OF FALLING APART (DEMOS & LIVE TV APPEARANCES)
- Forever The Same (Original 1982 demo) - remastered and previously unreleased
- Where The Heart Is (Original 1982 demo) - remastered and previously unreleased
- Numbers (Original 1982 demo) - remastered and previously unreleased
- Heat (Original 1982 demo) - remastered and previously unreleased
- Kitchen Sink Drama (Original 1982 demo) - remastered and previously unreleased
- Baby Doll (Original 1982 demo) - remastered and previously unreleased
- Loving You, Hating Me (Original 1982 demo) - remastered and previously unreleased
- The Art Of Falling Apart (Original 1982 demo) - remastered and previously unreleased
- Numbers (Live on BBC ORS, 14/1/83) - remastered and previously unreleased audio
- Heat (Live on BBC ORS, 14/1/83) - remastered and previously unreleased audio
- Ghost Rider (Live on CH4 The Switch) - remastered and previously unreleased audio
- Numbers 7" (DJ Version) - remastered and previously unreleased audio
- Heat (US Single Edit) - remastered and previously unreleased audio
- Baby Doll (Dave Ball Non-Stop Euphoric Dubbing version) - remastered and previously unreleased audio
- Numbers (Dave Ball Non-Stop Euphoric Dubbing version) - remastered
- Barriers (Dave Ball Broken Down Angels Dub version) - remastered
CD5 - THE ART OF FALLING APART (INSTRUMENTALS & DUBS)
- Forever The Same (Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- Where The Heart Is (Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- Numbers (Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- Heat (Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- Kitchen Sink Drama (Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- Baby Doll (Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- Loving You, Hating Me (Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- The Art Of Falling Apart (Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- It's A Mugs' Game (12" Instrumental version) - previously unreleased
- Martin (2024 Dub Mix) - previously unreleased
- Hendrix Medley (Instrumental) - previously unreleased
- Barriers (Instrumental) - previously unreleased
- Ghost Rider (Original 1983 Backing Track) - remastered and previously unreleased
CD6 - THE ART OF TOURING APART (LIVE IN LONDON 2018-2021 + MORE)
- Forever The Same – Live at The O2 - 30th September 2018
- Where The Heart Is - Live in Hammersmith, 2021
- Numbers – Live at The O2 - 30th September 2018
- Heat – Live at The O2 - 30th September 2018
- Kitchen Sink Drama - Live in Hammersmith, 2021
- Baby Doll – Live at The O2 - 30th September 2018
- Loving You, Hating Me – Live at The O2 - 30th September 2018
- The Art Of Falling Apart – Live at The O2 - 30th September 2018
- Martin – Live at The O2 - 30th September 2018
- Barriers - Live at The O2, 30th September 2018
- Hey Joe/Purple Haze - Live in USA, 1983
- It's A Mug's Game - Live at Hammersmith Palais, 1983 - remastered
- Ghost Rider - Live at Hammersmith Palais, 1983 - remastered and previously unreleased
- Numbers - Live at Hammersmith Palais, 1983 - remastered