Welcome to the Pleasuredome [Import]

Frankie Goes To Hollywood | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: 101 DISTRIBUTION
• ASIN: B0033WDCRA
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,297 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The World Is My Oyster including well. and snatch of fury (stay)

2. Welcome To the Pleasuredome

3. Relax (come fighting)

4. War (and hide)

5. Two Tribes

6. for the victims of ravishment

7. Ferry (Go)

8. Born To Run

9. San Jose (The Way)

10. Wish (The Lads Were Here)

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Relax (greatest bits)

2. One September Monday

3. The Power Of Love (12" version)

4. Disneyland

5. Two Tribes (between rulers and ruling)

6. War (between hiding and hidden)

7. Pleasuredome (cut rough)

8. One February Friday

9. The Ballad of 32 (mix 2)

10. who then devised the torment?

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered and expanded 25th Anniversary two CD edition of this classic album from the controversial Liverpudlians including 13 bonus tracks. One of the biggest British LPs of the '80s, Welcome To The Pleasuredome features Frankie's four biggest hits: 'Relax', 'Two Tribes', 'The Power Of Love' and the title track. For this 25th anniversary, the Salvo label has taken great pride in giving this classic album the definitive reissue treatment that it has long deserved. The 13 bonus tracks include non-album cuts plus different mixes of the album's big hits. If you already own this album, time to upgrade to this ultimate edition. If you haven't heard it, then there's no better place to start! Salvo.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome To The Pleasuredome!, January 31, 2012

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Vin M (Trinidad, West Indies) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Audio CD)

This 25th Anniversary Edition reissue contains a remastered version of the original album plus a bonus CD containing rare and previously unreleased material/remixes. The bonus CD is nice, but the real gem here is the remastered album. For owners of the original (vinyl) release of this record, this has the exact track listing and identical versions of the songs contained on that LP release. They don't have the altered track line-ups or alternate mixes as was the case on previous CD releases of Welcome To The Pleasuredome. This IS the CD you are looking for!
The audio on this remastered edition is simply amazing, especially compared to the flat sound of the original CD release(s). You really get to appreciate the amazing production on this album now, with higher highs and lower lows. The audio has really been cleaned-up and is now crisp and clear. Play it loud, or pop on a good pair of headphones and enjoy!
As for the album itself, what can be said? It has much more to offer than just its well-known single releases (Relax, Two Tribes, The Power Of Love). It's a true 80's classic, and an enduring tribute to the talents of the band and their producer, Trevor Horn. For audiophiles, this a true masterpiece (and master class) of recording and production from the pre-digital era. Glad to see it finally get the CD release/remaster treatment it deserves.

12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The last hurray, November 3, 2010

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Alex Bunardzic - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Audio CD)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood is the '80s band famous for creating a bookend of an era. With the release of their monumental "Welcome To The Pleasure Dome" double album in 1984, they have effectively put the final finishing touch on the art form that began 20 odd years earlier with another band from Liverpool -- the Beatles.

When the Beatles emerged on the scene in 1964, they have astonished the world with their completely new brand of music. What the Beatles offered at that time was a 180 degrees turn, away from the anemic doo-wop tepid music, and into the full blooded rock. Their music was delivered with extreme white heat intensity that remained unmatched to this day. In short, the Beatles showed the world how the music should sound, how the songs should be written and performed, how the recording studio should be used, and in general, how to change the world. The world, in turn, listened very attentively, but the rest of us simply didn't have it in us to fully internalize and live according to the new set of instructions.

The only other band that managed to somehow approach the set of instructions left to us by the Beatles was Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Alas, they could do it only for a few short months, before they simply imploded under such white heat intensity. So yes, another thing that the Beatles managed to impress the world with is their stamina. Frankie obviously didn't have the stamina, nor did they have any staying power. They died as quickly as they emerged, like a meteorite appearing for a few fleeting moments in the night sky.

What they left in their wake is this gem of an album. Basically, this album manages to accomplish two things: a.) summarize pretty much everything that happened in music up until that point (same as what the Beatles did in their own way in the early '60s), and b.) indicate how should the music of the future sound like.

Same as with the Beatles, no one was able to take the set of instructions Frankie left us on their seminal "Welcome To The Pleasure Dome" album and run with it. Instead, the music business dissipated into either largely monotonous hip-hop genre (with insane quantities of repetition), or into nostalgia, the 'me too' attempts by various musicians to restore the past glory of the '60s/'70s. During the past 25 years, we haven't been blessed to hear anything as substantially new as we can hear on this album.

Luckily, we now have this diamond, the precious jewel that comes only once in a generation, restored to its full glory. The sound quality of this remaster is simply to die for. If you happen to have access to a high end audio system, give this CD a spin -- you'll be absolutely blown away. Nothing else approaches the sheer white heat sonic intensity of this album. The brilliant, super edgy sound on this remastered CD will rip a hole through your heart and through your brain.

Back in the early '80s, some people really knew how to produce music. That was before the days of cheap-ass computer software that mainly smothers over vital nuances in music.

Overall, this CD is the most brilliant thing that happened on the music scene since last year's remastering of the Beatles catalog. Run, don't walk, and buy this remastered CD!

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it then, it's better now!!, June 18, 2011

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This review is from: Welcome to the Pleasuredome (Audio CD)

I loved this music when it came out and now this expanded version makes it even better. Move the furniture out of your way and dance, dance, dance!