Welcome to the Pleasuredome | ||||
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Studio album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood | ||||
Released | 29 October 1984 | |||
Recorded | July 1983-1984 at Manor Studios, Oxford and Sarm Studios, London | |||
Genre | Pop, rock | |||
Length | 64:04 | |||
Label | Island Records (US) ZTT Records (UK) |
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Producer | Trevor Horn | |||
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Alternative Cover | ||||
The original CD cover, which was taken from one of the vinyl's dust jackets.
The original CD cover, which was taken from one of the vinyl's dust jackets.
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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.
Contents |
All songs written by Peter Gill/Holly Johnson/Brian Nash/Mark O'Toole, unless otherwise noted.
The original CD version had the following altered tracklist. Subsequent CD reissues reverted to the vinyl LP's track listing and cover art.
In 2010, a Deluxe Edition of Welcome to the Pleasuredome was released, featuring a second disc containing rare and previously unreleased material. The first CD contains the LP version of the original album. The contents of the second CD are as follows:[2]
Chart (1984) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums Chart[3] | 3 |
Canadian Albums Chart[4] | 9 |
French Albums Chart[5] | 7 |
German Albums Chart[6] | 4 |
New Zealand Albums Chart[7] | 1 |
Norwegian Albums Chart[8] | 8 |
Swedish Albums Chart[9] | 7 |
Swiss Albums Chart[10] | 5 |
UK Albums Chart[11] | 1 |
U.S. Billboard 200[12] | 33 |
Preceded by Give My Regards to Broad Street by Paul McCartney |
UK number one album 10 November 1984 – 16 November 1984 |
Succeeded by Make It Big by Wham! |
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In music, the conclusion is the ending of a composition and may take the form of a coda or outro.
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Wir lagen träumend im Gras
die Köpfe voll verrückter Ideen.
Da sagte er nur zum Spaß
komm' laß uns auf die Reise geh'n.
Doch der rauch schmeckte bitter
aber Conny sagte mir was er sah
ein Heer von Licht und farben
wir ahnten nicht
was bald darauf geschah.
Am Tag als Conny Kramer starb
und alle Freunde weinten um ihn.
Das war ein schwerer Tag
weil in mir ein Welt zerbrach.
Er versprach oft
ich laß' es sein
das gab mir wieder neuen Mut
und ich redete mir ein
mit Liebe wird alles gut.
Doch aus den Joints da wurden trips
es gab keinen Halt auf der schiefen Bahn.
Die Leute fingen an zu reden
aber keiner bot Conny Hilfe an.
Am Tag als Conny Kramer starb ...
Beim letzten Mal sagte er
nun kann ich den Himmel seh'n.
Ich schrie ihn an
komm' zurück.
Er konnte es nicht mehr versteh'n.
Ich hatte nicht einmal mehr Tränen
ich hatte alles verloren
was ich hab'.
Doch das Leben
es geht weiter
mir bleiben nur noch die Blumen auf seinem Grab.
Am Tag als Conny Kramer starb ...
glücklich
und dann sagte ich leise:
ich bin so froh
daß ich dich sah.
Wir gingen zusammen