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Monday, 12 December 2011

LIVERPOOL AND OUT! FRANKIE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD'S SECOND AND FINAL ALBUM REVISITED




Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second album, LIVERPOOL, in 1986, was dismissed by most critics and saw a decline in band relations - pretty soon it was all over. But some of the tracks deserve better, not to be forgotten; aside from the memorable singles Rage Hard, Watching the Wildlife, and the epic Warriors of the Wasteland, stand-out tracks include the gorgeous For Heaven's Sake, Lunar Bay, Kill The Pain, and the heartfelt and deeply personal album closer, Is Anybody Out There - a track that stands as lead singer Holly Johnson's goodbye forever to FGTH.
The album is now available as a Special Edition, among the many bonus tracks and rarities are the b-sides (Don't Lose What's Left) Of Your Little Mind - a strange vampiric moment of great madness, and the David Bowie cover, Suffragette City; a powerful and unique stab at a classic track.
Liverpool, the second and final Frankie Goes To Hollywood album, remains a frankie quite fitting end to a brilliant career!


words: mark gordon palmer

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