Rage Hard: A Sonic Collection is a greatest hits album by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, released in 2004 by ZTT Records

ZTT Records

ZTT Records is a record label founded in 1983 by NME journalist Paul Morley, record producer Trevor Horn, and businesswoman Jill Sinclair. The label's name was also printed as "Zang Tumb Tuum" and "Zang Tuum Tumb" on various releases....

, exclusively to SA-CD. It is basically identical to the 2000 compilation album Maximum Joy

Maximum Joy (album)

Maximum Joy is a greatest hits album by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, released on by ZTT Records.- Background :The album takes its name from a song title from the band's Liverpool album....

, minus the second disc.

Background

The album takes its name from a song title from the band's Liverpool

Liverpool (album)

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 album was a commercial...

album.

The track listing is a mixture of singles and album tracks. The band's seven singles are accounted for here, in their album versions. Also featured are the four cover versions the band committed to album.

Design and art direction were by Simon Griffin & Ed Sullivan at Dolphin Studio.

Tracklisting

1. "Relax
   Relax (song)
   "Relax" is the debut single by British dance group Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in 1983. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome ....
   
   " - 3:57
2. "Two Tribes
   Two Tribes
   "Two Tribes" is the second single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, released in the UK by ZTT Records in May 1984 . The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome....
   
   " - 3:22
3. "Ferry Cross the Mersey" - 4:03
4. "The World Is My Oyster" - 1:58
5. "Welcome to the Pleasuredome
   Welcome to the Pleasuredome (song)
   "Welcome to the Pleasuredome" is the title track to the 1984 debut album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The lyrics of the song were inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge....
   
   " - 13:39
6. "Maximum Joy" - 5:30
7. "San Jose" - 3:09
8. "Warriors of the Wasteland" - 5:00
9. "Rage Hard
   Rage Hard
   "Rage Hard" is the fifth single by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. It was released in August 1986.-Background:Having topped the charts around the world with Welcome to the Pleasuredome and its accompanying singles, Frankie Goes to Hollywood took off to Amsterdam to record the follow-up album, Liverpool...
   
   " - 5:02
10. "War" - 6:12
11. "Watching the Wildlife
    Watching The Wildlife
    "Watching the Wildlife" is the seventh and last single by British pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Released in early 1987, it is taken from the album Liverpool....
    
    " - 4:17
12. "Born to Run" - 4:05
13. "The Power of Love
    The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)
    Holly Johnson, former singer of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, recorded his own version of "The Power of Love" which was released on his 1999 album Soulstream and was released as a single which made #56 in the UK. The single stayed in the charts for 2 weeks...
    
    " - 5:30

Singles

• 1983: "Relax"
• 1984: "Two Tribes"
• 1984: "The Power of Love"
• 1985: "Welcome to the Pleasuredome"
• 1986: "Rage Hard"
• 1986: "Warriors Of The Wasteland"
• 1987: "Watching The Wildlife"

External links

• Rage Hard: A Sonic Collection at Amazon
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