Search - Frankie Goes To Hollywood :: Welcome to the Pleasuredome

Ahead Of It's Time : Then And Now

A. Klimas | Manahawkin, NJ | 01/18/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In 1984 I made the original purchase of this classic album. It was a massive double-vinyl L.P. in a beautiful gatefold sleeve with perverse, yet oddly charming, artwork of woodland animals engaging in a massive orgy. This album was an amazing release to me back then and it became the kind of album that stayed with me through the years. Of course I upgraded from vinyl to cassette and then from cassette to cd but the music always remained the main focus. This 20th anniversary reissue is a welcome, and long overdue, edition to my modern cd collection. The new digital transfer brings new life and depth to each track. The sprawling 13 minutes that is "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" has never sounded so good and the amazing bass response makes the classic tracks like "Relax" and "Two Tribes" bring you right back to the club. I do however have to agree with the previous reviewer, when I made my upgrade from cassette to cd, the cd contained the track "Happy Hi" (which was the title track's b-side), an amazing 9 minute version of "Two Tribes" and a remixed version of "Wish (The Lads Were Here)". That original cd is long gone and these tracks would have been a welcome addition to this package. Overall this is a cd you should not pass up and a repackaging you will be incredibly happy with. I felt that the music here was always ahead of it's time and I think that if you are new to it you will feel the same. To those of us that have been fans for the past twenty-something years it will be a great refresher course of our youth."