"Relax" is the debut single by English new wave band Frankie Goes to Hollywood,released in the United Kingdom by ZTT Records in 1983.
"Two Tribes" is an anti-war song by British band Frankie Goes to Hollywood,released in the UK by ZTT Records on 4 June 1984. The song was later included on the album Welcome to the Pleasuredome. Presenting a nihilistic,gleeful lyric expressing enthusiasm for nuclear war,it juxtaposes a relentless pounding bass line and guitar riff inspired by American funk and R&B pop with influences of Russian classical music,in an opulent arrangement produced by Trevor Horn.
"Welcome to the Pleasuredome" is the title track to the 1984 debut album by English pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. The lyrics of the song were inspired by the poem Kubla Khan by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
"Watching the Wildlife" is the seventh and last single by English pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Released on 23 February 1987,it is the most radio friendly of the three singles from Liverpool going for a Beatlesque approach with string orchestration and psychedelic guitar riffs.
ZTT Records is a British record label founded in 1983 by the record producer Trevor Horn,the businesswoman Jill Sinclair and the NME journalist Paul Morley. They released music by acts including Frankie Goes to Hollywood,Grace Jones,the Art of Noise and Seal,especially The California Raisins.
Propaganda is a German synth-pop band formed in Düsseldorf in 1982. They signed a recording contract with ZTT Records as early as 1983 and released their first single "Dr Mabuse" in 1984. Followed by their debut studio album,the critically acclaimed A Secret Wish,in 1985. Two of the album's singles,"Dr. Mabuse" and "Duel",were UK Top 30 hits. A second studio album,1234 (1990),was recorded with a markedly different line-up and released by Virgin Records to less success. There have been several partial reformations of the group in the 21st century,with the original vocalists currently active as xPropaganda,and the remaining members releasing an album in 2024 with a guest vocalist Thunder Bae.
Claudia Brücken is a German singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop band Propaganda.
"Warriors of the Wasteland" is the sixth single by English pop band Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Released on 10 November 1986 as the second single from their album Liverpool, it stalled at number 19 in the UK Singles Chart,number 7 in Germany and number 13 in Switzerland.
A Secret Wish is the debut album by German synthpop band Propaganda. Released by ZTT Records in 1985,it was produced by Stephen Lipson under the supervision of label boss Trevor Horn.
Andrew Poppy is an English composer,pianist,and record producer.
Wishful Thinking is a 1985 remix album by the synthpop band Propaganda.
"I Want It All" is a song by British rock band Queen,featured on their 1989 studio album,The Miracle. Written by guitarist and vocalist Brian May and produced by David Richards,it was released as the first single from the album on 2 May 1989. "I Want It All" reached number three on the singles charts of the United Kingdom,Finland,Ireland and New Zealand,as well as on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. Elsewhere,it peaked at number two in the Netherlands and charted within the top 10 in Australia,Belgium,Germany,Norway and Switzerland. With its message about fighting for one's own goals it became an anti-apartheid protest song in South Africa.
Outside World is a 2002 compilation album by Propaganda. The album collects remixes,B-sides and extra tracks released on 7-inch and 12-inch records,cassette singles and white-label DJ vinyl pressings during the band's tenure on the ZTT label in 1984/85. It was released as a CD and as a CD with a bonus DVD containing promotional videos and TV commercials.
"Into the Lens" is a song written by Trevor Horn and Geoff Downes. It was originally released in 1980 by progressive rock band Yes,of which Horn and Downes were a part,as a part of the album Drama,before being reworked as "I Am a Camera" for the 1981 album Adventures in Modern Recording by the Buggles,a duo consisting of Horn and Downes;both versions were released as singles,with the Yes single being re-titled "Into the Lens (I Am a Camera)".
"Snobbery and Decay" is the debut single by Act. It was released by ZTT Records in a number of formats on 5 May 1987 and reached #60 in the UK Singles Chart.
"Like the Way I Do" is a song by American singer-songwriter Melissa Etheridge,released as the second US single from her first album,Melissa Etheridge (1988). In the United Kingdom,"Don't You Need" was released as the second single.
"I Got a Feeling" is a song recorded by American Motown vocal group Four Tops for their 1966 album,On Top. It was written by Holland–Dozier–Holland and produced by Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier. In 1967,"I Got a Feeling" was covered by Barbara Randolph. This version was produced by Hal Davis and released as a single in 1967.
"p:Machinery" is a song by German new wave/synth-pop band Propaganda,released as the third single from their debut album A Secret Wish. The song reached the top 10 in various countries across Europe,including France and Italy,but was most successful in Spain,where it peaked at number one. In the US,the song reached the top 10 on the dance chart. The opening line for the track was written by David Sylvian,who was approached to produce for the band but ultimately did not.
Ian Peel is a British music journalist. He is founder of the magazines Classic Pop and Long Live Vinyl and is a writer with special interests in Eighties pop music,ZTT Records,and Paul McCartney's experimental works.
"The Nine Lives of Dr. Mabuse" is the debut single by German new wave/synth-pop band Propaganda. The song was produced by Trevor Horn and was released on his label,ZTT in 1984. It appears on the debut album A Secret Wish. It was a moderate chart hit in the UK and Switzerland,peaking at numbers 27 and 14,respectively. In Germany,the song reached the top 10,peaking at No. 7.
