The Only Way Is Up is a song written by George Jackson and Johnny Henderson and originally released 1980 as single by soul singer Otis Clay. In 1988, it became a chart-topping single for Yazz and the Plastic Population. The Yazz version was produced by … Read More →
Kategorien-Archiv: Pop, Synthpop, Dance
Pet Shop Boys – It’s Alright (The DJ International Mixes)
It’s Alright is the 13th single from Pet Shop Boys and was released in the UK by Parlophone Records on 26 June 1989. The lyrics list a wide variety of serious political issues in the headlines at the time (“Dictation enforced in Afghanistan, revolution in … Read More →
Pet Shop Boys – Being Remixed
Being Boring is the second single from the 1990 album Behaviour, after “So Hard” which was released before the album. “Being Boring” was not particularly successful upon release, only reaching number twenty in the UK singles chart and being the second single released by the … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome Fruitness (12 XZTAS 7)
Welcome to the Pleasuredome is the title track to the 1984 debut album by Frankie. The lyrics of the song were inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. In March 1985, the album track was substantially abridged and remixed for release as … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Watching The Wildlife Movement 2 (12 ZTAX 26)
Watching the Wildlife is the seventh and last single by FGTH. Released in early 1987, it is taken from the album Liverpool. Of the singles culled from Liverpool, “Watching the Wildlife” is the most poppy and similar in sound to the band’s early era material. … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Watching The Wildlife: Beobachtungen im wilden Leben (12 ZTE 26)
Watching the Wildlife is the seventh and last single by FGTH. Released in early 1987, it is taken from the album Liverpool. Of the singles culled from Liverpool, “Watching the Wildlife” is the most poppy and similar in sound to the band’s early era material. … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Warriors Turn Of The Knife Mix (12 ZTAX 25)
Warriors Of The Wasteland is the sixth single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1986. It was taken from the album Liverpool. Having already referenced literary heavyweights, for “Warriors of the Wasteland” Holly Johnson turned to T. S. Eliot for inspiration. Johnson cited Eliot’s … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Welcome To The Pleasuredome (ZTTIQ 1)
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 and was produced by Trevor Horn. Issued as a vinyl double album, it was assured of a UK chart entry at … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Liverpool (ZTTIQ 8)
Liverpool is Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s second album, released in October 1986. It would be the band’s final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT. The … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Warriors Attack (12 ZTAK 25)
Featuring additional guitar by Gary Moore. Warriors Of The Wasteland is the sixth single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1986. It was taken from the album Liverpool. Having already referenced literary heavyweights, for “Warriors of the Wasteland” Holly Johnson turned to T. S. … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Warriors Of The Wasteland (12 ZTAS 25)
Warriors Of The Wasteland is the sixth single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1986. It was taken from the album Liverpool. Having already referenced literary heavyweights, for “Warriors of the Wasteland” Holly Johnson turned to T. S. Eliot for inspiration. Johnson cited Eliot’s … Read More →
Holly Johnson – Blast
Blast is an album by the British musician Holly Johnson. It was released in 1989 and reached number 1 in the UK charts and sold over 300,000 copies making it platinum. The album stayed on the charts for 17 weeks. It featured hits “Love Train”, … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes (PR 657)
Two Tribes is the second single by FGTH, released in the UK by ZTT Records in May 1984. The single was a phenomenal success in the UK, staying at the top of the singles chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group’s previous … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Two Tribes Carnage (XZTAS 3)
Two Tribes is the second single by FGTH, released in the UK by ZTT Records in May 1984. The single was a phenomenal success in the UK, staying at the top of the singles chart for nine consecutive weeks, during which time the group’s previous … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – The Power Of Love (ZTAS 5 DJ)
The Power of Love is the third single from Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in November 1984. The track was first featured during the John Peel Sessions the band performed on during 1983, which was slower and emphasized the track’s original camp ironic content. “The … Read More →
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Relax Original Mix (12 ZTAS 1)
Relax is the debut single by FGTH, released in the UK by ZTT Records in 1983. Although fairly inauspicious upon initial release, “Relax” finally reached number one in the UK singles chart on 24 January 1984, ultimately becoming one of the most controversial and most … Read More →
Kim Wilde – Teases & Dares
Teases & Dares is the fourth studio album by Kim Wilde, released in November 1984 via MCA Records. After leaving RAK Records, who had released her first three albums, Wilde signed to MCA Records in 1984. Her brother, Ricky Wilde, continued to serve as her … Read More →