Sophisticated Boom Boom is the debut album by the British pop group Dead or Alive, released in 1984 on Epic Records. Containing mostly synthpop 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 cover version 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.
Although there was an unrelated Scottish female group called Sophisticated Boom Boom in the early 1980s, the title of the album derives from a Shangri-Las song of the same name, and alludes to the Sixties pop influences that crop up in the band's body of work — most explicitly here on the track "You Make Me Wanna".
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.
Track listing[]
All tracks written by Dead or Alive; except "That's the Way (I Like It)" by Harry Wayne Casey and Richard Finch.
Original CD and LP 1984 (UK):[]
- I'd Do Anything
- That's the Way (I Like It)
- Absolutely Nothing
- What I Want
- Far Too Hard
- You Make Me Wanna
- Sit on It
- Wish You Were Here
- Misty Circles
- Do It
1984 cassette Bonus Tracks:[]
- I'do Anything (Dub)
- Keep That Body Strong (That's the Way)
- Misty Circles (Instrumental)
Original CD and LP 1984 (US):[]
- What I Want
- Misty Circles
- Do It
- I'd Do Anything
- That's the Way (I Like It)
- You Make Me Wanna
- Sit on It
- Wish You Were Here
- Absolutely Nothing
- Far Too Hard
CD UK 2007 Reissue:[]
- I'd Do Anything
- That's the Way (I Like It)
- Absolutely Nothing
- What I Want
- Far Too Hard
- You Make Me Wanna
- Sit on It
- Wish You Were Here
- Misty Circles
- Do It
- Selfish Side
- The Stranger
- Misty Circles (Dance Mix)
- What I Want (Dance Mix)
- I'd Do Anything (Megamix)
- That's the Way (I Like It) [Extended Mix]
- Keep That Body Strong (That's the Way)
Personnel[]
- Pete Burns - Vocals
- Mike Percy - Bass Guitar
- Tim Lever - Keyboards
- Steve Coy - Drums
- Wayne Hussey - Guitar (uncredited on album artwork)
Aditional Personnel[]
- Tim Palmer - Engineer, Mixer
Singles[]
Gallery[]
