Sophisticated Boom Boom
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Sophisticated Boom Boom is the debut album
by the British pop group Dead or Alive
, released in 1984. Containing mostly synth pop and dance elements, the record was a minor success in the UK where it peaked at #29 and contained the band's first UK Top 40 single, a remake of KC & the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way (I Like It)
". That song, with "Misty Circles
", were hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
The title of the album derives from a Shangri-Las song of the same name, and alludes the Sixties pop influences that crop up in the band's body of work—most explicitly here on the track "You Make Me Wanna."
In 2007, the album was re-released on CD by Cherry Red Records with seven bonus tracks.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by the British pop group Dead or Alive
Dead or Alive (band)
Dead or Alive were a British New Wave band from Wirral, England, United Kingdom, Europe. The band rose to fame in the 1980s with their number one single on the UK Singles Chart, "You Spin Me Round ". They were the first group to have a number one single under the production team Stock Aitken Waterman...
, released in 1984. Containing mostly synth pop and dance elements, the record was a minor success in the UK where it peaked at #29 and contained the band's first UK Top 40 single, a remake of KC & the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way (I Like It)
That's the Way (I Like It)
"That's the Way " is a song written by H.W. Casey and Richard Finch, and recorded and released in 1975 by KC and the Sunshine Band for their eponymous second album...
". That song, with "Misty Circles
Misty Circles
"Misty Circles" is a song written and recorded by English New Wave/Dance band Dead or Alive. It was co-produced by the band and Zeus B. Held and released as the first single from Dead or Alive's album Sophisticated Boom Boom....
", were hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
The title of the album derives from a Shangri-Las song of the same name, and alludes the Sixties pop influences that crop up in the band's body of work—most explicitly here on the track "You Make Me Wanna."
In 2007, the album was re-released on CD by Cherry Red Records with seven bonus tracks.
Track listing
Personnel
- Pete BurnsPete BurnsPete Burns is an English singer-songwriter, author and television personality who founded the band Dead or Alive in 1980, for which he acted as the vocalist and songwriter, and which rose to mainstream success with their 1985 single "You Spin Me Round "...
- Vocalist - Mike Percy - Bass guitar
- Tim Lever - Keyboards
- Steve CoySteve CoySteve Coy is an English singer-songwriter, percussionist and composer. In 1982 he joined the band Dead or Alive, which was fronted by his friend Pete Burns. Currently Burns and Coy are the only remaining members of the band...
- Drums - Wayne HusseyWayne HusseyWayne Hussey is a British musician, best known as lead singer of The Mission and guitarist with The Sisters of Mercy....
- Guitar (uncredited on album artwork)