Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s legendary debut album,Welcome To The Pleasuredomewas first released by ZTT and Island Records on 29 October 1984. Originally issued as a vinyl double album, it was assured of a UK c
19 FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME (1984) You have to admire the audaciousness of Frankie; few bands would have the chutzpah to launch their careers with such a kaleidoscopic double album as this. Producer Trevor Horn throws everything into the 16 tracks here. Cover ver...
03/11/1984 GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROAD STREET (OST) PAUL MCCARTNEY 1 10/11/1984 WELCOME TO THE PLEASUREDOME FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 1 17/11/1984 MAKE IT BIG WHAM! 2 01/12/1984 THE HITS ALBUM/THE HITS TAPE - 32 ORIGINAL HITS VARIOUS ARTISTS 7 1985 DATE TITLE ARTIST WKS AT NO.1 19...
Frankie Goes To Hollywood Welcome To The Pleasuredome (ZTT ZTTIQ 1, UK) £10 Pop conquest has rarely been so ecstatically total. Relax sold 13 million, and Two Tribes topped the charts for nine weeks, moving John Peel to joke that the June release might be the Christmas No 1. Actually...
Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle —Baby Wants To Ride / Your Love(1987) Electronic music was born in the '80s in Chicago, Detroit and New York, from the ashes of theracist disco backlashof 1979. Young Black and queer producers in these cities used th...
While many artists of the British synth-pop movement were gay, from Soft Cell’s Marc Almond to Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s Holly Johnson, none were nearly as political or outspoken as Bronski Beat. Amazingly, that didn’t stop their tentpole single, “Smalltown Boy”—which dealt with ...
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In the ’80s, openly gay synthpop acts like Culture Club and Frankie Goes to Hollywood filled the radio, but their songs mostly homed in on undiluted pleasure and candy-coated escapism. It was fabulous, but for many, gay pop was not enough. It didn’t speak to the visceral anxiety of...
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The 16-track project is a treasure trove of hits and fan faves, including “Doo Wop (That Thing),”“Ex-Factor,”“Everything Is Everything,”“Nothing Even Matters” (with D’Angelo) and even its hidden-track cover of Frankie Valli’s pop classic “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.” ...