Single · 1984
Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Welcome to the Pleasuredome is a 1984 alternative dance single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It runs 18 tracks across 74 minutes. Riffiter listeners rate it 2.0/5 from 1 rating.
Alternative Dance · Pop · Synthpop
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- 2.0 /5
- 1 rating
- 75 /100
- 10 critics
- 18
- Tracks
- 74 min
- Runtime
- 130 bpm
- Tempo
- E major
- Key
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- Pitchfork8.7/10
- Mojo4/5
- AllMusic4/5
- Record Collector4/5
- Record Mirror4/5
- Sounds4/5
- Los Angeles Times3/4
- Smash Hits7/10
- Rolling Stone3/5
- The Village VoiceC
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Welcome to the Pleasuredome album cover
The Welcome to the Pleasuredome cover was designed by Lawrence Cole, XL Of Poland Street and ZTT Of Basing Street and photographed by Anton Corbijn, Eric Watson, John Stoddart, Peter Ashworth, Peter Brown and Steve Romney.
- Design
- Lawrence Cole, XL Of Poland Street, ZTT Of Basing Street
- Photography
- Anton Corbijn, Eric Watson, John Stoddart, Peter Ashworth, Peter Brown, Steve Romney
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18 tracks · 74 min
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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.
In brief
- Is Welcome to the Pleasuredome good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Welcome to the Pleasuredome 2.0/5 from 1 rating.
- When was Welcome to the Pleasuredome released?
- Welcome to the Pleasuredome was released in 1984.
- How many tracks are on Welcome to the Pleasuredome?
- Welcome to the Pleasuredome has 18 tracks, with a runtime of 74 minutes.
- What genre is Welcome to the Pleasuredome?
- Welcome to the Pleasuredome is catalogued under Alternative Dance, Pop, Synthpop.
- What BPM is Welcome to the Pleasuredome?
- Welcome to the Pleasuredome runs at a median tempo of 130 BPM across its tracks, most often in E major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Welcome to the Pleasuredome?
- Listeners of Welcome to the Pleasuredome also rate Songs From the Big Chair by Tears for Fears, Live in the City of Light by Simple Minds, Hunting High and Low by a-ha.
Welcome to the Pleasuredome at a glance
- Label
- ZTT Records
- Recorded at
- The Manor Studio
- Produced by
- Trevor Horn
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