Liverpool (album)

Liverpool is Frankie Goes to Hollywood's second and final studio album, released in October 1986. It would be the band's final album of all-new material, and lead singer Holly Johnson would leave the band following the corresponding world tour, followed by a flurry of lawsuits from ZTT. The album's production was handled by Trevor Horn's engineer Stephen Lipson, who urged the band to play their own instruments on this album (Horn having replaced many of the band's performances and arrangements with his session musicians or his own performances on Welcome to the Pleasuredome.) Liverpool therefore features a heavier rock sound than its predecessor.

Liverpool
Studio album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Released	20 October 1986 (see also 1986 in music)
Recorded	1986
Genre	Dance, new wave, pop, rock
Length	44:03
Label	ZTT
Producer	Stephen Lipson
Frankie Goes to Hollywood chronology
Bang! (Japan-only LP) (1985) Liverpool (1986) Bang! (1993)
Singles from Liverpool
"Rage Hard" Released: 25 August 1986 "Warriors of the Wasteland" Released: 10 November 1986 "Watching the Wildlife" Released: 23 February 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music

The album was a commercial disappointment compared to the band's previous effort, though it charted generally high at #5 in the United Kingdom and Germany, #7 on the Austrian and Swiss music charts and #8 in Norway. The cover photo was different depending on what format was purchased (LP, cassette, or compact disc). It also produced the Top 5 single "Rage Hard" (#1 in Germany), Top 20 single "Warriors of the Wasteland" and Top 30 single "Watching the Wildlife".

Track listing

All songs Gill/Johnson/Nash/O'Toole unless otherwise stated.

1. "Warriors of the Wasteland" - 4:58 (4:53 on LP and later CD reissues)
2. "Rage Hard" - 5:03
3. "Kill the Pain" - 6:16
4. "Maximum Joy" - 5:32
5. "Watching the Wildlife" - 4:18
6. "Lunar Bay" - 5:42
7. "For Heaven's Sake" - 4:29
8. "Is Anybody Out There?" - 7:25

The 2000 German reissues includes two bonus tracks:

1. "(Don't Lose What's Left) of Your Little Mind" - 6:15
2. "Suffragette City" (David Bowie) - 3:34

Singles

1. "Rage Hard"
2. "Warriors of the Wasteland"
3. "Watching the Wildlife"

2-CD Deluxe Edition

In 2011, a remastered Deluxe Edition of Liverpool was released, featuring a second disc containing rare and previously unreleased material. The first CD contains the LP version of the original album with extra tracks and the second CD rare and unreleased tracks. A few tracks were removed off later issues due to complainants by the band members. Issues with those tracks are "number 15 in the Element Series", and those without are "number 19 in the Element Series".

CD1

1. "Warriors of the Wasteland" - 4:54
2. "Rage Hard" - 5:08
3. "Kill the Pain" - 6:16
4. "Maximum Joy" - 5:30
5. "Watching the Wildlife" - 4:19
6. "Lunar Bay" - 5:42
7. "For Heaven's Sake" - 4:30
8. "Is Anybody Out There?" - 7:28
9. "The Waves" - 2:44
10. "Pamela" (Spoken) - 0:22
11. "Pocket Vibrator" (Monitor Mix Sarm Sessions October 1986) - 3:31 (early copies only)
12. "Suffragette City" - 3:35
13. "Roadhouse Blues" - 4:06
14. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Monitor Mix Sarm Sessions May 1986, Voiceless) - 4:50
15. "(Don't Lose What's Left) of Your Little Mind" - 6:14
16. "Rage Hard" (Voiceless) - 5:07

CD2

1. "Rage Hard" (Montreux Mix) - 5:34
2. "Warriors of the Wasteland" (Montreux Mix) - 3:19
3. "Warriors Cassetted" - 19:58
4. "Drum Loop" (Monitor Mix Wisseloord Sessions November 1985) - 3:19 (early copies only)
5. "Fuck Off" (Monitor Mix / Wisseloord Sessions / November 1985) - 4:01 (early copies only)
6. "Wildlife Cassetted" - 24:26
7. "Our Silver Turns to Gold" - 3:44 (Monitor Mix Ibiza Sessions May 1985) - 3:44
8. "Delirious" (Monitor Mix Ibiza Sessions October 1985) - 3:12
9. "Stan" (Spoken) - 0:42
10. "For Heaven's Sake" (Monitor Mix Wisseloord Sessions March 1986) - 7:54

Chart performance

Chart (1986)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2]	72
Austrian Albums Chart[3]	7
Canadian Albums Chart[4]	72
French Albums Chart[5]	9
German Albums Chart[6]	5
New Zealand Albums Chart[7]	12
Norwegian Albums Chart[8]	8
Swedish Albums Chart[9]	13
Swiss Albums Chart[10]	7
UK Albums Chart[11]	5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12]	88

Personnel

• Holly Johnson - lead vocals
• Paul Rutherford - backing vocals
• Brian Nash - guitar
• Mark O'Toole - bass guitar
• Peter Gill - drums

Additional personnel

• Trevor Horn - executive producer
• Betsy Cook - background vocals
• Barry Diament - mastering
• Stephen Lipson - guitar, keyboards, producer
• Steve Howe, Trevor Rabin - guitar
• Heff Moraes - assistant engineer
• Richard Niles - string arrangements, brass arrangement
• Andy Richards, Peter-John Vettese - keyboards
• Anton Corbijn - photography

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[13]	Gold	100,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[14]	Gold	250,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[15]	Gold	7,500^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[16]	Gold	100,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Garcia, Alex S. "Liverpool – Frankie Goes to Hollywood". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 118. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid 1983 and 19 June 1988.
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12. "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
13. "Les Certifications depuis 1973: Albums". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 29 November 2019. (select "Frankie goes to Hollywood" from drop-down list)
14. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Frankie Goes To Hollywood; 'Liverpool')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
15. "New Zealand album certifications – Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Liverpool". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
16. "British album certifications – Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Liverpool". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 29 November 2019. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Liverpool in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.