Welcome To The Pleasuredome

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New Zealand album certifications – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome". Recorded Music NZ. 20 January 1985 . Retrieved 4 July 2019. Norwegiancharts.com – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome". Hung Medien. Retrieved 4 July 2019. Austrian album certifications – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome" (in German). IFPI Austria . Retrieved 29 November 2019.

What a deal of a shameless gall was required to put this product out. It's not as if it's that bad, either, everything's 'fine' by 'NR' standards; rather, what offends is its bloated unwieldiness, its smug dedication to gauche time-wasting. Like all these in-studio pop groups (ABC, Human League, Eurythmics, Soft Cell, Heaven 17), these songs aren't 'songs', but improv over a bed of synthesised sound. Some have more structure than others, see (hear) 'Relax', but by and large this is a symbol of the stagnant. Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Frankie Goes to Hollywood". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp.154–155. ISBN 0-679-75574-8. Matrix / Runout (Stamped, last '1' stamped over '0', middle '2' etched, side C, variant 15): ZTTIQ 12 A-1-1 2- 2 4 D V

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CD2 also features previously-unheard studio demos of War, Two Tribes and Welcome to the Pleasuredome, an early, eleven minute version of Ballad of 32, and a completely unreleased song from the end of the Pleasuredome era, Watusi Love Juicy. While commercially successful, the album also drew criticism for containing new versions of all of the songs from the group's (already much-remixed) singles from the same year (" Relax" and " Two Tribes", plus B-side " War"), as well as a surfeit of cover versions in lieu of much new original material. It was later revealed that Trevor Horn's production dominated the record so thoroughly that the band's own instrumental performances were often replaced by session musicians or Horn himself. Frankie's second album, Liverpool, actively featured the full band. Love of fame, fear of disgrace, schemes for advancement, desire to make life comfortable and pleasant, and the urge to humiliate others are often the root of the valour men hold in such high esteem."

Hilburn, Robert; Hunt, Dennis; Cromelin, Richard; Feather, Leonard; Atkinson, Terry; Johnson, Connie; Pond, Steve; Damsker, Matt; Grein, Paul; Waller, Don; Willman, Chris; Gurza, Agustin; Matsumoto, Jon; Baker, Chris; Shapiro, Marc; Reeves, Jim (16 December 1984). "Guiding the Uninitiated Through the Top 40". Los Angeles Times.Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Frankie Goes to Hollywood; 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome ')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved 4 July 2019. Then come the covers which are nice enough because Holly Johnson has a nice voice and on one level FGTH were just a decent covers band. (side 3) Frankie sets new record on advance sales" (PDF). Music Week. 1 November 1984. p.1 . Retrieved 2 July 2023. Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018 . Retrieved 4 July 2019. Sonet - Frankie Went to Norway" (PDF). Billboard. 6 December 1986. p.S-6 . Retrieved 29 November 2019– via American Radio History.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs (writing)" . Retrieved 9 October 2012.Harrison, Ian (January 2018). "Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome". Mojo. No.290. p.106. the spunk plus the bomb plus the pump plus the torture instrument times frankie equalling the bang is an exclusive piece of ZTT exploitation"

Vary pleasure incessantly (never more than two hours at the same task) and from all these successive pleasures make one continual pleasure."

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It should never have been a double, although that did give them the opportunity to make the 4 sides F, G, T and H, which is a nice touch. Simon Reynolds put it best when he said you can hear Trevor Horn losing interest over the length of the album. The first side is spectacular and is really worth the price of admission on its own. Bits of things float in and out before BANG off we go on a 13 minute prog kraut journey to Xanadu, oh yes, shooting stars never stop / even when they reach the top / here comes the supernova / what a pushover/ yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh (woo!). It was a single so you may know it from that but the original is far superior. IQ number one becomes Part Six in Zang Tuum Tumb's post-Bang Element Series, having previously appeared as number four in the fishy Action Series. “Ain't that peculiar?” Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5. British album certifications – Frankie Goes to Hollywood – Welcome to the Pleasuredome". British Phonographic Industry. 28 May 1985.