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When I was a kid, like many other kids I detested the clutch of smarmy, self-satisfied radio 1 DJs that ruled the airwaves back then- so gratifyingly lampooned by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. "What are you doing this weekend, MATE?" "Well, MATE, I'm doing an awful lot of work for chariddy..." Mike Read was one ...  Read the complete review

If you took a stroll round the seaside resorts of Britain or indeed any city centre during the 1983-84 period, particularly on a warm summer’s day, and you would inevitably come across (oo-err, missus!) a multitude of white T shirts all proclaiming the legend (in foot high letters) “Frankie Says…” There were many ...  Read the complete review

The banning of "Relax" was of course the reason why the single shot to the number one spot, and the rest, as they say, is history. 1984 became the year of Frankie, with "Frankie say?" T-shirts everywhere. The record was at Number 1 for 5 weeks, and was still in the charts 48 weeks later. Apart from the hype and the ...  Read the complete review

In the early/mid eighties, it was common for albums to be around the half hour mark, which would explain why this album is a double when it would easily fit onto a single. That out of the way, here goes with the rest of it... This great-sounding album would be better described as something like "The Art Of Frankie", as most of ...  Read the complete review

Frankie’s first and finest album, with ‘best of’ thrown in for good measure. This album features all the reasons Frankie became famous as well as infamous, namely ‘The Power of Love’, ‘Two Tribes’ and ‘Relax’. The album opens with a surrealistic track called ‘The World is my ...  Read the complete review