djb Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 @Zen Mister @ThirdDrawerDown and any one who has a view. Know you a re both in carer mode so ignore this if you like . i bought s mint original double LP of this for $1 years ago. Finally gave it a clean today spinning now Is it good music or just 80s hype? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gat474 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 I have a copy I bought new back when it was released. I like the music but mine sounds a bit aenemic. Sounds great on something where you can pump up the bottom end but not awesome on any of the atc's I've owned of late. Great version of Born to Run on side 4, might be the best track on the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Have multiple pressing of this all sound great but recon the aussie press is up there with the best of them. Don't think its quite to djb's musical tastes but personally I love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 https://www.discogs.com/artist/6273-Frankie-Goes-To-Hollywood < Is it good music or just 80s hype? > well...... a slickly packaged product of its time, one critic's look back "25 Years On: Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome" http://thequietus.com/articles/04077-frankie-goes-to-hollywood-welcome-to-the-pleasuredome-20th-anniversary regards Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wimbo Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 War, Relax, Two tribes, the Power of Love, all great stuff, though, there is some boring moments on this album. I use to use War and Two Tribes for demos sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hergest Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 3 minutes ago, Tubularbells said: Have multiple pressing of this all sound great but recon the aussie press is up there with the best of them. Don't think its quite to djb's musical tastes but personally I love it. I only have the one vinyl copy as I got it originally on tape. I reckon it has improved over the years or that could be that the album played now on a decent system with some real grunt has so much impact. I still get dewey eyed like a sad old middle aged git at Power Of Love and when the album closes I sit waiting for the final 'Frankie say......no more' and a shiver runs down my spine. Love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Range Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) I also have that album and recently spun it Edited July 30, 2017 by Full Range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) One of the BEST albums of the 80's. Side one Welcome to the is just awesome. Horn and Lipson at their absolute best. Edited July 30, 2017 by metal beat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 couple of other 80's era bands along with FGTH, produced by Trevor Horn worth investigating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Horn Art of Noise and Propaganda https://www.discogs.com/artist/7142-The-Art-Of-Noise https://www.discogs.com/Art-Of-Noise-In-Visible-Silence/master/2600 https://www.discogs.com/artist/13999-Propaganda https://www.discogs.com/Propaganda-Das-Testament-Des-Mabuse/master/67143 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 (edited) Congratulations on your $1 investment, it is now worth $8 on discogs. This is a parson's egg of an album. I never expected to own it, I think it arrived in a job lot and to make peace with my musical conscience I don't play it. I do have one of the singles off the album, 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' which is actually rather good with its spoken word narration and engaging production,; a cover of T Rex's Get It On which was quite propulsive despite nasally vocals and a rendition that adds nothing to the original; a pleasant non-album track called Hidey-Hi or something like that which was well placed in the context of the single because it was the calm before the final track, a cover of a Bruce Springsteen song. Hype? The single was released in 20 different versions and was promoted as being a Number One song when in truth it failed to do so, reaching #2 - a credible achievement (but not #1). The Springsteen 'Born to Run' is a fake live track and as impenetrable in its production as the original. In line with my policy of owning this stuff but not playing it, my copy of Welcome to the Pleasuredome (the single) is on cassette. If I own a cassette deck then I can't recall where it is. There are many good things about the album as a whole, here are 7 of them: - the production - the lyrics - the sequence - the grooves - the arrangements - the hooks - the rock'n'roll swagger (with synths, yet!). I would value the album more, if each song contained more than 3 of these 7 good things. (It needs a warning: Number and selection of good things may vary). Edited July 31, 2017 by ThirdDrawerDown 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian McP Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 djb, if you're interested there's a double cd of FGTH tracks and remixes for a couple of $ at the church opp shop in High St Northcote, just downhill (towards the city) from Westgarth St Frankie Say Greatest https://www.discogs.com/Frankie-Goes-To-Hollywood-Frankie-Say-Greatest/release/2014994 regards Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroen Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Cant seem to find my copy/ies of this as I know I have a few. Really need to organise my secondhand lps. Playing this instead - Frankies Greatest Hits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 @Citroen Cliff. I could imagine you wearing that on the day along with your Choose Life t-shirt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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darth vader Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 I love this album. Takes me back to my youth, as mis spent as it was. Would set of for Ayre river with the double cassette in the auto reverse tape player in my car, swapped tapes somewhere around Colac, and would arrive about the time it finished. Had no idea back then they were as camp as a row of tents. Couldn't care less then, dont care less now. I picked up a copy for 10 times what @djb paid for his ($10) at Fryerstown market about 8 years ago. Love it. It still gets a regular spinning here. As a bonus, anyone who owns it also has a piece of Andy Warhol art. Not saying thats a good thing, but its a fact Also got a US 12" single of Relax, its way cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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