320 kbps | MP3 | 1984


Cover: 
http://s7.postimage.org/llpvunce1/Frankie_Goes_to_Hollywood_Welcome_to_the_Pleas.jpg



Tracklisting:

01. The World Is My Oyster - 1:57 (incorporates Well...)
02. Welcome to the Pleasuredome - 13:38 (incorporates Snatch of Fury (Stay))
03. Relax (Come Fighting) - 3:56
04. War (...and Hide) - 6:12
05. Two Tribes (For the Victims of Ravishment) including The Last Voice - 10:22 (Two Tribes version is actually Annihilation)
06. Born to Run - 4:13
07. Happy Hi! - 4:12
08. Wish (The Lads Were Here) including The Ballad of 32 - 7:35
09. Krisco Kisses - 2:57
10. Black Night White Light - 4:05
11. The Only Star in Heaven - 4:16
12. The Power of Love - 5:28
13. Bang - 1:08


Welcome to the Pleasuredome was the debut album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, first released in the UK in October 1984 by ZTT/Island Records. 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. The album was also a top ten seller internationally in countries such as Switzerland, Sweden, and New Zealand.

Whilst commercially successful, the album also drew criticism for containing new versions of the group's (already much-remixed) hit 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.

However, the album's evergreen ballad `The Power of Love` would subsequently provide the group with their third consecutive UK number one single.


Personnel:

Holly Johnson - lead vocals
Brian Nash - guitar
Peter Gill - drums
Mark O'Toole - bass
Paul Rutherford - vocals
J. J. Jeczalik - keyboards, programming, software
Andrew Richards - keyboards
Louis Jardim - percussion
Anne Dudley - keyboards, string arrangement on `The Power of Love`
Steven Lipson - guitar
Steve Howe - acoustic guitar (on `Welcome to the Pleasuredome`)
Trevor Rabin - guitar
Trevor Horn - backing vocals, bass