Sophisticated Boom Boom

Studio album by Dead Or Alive

Released

May 1984

Recorded

1983–84

Genre

Dance-pop, synthpop, Hi-NRG

Length

41:00

Label

Epic

Producer

Zeus B. Held, Dead or Alive

Dead Or Alive chronology

Sophisticated Boom Boom
(1984)

Youthquake
(1985)

Singles from Sophisticated Boom Boom

"Misty Circles"
Released: May 1983
"What I Want"
Released: August 1983
"I'd Do Anything"
Released: January 1984
"That's the Way (I Like It)"
Released: 1984
"What I Want (re-release)"
Released: 1984

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Smash Hits	^[1]
Allmusic	^[2]

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^[3] 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)".^[4] That song, with "Misty Circles", were hits on the U.S. Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.^[5]

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 1984 vinyl
No.	Title	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

Original 1984 cassette extra tracks
No.	Title	Length
11.	"I'd Do Anything" (Dub)	5:22
12.	"Keep That Body Strong (That's the Way)"	3:41
13.	"Misty Circles" (instrumental)	3:40

US 1990 CD
No.	Title	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 CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'd Do Anything"		4:16
2.	"That's the Way (I Like It)"	Casey, Finch	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

Pete Burns - Vocals
Mike Percy - Bass guitar
Tim Lever - Keyboards
Steve Coy - Drums
Wayne Hussey - Guitar (uncredited on album artwork)

Additional personnel

Tim Palmer - Engineer, Mixer

References

↑ Anthony, Lisa (26 April 1984). "Albums: Dead Or Alive - Sophisticated Boom Boom". Smash Hits. London, England: EMAP. p. 23.
↑ Raggett, Ned. "Dead or Alive: Sophisticated Boom Boom > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
↑ "Sophisticated Boom Boom". ChartStats.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
↑ "That's the Way (I Like It)". ChartStats.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
↑ "Sophisticated Boom Boom > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 October 2011.

External links

Sophisticated Boom Boom at Discogs (list of releases)

Dead or Alive

Pete Burns Mike Percy Steve Coy Timothy Lever Martin Healy Mick Reid Walter Ogden Paul Hornby Phil Hurst Pete Lloyd Joe Musker Sue James Adrian Mitchley Wayne Hussey Peter Oxendale Jason Alburey

Studio albums	Sophisticated Boom Boom (1984) Youthquake (1985) Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (1987) Nude (1989) Fan the Flame (Part 1) (1990) Nukleopatra (1995) Fragile (2000)

Remix albums	Nude (Remixed, Remodelled, Remixed) (1991) Unbreakable (2001)

Other albums	Rip It Up (1987) Love, Pete (1992) Star Box (1993) Evolution: The Hits (2003) That's The Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive (2010) Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI (2016)

Singles	"I'm Falling" "Number Eleven" "It's Been Hours Now" "The Stranger" "Misty Circles" "What I Want" "I'd Do Anything" "That's the Way (I Like It)" "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" "Lover Come Back to Me" "In Too Deep" "My Heart Goes Bang (Get Me to the Doctor)" "Brand New Lover" "Something in My House" "Hooked on Love" "I'll Save You All My Kisses" "Son of A Gun" "Turn Around & Count 2 Ten" "Come Home with Me Baby" "Baby Don't Say Goodbye" "Your Sweetness (Is Your Weakness)" "Gone 2 Long" "Unhappy Birthday" "Rebel Rebel" "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) 96" "Sex Drive" "Hit and Run Lover" "You Spin Me Round 2003"

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