Sophisticated Boom Boom

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

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

External links

• Sophisticated Boom Boom at Discogs (list of releases)