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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool (1986)

Posted By: Designol
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool (1986)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool (1986)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 264 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 100 Mb | Scans ~ 37 Mb
New Wave, Pop/Rock, Dance Rock | Label: Island/ZTT | # 90546-2 | Time: 00:43:44

Frankie Goes to Hollywood's first double album was a huge hit. Their second offering also met with some success, although it is not as well remembered. And yet, on many accounts, Liverpool can be considered as an improvement over its predecessor. For one thing, the album is shorter, more conventional. While Welcome to the Pleasuredome had some strong material, the length weakened the whole in many places. Here, the band focused on eight tracks and the result is somewhat more convincing. "Warriors of the Wasteland," "Rage Hard," and "Watching the Wildlife" were all minor hits back in 1986, and the other tracks are, for the most part, of the same quality, with perhaps "For Heaven's Sake" standing out as a favorite. Again, Trevor Horn was involved in the production (the band was signed to his famous Zang Tuum Tumb label, so it's no big surprise) – thus the production is impeccable, as one would expect from a Horn-produced album. Worth a listen if you like the band or have an interest for '80s music – of which this is not such a bad sample.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984)

Posted By: Designol
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 389 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 160 Mb | Scans ~ 121 Mb
New Wave, Pop/Rock, Dance-Rock | Label: Island/ZTT | # 610 195 | Time: 01:10:07

Strip away all the hype, controversy, and attendant craziness surrounding Frankie – most of which never reached American shores, though the equally bombastic "Relax" and "Two Tribes" both charted well – and Welcome to the Pleasuredome holds up as an outrageously over-the-top, bizarre, but fun release. Less well known but worthwhile cuts include by-definition-camp "Krisco Kisses" and "The Only Star in Heaven," while U.K. smash "The Power of Love" is a gloriously insincere but still great hyper-ballad with strings from Anne Dudley. In truth, the album's more a testament to Trevor Horn's production skills than anything else. To help out, he roped in a slew of Ian Dury's backing musicians to provide the music, along with a guest appearance from his fellow Yes veteran Steve Howe on acoustic guitar that probably had prog rock fanatics collapsing in apoplexy. The end result was catchy, consciously modern – almost to a fault – arena-level synth rock of the early '80s that holds up just fine today, as much an endlessly listenable product of its times as the Chinn/Chapman string of glam rock hits from the early '70s.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool (1986) {Japan 1st Press}

Posted By: popsakov
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool (1986) {Japan 1st Press}

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Liverpool (1986) {Japan 1st Press}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 274 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 110 Mb
Covers Included | 00:43:46 | RAR 5% Recovery
Pop Rock, New Wave, Dance Rock | ZTT / Island Records / Polystar Co. #P35D-20029 (ZCIDQ 8)

Liverpool is Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second and last studio 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 album's production was handled by Trevor Horn's engineer Stephen Lipson, who urged the band to play their own instruments on this album (Horn having replaced many of the band's performances and arrangements with his session musicians or his own performances on Welcome to the Pleasuredome.) Liverpool therefore features a heavier rock sound than its predecessor. The album was a commercial disappointment compared to the band's previous effort, though it charted generally high at #5 in the United Kingdom and Germany, #7 on the Austrian and Swiss music charts and #8 in Norway.

VA - NOW Yearbook '85 (2022)

Posted By: JET 1
VA - NOW Yearbook '85 (2022)

VA - NOW Yearbook '85 (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Tracks) +CUE, LOG | 2.13 GB
Genre: Pop Rock, Synth-pop, Funk, Ballad, Hi NRG, Reggae-Pop | Label: Sony Music | Catalog Number: CDYBNOW85

NOW Music is proud to present the newest edition to our ‘Yearbook’ family: NOW – Yearbook 1985, the 6th addition to our Yearbook 80s series and 7th addition including NOW – Yearbook 1979. This Special Edition CD is housed in ‘hard-back-book’ packaging, including a 28-page booklet featuring a summary of the year, a track-by-track guide, a quiz, and original singles artwork.

VA - Greatest Ever! Soft Rock (2017)

Posted By: JET 1
VA - Greatest Ever! Soft Rock (2017)

VA - Greatest Ever! Soft Rock (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (Image) +CUE, LOG | 1.6 GB | Scans
Genre: Rock | Label: Universal UMC | Catalog Number: GTSTCD118

Do you ever feel the need to stock up on tinned sweets and beaded seat covers and hit the road? Us too, which is why we’re bringing you a positively indulgent selection of Soft Rock favourites, guaranteed to add drama and interest to your journey. Who doesn’t want to listen to Whitesnake’s ’Is This Love’ while eating up the M4? Do you want to know what love is? So do Foreigner. Add belters from Cher, Bonnie Tyler and Chicago and you have the soundtrack to a great road trip or an intense evening in. Go nuts.

VA - T2 Trainspotting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

Posted By: Designol
VA - T2 Trainspotting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)

VA - T2 Trainspotting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2017)
XLD | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 415 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 137 Mb
Label: Polydor | # 5737941 | Time: 00:58:44 | Scans included
Soundtrack, Electronic, Rock, Hip-Hop, Rave

Like its parent film, T2 Trainspotting’s soundtrack eschews cosy Cool Britannia nostalgia for something weirder and better. The original soundtrack was a sharp mix of cult classics and of-the-moment artists. Rather than get Blur and co back, Danny Boyle has called on a more leftfield lineup of young guns, the likes of Mercury-winning Edinburgh alt hip-hop trio Young Fathers, Brixton scuzz rockers Fat White Family and deliciously demented Irish rappers Rubberbandits. The classic side of things is held up by Queen, Run DMC, Blondie and more, with the whole bookended by Trainspotting’s biggest tracks reborn: a mad-dog Prodigy remix of Iggy’s Lust for Life and Underworld’s Slow Slippy. In our retromaniac world, it might not attain the original’s classic status, but it’s all the better for its bravery. (The Guardian)

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984) {1994, Japanese Reissue}

Posted By: popsakov
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984) {1994, Japanese Reissue}

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Welcome To The Pleasuredome (1984) {1994, Japanese Reissue}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 438 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 182 Mb
Covers Included | 01:13:58 | RAR 5% Recovery
New wave / Synth-Pop / Dance-Rock / Electronic / Dance
ZTT Records / Warner Music Japan Inc. #WPCR-16

Strip away all the hype, controversy, and attendant craziness surrounding Frankie – most of which never reached American shores, though the equally bombastic "Relax" and "Two Tribes" both charted well – and Welcome to the Pleasuredome holds up as an outrageously over-the-top, bizarre, but fun release. Less well known but worthwhile cuts include by-definition-camp "Krisco Kisses" and "The Only Star in Heaven," while U.K. smash "The Power of Love" is a gloriously insincere but still great hyper-ballad with strings from Anne Dudley. In truth, the album's more a testament to Trevor Horn's production skills than anything else.

Paul Rutherford - Oh World (1989) (2CD) {2011 Cherry Pop} **[RE-UP]**

Posted By: TestTickles
Paul Rutherford - Oh World (1989) (2CD) {2011 Cherry Pop} **[RE-UP]**

Paul Rutherford - Oh World (1989) (2CD) {2011 Cherry Pop}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 1.05 gb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 340 mb
Genre: dance pop, synth pop

Oh World is the 1989 debut album by British singer Paul Rutherford, who provided the second voice and the power of dance with the group Frankie Goes To Hollywood. This is a deluxe edition released in 2011 by Cherry Pop featuring the original album in its entirety plus remixes, including mixes that were vinyl-only and are sourced from vinyl pressings for a few of the songs on disc 2.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Bang! (1985) {ZTT/Island Japan} **[RE-UP]**

Posted By: TestTickles
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Bang! (1985) {ZTT/Island Japan} **[RE-UP]**

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Bang! (1985) {ZTT/Island Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 250 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 92 mb
Genre: synth pop, dance pop

Bang! was a Japan-only Frankie Goes To Hollywood compilation released in 1985 to commemorate the group's tour of Japan. It features a few remixes, including the Hibakusha mix of "Two Tribes" that had been impossible for fans and collectors to obtain. Two of the cuts on the album ("Black Night White Light" and "The Power Of Love") are in their standard album versions. This was released by ZTT/Island in association with Polystar.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (1984) {2012 ZTT} **[RE-UP]**

Posted By: TestTickles
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (1984) {2012 ZTT} **[RE-UP]**

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - The Power Of Love (1984) {2012 ZTT}
WEB Rip | FLAC (no log) | scans | 239 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 87 mb
Genre: ballad, synth pop

"The Power Of Love" was Frankie Goes To Hollywood's third single and the first from their 1984 debut album, Welcome To The Pleasure Dome. This 2012 compilation features different mixes of "The Power Of Love" from different formats of the single, along with the non-LP B-side "The World Is My Oyster". This was released by Zang Tuum Tumb (ZTT).