Welcome To The Pleasuredome
by Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome is ranked as the best album by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 72 Music Albums of 1984 | 21/72 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Squonk007 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 78/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 91 Music Albums of 1984 | 89/91 | 0 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 84 Music Albums of 1984 | 26/84 | 4 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1984 | 73/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 27/100 | 15 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Albums of the year 1984 by Ultimate Record Collection | 33/46 | - |
| 2026 | Squonk007 | Top 22 Music Albums of 1984 | 7/22 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 210 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,002 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/03/2026 12:49 | Kettwig | 1,359 | 90/100 |
| ! | 08/21/2026 20:19 |  serpico | 914 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 15:18 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.8/100, a mean average of 73.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.6.
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Welcome To The Pleasuredome forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 07/30/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5389): By Rich150
Liedzeit 04/06/2025 13:02 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Welcome To The Pleasuredome comments
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timtooky 04/10/2014 18:54 | #108962 | TOP COMMENT
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a truly revolutionary record in the 80s. the so called singles were all absolutely unsuitable for radio stations: to long, to suggestive, to weird. but all the "singles" kicked ass. sadly there are indeed some fillers here. otherwise ...
Having heard "The Power of Love" and relistening to "Two Tribes" I stopped hating FGTH on principle. I finally bought the single and played it non-stop for several days. Despite having over-played it, the album remains, to my ears, a great work. It fares better, when you are no longer hounded by the hype and the videos, wherever you look. It is not the greatest ever pop music to come out of Merseyside, OF COURSE, but it's damned good. (Edited)
Frankie's debut No.1 album which had advance sales of over one million, includes 3 consecutive No.1 hits "Relax", "Two Tribes" & the truly haunting love ballad "The Power of Love". Also included is the 13m40s version of their No.2 hit "Welcome To The Pleasuredome" and their better than original cover versions of "Born to Run" and "War(and Hide)". Check out Prince Charles short interlude on "Tag" and Ronald Reagans conclusion with "Bang" - Frankie says no more! (Edited)
johnner TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/21/2012 22:41 | #53067 | TOP COMMENT
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Great singles but there are too many fillers here for the album to be a bona fide classic.
A terrific first album that showed all kinds of promise. Sadly, it wasn't to be as the band could only manage one follow up album before internal friction caused them to go their own ways.
The first disc was a powerful piece of work for its era. I'm not a fan of overt sexuality for its own sake, but the song "Relax" pushed the envelope in a big way for a such a radio-friendly single. It and the other big single, "Two Tribes" were both frenetic masterpieces of musical craft. The title track, clocking in at over 13 minutes is a delicious stew of song fragments that never once loses the plot. The second disc is, well, interesting. Starting out with a string of covers before Frankie originals again take the stage. The energy isn't quite where it was on the first disc but there's nothing wrong with what's here. Finally, comes "The Power of Love", a straight-forward love song which went #1 in the UK but remains sadly unknown in the U.S.
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