- synth-pop, pop, new wave, disco
- 41 min
- 10 tracks
Sophisticated Boom Boom is the debut studio album by the English pop band 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 ". 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.
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Spare, warm, classical in form and unpretentious.
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- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- effortlessdemanding
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Tracks
- 1What I Want5:24
- 2Misty Circles3:39
- 3Do It3:53
- 4I’d Do Anything4:12
- 5That’s the Way (I Like It)3:43
- 6You Make Me Wanna2:54
- 7Sit on It3:07
- 8Wish You Were Here5:20
- 9Absolutely Nothing4:22
- 10Far Too Hard4:31
10 tracks, 41 minutes.
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- Artist
- Dead or Alive
- Released
- 1984
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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