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Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Bang! album

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Bang! album

  • Performer: Frankie Goes To Hollywood
  • Genre: Electronic
  • Title: Bang!
  • Released: 1986
  • Style: Synth-pop
  • Country: Japan
  • MP3 version size: 1904 mb
  • FLAC version size: 1231 mb
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  • Rating: 4.9
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Description

Frankie Goes to Hollywood (FGTH), formed in 1980, were a British band popular in the mid-1980s. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome (1984). Although fairly inauspicious upon initial release, "Relax" finally reached number one on the UK singles chart on 24 January 1984, ultimately becoming one of the most controversial and most commercially successful records of the entire decade.

The Greatest Hits of Frankie Goes to Hollywood is a compilation album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in 1993 during a spate of reissuing and remixing of Frankie Goes to Hollywood products by ZTT Records, hence the appearance of "classic" 1993 versions of two tracks, and the addition of one incongruous contemporary remix on the American CD version of 1994. Relax" – 3:55 from Welcome to the Pleasuredome. Two Tribes" – 3:56 from Welcome to the Pleasuredome.

Frankie Goes to Hollywood were a British band formed in Liverpool, England in the 1980s. The group was fronted by Holly Johnson (vocals), with Paul Rutherford (vocals), Peter Gill (drums, percussion), Mark O'Toole (bass guitar), and Brian Nash (guitar).

Back to the page of Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Album, 1984, ZTT. Tracklist. 1. The World Is My Oyster (Including Well, Snatch of Fury). 2. Welcome to the Pleasure Dome.

Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Авторы текста и музыки. Holly Johnson, Mark O’Toole, Peter Gill.

That album teamed Frankie Goes to Hollywood with a new producer, and gave the act a more rock sound. Like the album, the video for Rage Hard brought in a new director, Paul Morley. Morley co-founded Frankie Goes to Hollywood’s label, ZTT and was a member of Art of Noise. While this was Morley’s first video for the band, he was the man behind the marketing and promotion of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Unfortunately, Morley didn’t have much experience as a music video director - only having done Duel for Propaganda before  . The Liverpool videos are more about chasing trends than making them. Still, Frankie Goes to Hollywood are still a respected act. Remarkably for a band with only two albums, there are 13 different compilations of demos, remixes, and greatest hits. There were even a couple reunion tours, though they didn’t include Johnson nor original guitarist Brian Nash. Warriors of the Wasteland, 03:56. For Heaven's Sake, 04:29.

Bang! is a compilation album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood given a Japan-only release during 1985. It is the first compilation album by the group, and the first to gather together various remixes that were difficult to find at the time. The album has subsequently become a collectors item in its own right. For collectors, the inclusion of the Hibakusha mix of "Two Tribes" was a real find. The U. S. government provides no support to Japanese American hibakusha, while one British Commonwealth citizen and seven Dutch POWs died in the Nagasaki bombing, at least two POWs reportedly died postwar from cancer thought to have been caused by the atomic bomb. 4. The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song) – The Power of Love is a song originally recorded and released by English band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was written by Holly Johnson, Peter Gill, Mark OToole and Brian Nash and it was released by the group as their third single.

Tracklist

1 War (Hidden) 8:36
2 Relax (U.S. Mix) 7:25
3 Black Night White Light 4:08
4 Welcome To The Pleasuredome (Urban Mix) 8:07
5 Two Tribes (Hibakusha Mix) 6:38
6 Power Of Love 5:29

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Polystar Co.,Ltd.
  • Distributed By – Polydor K.K.
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Zang Tuum Tumb
  • Copyright (c) – Zang Tuum Tumb

Credits

  • Engineer – Steve Lipson* (tracks: 2 to 6)
  • Producer – Trevor Horn
  • Written-By – Strong* (tracks: 1), fgth* (tracks: 2 to 6), Whitfield* (tracks: 1)

Notes

Made in Japan.
Comes with an OBI Sticker and Japanese liner notes sheet with lyrics written in Japanese and English.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: T4988023000534
  • Matrix / Runout (Variation 1): P33D-20017-A3E10
  • Matrix / Runout (Variation 2): P33D-20017-A3E13
  • Matrix / Runout (Variation 3): P33D-20017 - T1 E 1 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Variation 4): P33D-20017-V2E 1 1
  • Rights Society: JASRAC

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
R25D-2001 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Bang! ‎(LP, MiniAlbum, Comp) ZTT, Island Records, Polystar R25D-2001 Japan 1985
PSCD-1177 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Bang! ‎(CD, MiniAlbum, Comp, RE) Island Records, Polystar, ZTT PSCD-1177 Japan 1991
none Frankie Goes To Hollywood Bang! (Here Comes A Supernova) ‎(6xFile, MP3, MiniAlbum, Comp, RE) ZTT none US 2014
none Frankie Goes To Hollywood Bang! (Here Comes A Supernova) ‎(6xFile, AAC, MiniAlbum, Comp, RE, 256) ZTT none US 2014
R25D-2001 Frankie Goes To Hollywood Bang! ‎(LP, MiniAlbum, Comp, Promo) ZTT, Island Records, Polystar R25D-2001 Japan 1985

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