This article is about the 1984 album. For other uses, see Sophisticated Boom Boom (disambiguation) .
1984 studio album by Dead or Alive
Sophisticated Boom Boom Dead or Alive , released on 20 April 1984 by Epic Records . Featuring mostly synth-pop and dance elements, the album contains the band's first UK top 40 single, a cover version of KC and the Sunshine Band 's "That's the Way (I Like It) ". That song, along with "Misty Circles ", were hits on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The album was a minor success in the UK where it peaked at No. 29.
The original cassette version of the album was released with three bonus tracks. In 2007, the album was re-released on CD by Cherry Red Records with seven bonus tracks. The cover photograph was taken by Peter Ashworth and was inspired by the cover of Kate Bush 's 1978 studio album Lionheart Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know , but it was rejected by the label. It would later become the title of the band's third studio album .
The title matches that of the 1965 song by The Shangri-Las .
Track listing
1984 cassette bonus tracks No. Title Length 11. "Keep That Body Strong (That's the Way)" 3:41 12. "Misty Circles" (instrumental) 3:40
US 1984 vinyl No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "What I Want" 5:23 2. "Misty Circles" 3:39 3. "Do It" 3:53 4. "I'd Do Anything" 4:16 5. "That's the Way (I Like It)" 3:39 6. "You Make Me Wanna" 2:54 7. "Sit on It" 3:07 8. "Wish You Were Here" 5:21 9. "Absolutely Nothing" 4:21 10. "Far Too Hard" 4:31
UK 2007 reissue No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "I'd Do Anything" 4:16 2. "That's the Way (I Like It)" 3:39 3. "Absolutely Nothing" 4:21 4. "What I Want" 5:23 5. "Far Too Hard" 4:31 6. "You Make Me Wanna" 2:54 7. "Sit on It" 3:07 8. "Wish You Were Here" 5:21 9. "Misty Circles" 3:39 10. "Do It" 3:53 11. "Selfish Side" 2:34 12. "The Stranger" 4:49 13. "Misty Circles" (Dance Mix) 9:10 14. "What I Want" (Dance Mix) 6:12 15. "I'd Do Anything" (Megamix) 5:22 16. "That's the Way (I Like It)" (Extended Mix) 5:52 17. "Keep That Body Strong (That's the Way)" 3:38
Personnel
Dead or Alive
Additional musicians
Jackie Challenor – backing vocals
Lorenza Johnson – backing vocals
Mae McKenna – backing vocals
Kick Horns – hornsCaroline's Quartet – strings Production and artwork
Chart performance
Chart performance for Sophisticated Boom Boom
Chart (1984)
Peak
UK Singles Chart
29
References
"Music Week" (PDF). p. 10."Dead or Alive: Sophisticated Boom Boom > Review" at AllMusic . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. p. 185.Anthony, Lisa (26 April 1984). "Albums: Dead Or Alive - Sophisticated Boom Boom ". Smash Hits EMAP . p. 23.
"That's the Way (I Like It)" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 October 2011."Sophisticated Boom Boom > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" at AllMusic . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
^ "Sophisticated Boom Boom" . Official Charts Company . Retrieved 9 October 2011.
Dead or Alive (1984). Sophisticated Boom Boom (CD booklet). Epic Records .Planer, Lindsay. "Shangri-Las-65! – The Shangri-Las – Review" . AllMusic .
"Sophisticated Boom Boom" . 31 July 2018 – via YouTube.
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