The Correct Use of Soap

The Correct Use of Soap
Studio album by
Magazine
ReleasedMay 1980 (1980-05)
Recorded1980
Genre
Length40:05
LabelVirgin
ProducerMartin Hannett
Magazine chronology
Secondhand Daylight
(1979) 		The Correct Use of Soap
(1980) 		Play
(1980)
Singles from The Correct Use of Soap
  1. "A Song from Under the Floorboards" b/w "Twenty Years Ago"
    Released: January 1980
  2. "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" b/w "The Book"
    Released: March 1980
  3. "Sweetheart Contract" b/w "Feed the Enemy (Live)", "Twenty Years Ago (Live)", "Shot by Both Sides (Live)"
    Released: July 1980
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Irish Times[4]
Q[5]
Record Mirror[6]
Smash Hits5/10[7]
Stylus MagazineA[8]
Uncut[9]

The Correct Use of Soap is the third studio album by English post-punk band Magazine, released by Virgin Records in 1980. It contains some of Magazine's best-known and most popular songs, including the singles "A Song from Under the Floorboards" and "Sweetheart Contract" and their cover of Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)". A different version of the album, entitled An Alternative Use of Soap, was released in Canada in 1980 by then-distributor Polygram Records.

It was Magazine's last album with original guitarist John McGeoch, who left the band after the release of the album and joined Siouxsie and the Banshees.

  1. ^ Britton, Amy (13 June 2013). "A reappraisal of Magazine's classic yet overlooked post punk 'The Correct Use Of Soap' album". Louder Than War. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  2. ^ Mulholland, Garry (1 November 2006). "1980". Fear of Music: The 261 Greatest Albums Since Punk and Disco. Orion Publishing Group. pp. 85, 87. ISBN 0752868314.
  3. ^ Kellman, Andy. "The Correct Use of Soap – Magazine". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. ^ Courtney, Kevin (30 March 2007). "Reissues". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Magazine: The Correct Use of Soap". Q. No. 257. December 2007. p. 107.
  6. ^ Westwood, Chris (3 May 1980). "Soap Opera". Record Mirror. p. 16.
  7. ^ Starr, Red (15–28 May 1980). "Magazine: The Correct Use of Soap". Smash Hits. Vol. 2, no. 10. p. 31.
  8. ^ Parrish, Peter (4 May 2007). "Magazine – Real Life / Secondhand Daylight / The Correct Use of Soap / Magic, Murder and the Weather – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  9. ^ Mueller, Andrew (15 March 2007). "Magazine – Reissues". Uncut. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.