Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Welcome to the Pleasuredome Replica Tee (1984)
Released in 1984, Welcome to the Pleasuredome arrived like a provocation disguised as a pop record. Frankie Goes to Hollywood fused synth-pop, political tension, and overt sexual energy into something deliberately excessive and unapologetically queer-coded. From its very first notes, the album announced itself as spectacle—lush, confrontational, and knowingly taboo.
