Liverpool [Import]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 1, 2000)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Import [Generic]
• ASIN: B00004W4LK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #542,922 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Warriors of the Wasteland

2. Rage Hard

3. Kill the Pain

4. Maximum Joy

5. Watching the Wildlife

6. Lunar Bay

7. For Heaven's Sake

8. Is Anybody Out There?

Editorial Reviews

Reissue of the new wave dance act's sophomore album, originally released in 1986. Includes two rare bonus tracks, 'Don't Lose What's Left Of Your Little Mind' taken from the 7' single to 'Rage Hard' & 'Suffragette City (Bowie Cover!) taken from the 'Rage Hard' 12' Single. Bloody Essential! Packaged in an exclusive digi-pack with all new extensive liner notes. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars He's not dead, he's only resting, July 20, 2004

By 

Ernie Longmire (Oakland, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liverpool (Audio CD)

VH-1 tried to get FGTH back together in the first series of "Bands Reunited" in early 2004. Holly is not only alive and well, but he's as snitty as he ever was -- after leading everyone on for a week or two he declined to perform in the reunion at literally the last minute, leaving Mark, Paul, Nasher and Ped standing around in the studio. I've always felt that Liverpool was unjustly overshadowed by the chaos in the band around the time of its release. There's nowhere near as much fluff as on Pleasuredome and some of the non-single tracks are just brilliant. Steve Lipson produced the hell out of this album and as a result it rewards deep listening by fans of the all-out ZTT production sound.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth Another Look, November 29, 2005

By 

J. Merritt - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liverpool (Audio CD)

This album got short shrift once upon a long ago. FGTH made much more of a splash and had most of their commercial success with 1984's "Welcome to the Pleasure Dome," but the band came apart so quickly that many people didn't notice this 1986 effort. That's a shame, because this is a very good album. It's far more straightforward then "Pleasure Dome;" there's none of the extra-long or extra-short tracks or crazy intros and interludes that laced the first album together. The concept here focuses in from the hedonistic and apocalyptic overtones of "Dome" to the nature of man in the modern world. And `focus' is a key word; whereas the first album was all over the place stylistically, this is just eight tight, well-crafted songs with an alternative-pop sheen provided by producers Stephen Lipson and Trevor Horn. If you enjoyed "Relax" and "Two Tribes" but never gave this album a chance, you might want to reconsider. And the Bowie cover that's been added as a bonus track (if you buy the right version) is just about worth it all by itself.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Strong on its own merits, March 5, 2001

By 

Mattias Thuresson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Liverpool (Audio CD)

If Frankie's debut album 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' had many high's and low's, their second and last album Liverpool was more even in quality. Liverpool is more conventional. Although it lacks hits like 'Two Tribes' and 'Relax' it neither has the space-fillers and boring chit-chat of the overlong'Welcome...'. Featuring a string of good songs, my favourites are 'Watching the Wildlife' and 'For Heaven's sake'. It would have been interesting if Frankie wouldn't have split up and too see where they would have gone from Liverpool. This album deserves a listening to anyone who likes Frankie's chart toppers.