Cruelty Without Beauty

Cruelty Without Beauty is the fourth studio album by Soft Cell. The album was released on 8 October 2002. It is Soft Cell's first album since 1984's This Last Night in Sodom. An expanded and remastered re-issue of the album was released on 25 September 2020. It included new remixes by Dave Ball, 4 of which were released as a limited white vinyl 12-inch single. The album was also released on vinyl for the first time.

Track listing
All songs written by Marc Almond and David Ball unless otherwise noted.


 * 1) "Darker Times" (Marc Almond, David Ball, Ingo Vauk)
 * 2) "Monoculture"
 * 3) "Le Grand Guignol"
 * 4) "The Night" (Bob Gaudio, Al Ruzicka)
 * 5) "Last Chance"
 * 6) "Together Alone"
 * 7) "Desperate"
 * 8) "Whatever It Takes"
 * 9) "All Out of Love"
 * 10) "Sensation Nation"
 * 11) "Caligula Syndrome"
 * 12) "On an Up"

Personnel
with:
 * Soft Cell
 * Marc Almond – vocals, backing vocals, arrangement
 * Dave Ball – electronic instruments, additional backing vocals
 * Dominic Glover – trumpet
 * Nicol D. Thomson – trombone
 * Mike Smith – saxophone
 * Chris Braide – backing vocals
 * Technical
 * Layout – Grace Van Detta
 * Engineer – Ingo Vauk
 * Assistant mix engineer – Haicong Guo
 * Mastering – Dave Blackman
 * Photography – Evelyn
 * Producer – Dave Ball, Ingo Vauk
 * Programming – Ingo Vauk
 * Additional help – Antti Uusimaki, Philip Bagenal