Design [Original Package], Vocals, Percussion
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Marc Almond
Design [Package Redesign]
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M4 Design
Engineer
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Bill Clarke (tracks: 1-8, 2-4),
Don Wershba (tracks: 1-5 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-8),
Mike Johnson* (tracks: 3-6 to 3-8),
Paul Hardiman (tracks: 1-3, 1-4),
Pete Maben (tracks: 1-1, 1-2)
Executive-Producer
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Bas Hatong,
Paul Reidy
Instruments
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David Ball*
Mastered By
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Chris Herles
Mixed By
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Harvey Goldberg (tracks: 2-1, 2-2, 2-5 to 2-7)
Producer
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Daniel Miller (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 3-9),
Mike Thorne (tracks: 1-3, 1-4 to 1-7, 2-1 to 2-3, 2-5 to 2-8, 3-2, 3-10 to 3-12),
Soft Cell (tracks: 2-7 to 3-4, 3-6 to 3-8)
Written-By
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Ball* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5 to 2-2, 2-4 to 3-2, 3-5, 3-7, 3-9, 3-11, 3-12),
Ed Cobb (tracks: 1-3, 1-4, 3-10),
Holland / Dozier / Holland* (tracks: 1-3, 1-4),
John Barry (tracks: 3-3, 3-4),
Almond* (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-5 to 2-2, 2-5 to 3-2, 3-5, 3-7, 3-9, 3-11, 3-12)
Notes
Tracks 1-1, 1-2
Recorded December 1980, at Stage One Studio (16 track), London.
Released February 1981 on Mercury / Some Bizarre HARD 12.
Tracks 1-3, 1-4
Recorded at Advision Studios, London.
Released July 1981 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 212.
Tracks 1-5, 1-6
Recorded at the Camden Cell, London.
Released November 1981 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 612.
Tracks 1-7, 1-8
1-7 Recorded at the Camden Cell, London.
1-8 Recorded at Box Studios, Heckmondwike, Leeds.
Released January 1982 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 712.
Tracks 2-1, 2-2
Recorded at The Camden Cell London.
Released May 1982 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 912.
Tracks 2-3, 2-4
2-3 Recorded at the Camden Cell, London.
2-4 Recorded in The Box, West Yorks.
Released August 1982 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 112.
Tracks 2-5, 2-6
Recorded at The Camden Cell London.
Released November 1982 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 1612.
Tracks 2-7, 2-8
Released November 1983 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 1712.
Tracks 3-1 to 3-5
3-5 Produced with special thanks to the BBC.
Released September 1983 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 2012.
Tracks 3-6 to 3-8
Recorded and mixed at Britannia Row, London.
Released February 1984 on Mercury / Some Bizarre BZS 2212.
Tracks 3-9, 3-11
Released March 1991 on Mercury / Some Bizarre SOFT 112 & SOFCD1.
Track 3-10
Released May 1991 on Mercury / Some Bizarre SOFT 212 & SOFCD2.
Track 3-12
Released May 1991 as Mercury / Some Bizarre SOFCD2.
Mastered at Universal Music Group Studios.
All songs published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP) except
"Tainted Love", "Tainted Love '91" published by Embassy Music Corp. (BMI).
"Where Did Our Love Go" published by Stone Agate Music (a division of Jobete Music Co., Inc.) admin. by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI).
"What!" published by Hidle Music (BMI).
"You Only Live Twice", "007 Theme" published by EMI Unart Catalog Inc. (BMI).
"Down In The Subway" published by EMI Al Gallico Music Corp. (BMI).
"Born To Lose" published by EMI Virgin Music Inc. (ASCAP).