'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). The album peaked at 28 in the UK Album Charts. 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.