Frankie Goes To Hollywood

This episode, Tim Burgess is joined by Holly Johnson for a Listening Party.Frankie Goes To Hollywood’s Welcome To The Pleasuredome stands out as one of the most iconic album releases of the 1980s. Musically it soundtracked the middle of the decade as Frankie dominated the charts, this album containing 3 consecutive number one singles in the UK.They also dominated the conversations of the time, the record steeped in controversy, with on air bans, shocking videos and less controversially, everyone wearing Frankie Says Relax t shirts.Welcome to the Pleasuredome was released on 29th October 1984 on ZTT.

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Tim’s Listening Party is the new podcast from The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess as he brings his world-famous Twitter Listening Party to Absolute Radio. Back during lockdown with everyone missing live music, Tim realised we all had the opportunity to take part in one great big listening party. What has followed is over a thousand album playbacks in real time, together with the people who made them. Now, Tim will bring these listening parties to podcasts as he celebrates records alongside some of his favourite artists. We’ll hear unique stories and exclusive insights to albums as Tim once again creates the world’s biggest listening party.