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1984 studio album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Illustration by Lo Cole
[1] Released 29 October 1984 (1984-10-29 ) Recorded July 1983–1984 Studio
Genre
Pop
[2]
[3] Length 64 :06
Label
ZTT
Producer
Trevor Horn
Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984)
Bang! (1985)
The original CD cover, which was taken from one of the vinyl record's dust jackets.
Cover photography by
Peter Ashworth
[4]
Welcome to the Pleasuredome is the debut studio album by English
synth-pop band
Frankie Goes to Hollywood , first released on 29 October 1984 by
ZTT Records .
[16] Originally issued as a
vinyl
double album , it was assured of a UK chart entry at
number one due to reported advance sales of over one million.
[16] It actually sold around a quarter of a million copies in its first week.
[17] The album was also a top-10 seller internationally in countries such as Switzerland, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand.
While commercially successful, the album also drew criticism [
by whom? ] 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.[
citation needed ] Frankie's second album,
Liverpool , actively featured the full band.
However, the album's evergreen ballad "
The Power of Love " subsequently provided the group with their third consecutive UK
number one single .
To celebrate the album's 30th anniversary, in October 2014, ZTT through Union Square Music released a limited edition (2,000 copies only)
box set entitled
Inside the Pleasuredome , available exclusively from the website pledgemusic.com. The box set contains rarities on 10" vinyl, as well as a book, a DVD, a cassette (featuring 13 mixes of "Relax" and its B-side "One September Monday") as well as a new 2014 remastered version of Welcome to the Pleasuredome on 180g vinyl.
Sleeve art
The cover art was conceived by ZTT owner
Paul Morley and illustrated by graphic artist
Lo Cole . The front cover featured an illustration of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood band members; on the back of the album was an illustration of a large animal
orgy ; and the inner
gatefold artwork was an image of a procession of animals entering the head of a very large
phallus . The sleeve art proved controversial, and the
printing company refused to print the album covers. Cole was forced to alter the orgy image by adding green
fig leaves to cover the offending animal genitalia.
[1]
Track listing
All songs written and composed by
Peter Gill ,
Holly Johnson ,
Brian Nash and
Mark O'Toole except where noted.
[18]
[19]
Side 4: "H – Play Frankie Play" Title 12. "Krisco Kisses" 2:57 13. "Black Night White Light" 4:05 14. "The Only Star in Heaven" 4:16 15. "
The Power of Love " 5:28 16. "...Bang" 1:08 Total length: 64:00
Personnel
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Additional personnel
Production
Produced by
Trevor Horn
Engineers – Stuart Bruce, Steve Lipson
Mastering – Ian Cooper
Technical
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
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Bibliography
External links
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