Zack: I was listening to this album while outlining.
When I got to the third song, I fell into a deep trance and felt a sudden,
insatiable urge to commit some sort of high-profile political assassination.
Next thing I knew, I was almost done with my outline and I was listening to a
cover of Born to Run that I didn’t know existed nor want. Not to say that this
album wasn’t good, but don’t cover the Boss like that. You are not Bruce. You
are Frankie. And you may be on your way to Hollywood, but Bruce is from Jersey,
and we handle our business a little different in the Garden State. Actually,
the cover wasn’t half bad. Neither was this album, which was much lower on
the cheese quotient than the most well-known track would have you believe. It
wasn’t a particular great album either, but considering some of the other New
Wave we’ve come across, I’ll take okay any day.
Favorite Tracks: Relax; Black Night White Light; Snatch of
Fury (Stay)/Welcome to the Pleasuredome
Emily: At some point in the early '80s, people were really into Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Now, they only had one hit in the US (and a few more in the UK), but that one hit inspired legions of fans wearing colorblock T-shirts telling the world that "FRANKIE SAYS RELAX." These T-shirts were most appropriately worn with leg warmers and crimped hair, of course, and I doubt many of their wearers were actually die-hard Frankie Goes to Hollywood fans, since it's pretty hard to be a die hard fan of a band with one album and one song that broke up shortly after both were released. But I'm sure Frankie has some fans out there who still love this album. And they probably still love their leg warmers too, since Welcome to the Pleasuredome is completely stuck in the '80s. It's a middling New Wave album with some schlocky ballads, a few neon-hued dance tracks, and a surprisingly good cover of Born to Run. Must like their eponymous T-shirts, Frankie Goes to Hollywood hasn't exactly aged well, but their music isn't a bad a blast from the past.
Favorite Tracks: Relax; Wish the Lads Were Here; Born to Run
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