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{{short description|1984 studio album by Frankie Goes to Hollywood}}
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{{Infobox album
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| artist = [[Frankie Goes to Hollywood]]
| cover = Welcome To The Pleasuredome.jpg
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| caption = Illustration by [[Lo Cole]]<ref name="artofztt.com" />
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| released = {{start date|1984|10|29|df=y}}
| recorded = 1983–1984
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* [[The Manor Studio|Manor]] (Oxford)
* [[Sarm Studios|Sarm]] (London)
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=910 |title=Frankie say pleasure can pay |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=3–9 November 1984 |access-date=3 September 2023 |last=Bell |first=Max}}</ref><ref name="Cook"/>
| length = 64:06
| label = [[ZTT Records|ZTT]]
| producer = [[Trevor Horn]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Bang! (1985 Frankie Goes to Hollywood album)|Bang!]]
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Welcome to the Pleasuredome 2.jpg
| border = yes
| alt =
| caption = The original CD cover, which was taken from one of the vinyl record's dust jackets.<br>Cover photography by [[Peter Ashworth]]<ref name="liverpoolecho.co.uk">[https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gallery/one-man-photographed-famous-album-14761408 Liverpool Echo: Peter Ashworth interview: Frankie Goes to Hollywood]</ref>
}}
{{Singles
| name = Welcome to the Pleasuredome
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|Relax]]
| single1date = 24 October 1983
| single2 = [[Two Tribes]]
| single2date = 4 June 1984<ref name="ChartArchive.org">{{cite news|url=http://scans.chartarchive.org/UK/1984/24%20-%2016%20Jun%20Record%20Mirror%20Singles.jpg|title=Record Mirror|date=16 June 1984}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| single3 = [[The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|The Power of Love]]
| single3date = 19 November 1984
| single4 = [[Welcome to the Pleasuredome (song)|Welcome to the Pleasuredome]]
| single4date = 18 March 1985
}}
}}
'''''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'''''
The album was commercially successful and contained new versions of the songs from the group's singles from the same year ("[[Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|Relax]]" and "[[Two Tribes]]", plus B-side "[[War (The Temptations song)#Frankie Goes to Hollywood version|War]]"), as well as several [[cover version]]s. [[Trevor Horn]]'s production dominated the record so thoroughly that the band's own instrumental performances were often replaced by session musicians or Horn himself.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Griffiths |first=Daniel |date=2024-05-11 |title="Getting her to the studio was tough! But once we got her there, she was wonderful. We really sprung Slave... on her": The story of Grace Jones' ''Slave to the Rhythm'' – tempo changes, stacked Roland synth patches and Trevor Horn |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/grace-jones-slave-to-the-rhythm |access-date=2024-05-20 |website=MusicRadar |language=en}}</ref> Frankie's second album, ''[[Liverpool (album)|Liverpool]]'', actively featured the full band.
To celebrate the album's 30th anniversary, in October 2014, ZTT through Union Square Music released a limited edition (2,000 copies only) [[box set]] titled ''Inside the Pleasuredome'', available exclusively from the website pledgemusic.com. The box set contains rarities on 10" vinyl, as well as a book, a DVD, a cassette (featuring 13 mixes of "Relax" and its B-side "One September Monday") as well as a new 2014 remastered version of ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' on 180g vinyl.
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==Sleeve art==
The cover art was conceived by ZTT owner [[Paul Morley]] and illustrated by graphic artist [[Lo Cole]]. The front cover featured an illustration of the Frankie Goes to Hollywood band members; on the back of the album was an illustration of a large animal [[orgy]]; and the inner [[gatefold]] artwork was an image of a procession of animals entering the head of a very large [[phallus]]. The sleeve art proved controversial, and the [[Printer (publishing)|printing company]] refused to print the album covers. Cole was forced to alter the orgy image by adding green [[fig leaves]] to cover the offending animal genitalia.<ref name="artofztt.com" />
The album's alternative CD cover, and some of the promotional material, used a different image to the vinyl release, instead utilising [[Peter Ashworth]]'s photograph of the band in a jungle setting built by Ashworth in his studio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/dec/12/frankie-eurythmics-tina-turner-peter-ashworths-80s-pop-mavericks-in-pictures |title=Peter Ashworth's Pop Mavericks In Pictures |website=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>
==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Raggett">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/welcome-to-the-pleasuredome-mw0000189928 |title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome – Frankie Goes to Hollywood |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=1 April 2016 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|4}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Guiding the Uninitiated Through the Top 40 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=16 December 1984 |last1=Hilburn |first1=Robert |author1-link=Robert Hilburn |last2=Hunt |first2=Dennis |last3=Cromelin |first3=Richard |last4=Feather |first4=Leonard |author4-link=Leonard Feather |last5=Atkinson |first5=Terry |last6=Johnson |first6=Connie |last7=Pond |first7=Steve |last8=Damsker |first8=Matt |last9=Grein |first9=Paul |last10=Waller |first10=Don |author10-link=Don Waller |last11=Willman |first11=Chris |last12=Gurza |first12=Agustin |last13=Matsumoto |first13=Jon |last14=Baker |first14=Chris |last15=Shapiro |first15=Marc |last16=Reeves |first16=Jim}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome |magazine=[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]] |issue=290 |date=January 2018 |last=Harrison |first=Ian |page=106}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev4score = 8.7/10<ref name="Geffen">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/frankie-goes-to-hollywood-welcome-to-the-pleasuredome/ |title=Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome Album Review |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=23 June 2024 |access-date=23 June 2024 |last=Geffen |first=Sasha}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[Record Collector]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/welcome-to-thepleasuredome |title=Welcome To The Pleasuredome {{!}} Frankie Goes To Hollywood |magazine=[[Record Collector]] |issue=375 |date=May 2010 |access-date=1 April 2016 |last=Staunton |first=Terry}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Record Mirror]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Reid">{{cite magazine |title=Greetings, pop pickers |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |date=3 November 1984 |last=Reid |first=Jim |page=21}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Fricke">{{cite magazine |url=http://rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=70996&cf=724 |title=Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasuredome |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=17 January 1985 |access-date=1 April 2016 |last=Fricke |first=David |author-link=David Fricke |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020129075413/http://rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=70996&cf=724 |archive-date=29 January 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Smash Hits]]''
| rev8score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Frankie Goes to Hollywood: Welcome to the Pleasuredome |magazine=[[Smash Hits]] |volume=6 |issue=22 |date=8–21 November 1984 |last=Ellen |first=Mark |author-link=Mark Ellen |page=23}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Linfield">{{cite magazine |title=Dome Is Where the Art Is |magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]] |date=3 November 1984 |last=Linfield |first=Carole |page=32}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]''
| rev10score = C<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news |url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv12-84.php |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=25 December 1984 |access-date=1 April 2016 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref>
}}
Reviewing ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'' for ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'', Carole Linfield praised Frankie Goes to Hollywood for merging "the hip with the witless" on an album of "overkill, overjoy and overcompensation", summarising it as "pretentious rubbish for which we're rewarded with almost illicit ecstasy{{nbsp}}... Frankie makes gullibility fashionable."<ref name="Linfield"/> "By next week I'll be tired of it," commented [[Richard Cook (journalist)|Richard Cook]] in ''[[NME]]'', "but today this 'play' is funny, sharp, gorgeous."<ref name="Cook">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=147 |title=Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends |magazine=[[NME]] |date=3 November 1984 |access-date=3 September 2023 |last=Cook |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Cook (journalist) |page=33}}</ref> Jim Reid of ''[[Record Mirror]]'' felt that while the album "would have made a brilliant single LP", it is still "superbly produced and head and shoulders above the rest", observing "intelligence, real sexual glamour and a sense of fun" distinguishing the band from other contemporary pop acts.<ref name="Reid"/>
In the United States, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' critic [[David Fricke]] found that the album's songs are "too often{{nbsp}}... merely alluring fragments", while concluding that it "revels in its own subversiveness with such audacious glee that it is impossible not to be captivated, if not entirely convinced".<ref name="Fricke"/> ''[[The Village Voice]]''{{'}}s [[Robert Christgau]] was less impressed, calling the group "a truly great hype" but ultimately only "a marginally competent [[arena rock|arena-rock]] band who don't know how to distinguish between effeminacy and pretension".<ref name="Christgau"/>
Retrospectively, [[AllMusic]] reviewer Ned Raggett said that ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome'', divorced from "the hype, controversy, and attendant craziness surrounding Frankie", "holds up as an outrageously over-the-top, bizarre, but fun release", as well as "more a testament to Trevor Horn's production skills than anything else."<ref name="Raggett"/> For ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'', Sasha Geffen wrote that the album's impact "rang out into the years that followed, emblematizing the '80s and loosening the way for bands like [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]], who would carry a similar torch into the [[rave]] years."<ref name="Geffen"/>
==Track listing==
All songs written and composed by [[Peter Gill (FGTH drummer)|Peter Gill]], [[Holly Johnson]], [[Brian Nash (musician)|Brian Nash]] and [[Mark O'Toole (musician)|Mark O'Toole]] except where noted.{{CN|date=February 2025}}
{{Tracklist
|headline = Side 1: "F – Pray Frankie Pray"
|extra_column = Writer(s)
|title1 = The World Is My Oyster (Including Well, Snatch of Fury)
|extra1 = Frankie Goes to Hollywood, [[Andy Richards]]
|length1 = 1:57
|title2 = [[Welcome to the Pleasuredome (song)|Welcome to the Pleasuredome]]
|length2 = 13:40
}}
{{Tracklist
|headline = Side 2: "G – Say Frankie Say"
|extra_column = Writer(s)
|title3 = [[Relax (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|Relax (Come Fighting)]]
|length3 = 3:56
|title4 = [[War (The Temptations song)#Frankie Goes to Hollywood version|War (...and Hide)]]
|extra4 = [[Barrett Strong]], [[Norman Whitfield]]
|length4 = 6:12
|title5 = [[Two Tribes|Two Tribes (For the Victims of Ravishment)]]
|length5 = 3:23
|title6 = (Tag)
|note6 = unlisted track
|length6 = 0:35
}}
{{Tracklist
|headline = Side 3: "T – Stay Frankie Stay"
|extra_column = Writer(s)
|title7 = [[Ferry Cross the Mersey|Ferry (Go)]]
|extra7 = [[Gerry Marsden]]
|length7 = 1:49
|title8 = [[Born to Run (song)|Born to Run]]
|extra8 = [[Bruce Springsteen]]
|length8 = 3:56
|title9 = [[Do You Know the Way to San Jose|San Jose (The Way)]]
|extra9 = [[Burt Bacharach]], [[Hal David]]
|length9 = 3:09
|title10 = Wish (The Lads Were Here)
|length10 = 2:48
|title11 = The Ballad of 32
|length11 = 4:47
}}
{{Tracklist
|headline = Side 4: "H – Play Frankie Play"
|extra_column = Writer(s)
|total_length = 64:00
|title12 = Krisco Kisses
|length12 = 2:57
|title13 = Black Night White Light
|length13 = 4:05
|title14 = The Only Star in Heaven
|length14 = 4:16
|title15 = [[The Power of Love (Frankie Goes to Hollywood song)|The Power of Love]]
|length15 = 5:28
|title16 = ...Bang
|length16 = 1:08
}}
==Personnel==
;Frankie Goes to Hollywood
* [[Holly Johnson]] – [[lead vocalist|lead vocals]]
* [[Paul Rutherford (singer)|Paul Rutherford]] – [[backing vocalist|backing vocals]]
* [[Brian Nash (musician)|Brian Nash]] – [[guitar]]
* [[Mark O'Toole (musician)|Mark O'Toole]] – [[bass guitar]]
* [[Peter Gill (FGTH drummer)|Peter Gill]] – [[drums]]
'''Additional personnel'''
* [[J. J. Jeczalik]] – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]], [[programming (music)|programming]], [[software]]
* [[Andy Richards]] – keyboards
* [[Luís Jardim]] – percussion
* [[Anne Dudley]] – keyboards, string arrangement on "The Power of Love"
* [[Stephen Lipson]] – guitar
* [[Steve Howe (musician)|Steve Howe]] – acoustic guitar on "Welcome to the Pleasuredome"
* [[Trevor Horn]] – programming, backing vocals, bass guitar
'''Production'''
*Produced by [[Trevor Horn]]
*Engineers – Stuart Bruce, Steve Lipson
*Mastering – Ian Cooper
'''Technical'''
*Cover concept - [[Paul Morley]]<ref name="liverpoolecho.co.uk">[https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gallery/one-man-photographed-famous-album-14761408 Liverpool Echo: Peter Ashworth interview: Frankie Goes to Hollywood]</ref>
*Illustration by Lo Cole<ref name="artofztt.com">{{cite web |last1=Foakes |first1=Kevin |title=Frankie Goes To Hollywood 'Welcome To The Pleasuredome' LP |url=https://www.artofztt.com/sleeves/fgth-sleeves/frankie-goes-to-hollywood-welcome-to-the-pleasuredome-lp/ |website=Art Of ZTT |access-date=1 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929232828/https://www.artofztt.com/sleeves/fgth-sleeves/frankie-goes-to-hollywood-welcome-to-the-pleasuredome-lp/ |archive-date=29 September 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*Cover photography - [[Peter Ashworth]]<ref>[https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/gallery/one-man-photographed-famous-album-14761408 Liverpool Echo: Peter Ashworth interview: Frankie Goes to Hollywood]</ref>
==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome''
! scope="col"| Chart (1984–1985)
! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{harvnb|Kent|1993|p=118}}</ref>
| 7
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{{album chart|Austria|3|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|album=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|9|chartid=9568|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|album=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Media-IDX/IDX/80s/85/M&M-1985-01-14-OCR-Page-0012.pdf |title=European Top 100 Albums |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=2 |issue=2 |date=14 January 1985 |page=9 |oclc=29800226 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 1
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 |language=fi |edition=1st |___location=Helsinki |publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava]] |year=2006 |isbn=978-951-1-21053-5}}</ref>
| 10
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|4|id=185|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|album=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|album=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|8|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|album=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|7|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|album=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|album=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=19841104|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|33|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|rowheader=true|access-date=4 July 2019}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1984 year-end chart performance for ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome''
! scope="col"| Chart (1984)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9642&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9642.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9642 |title=Top 100 Albums of 1984 |magazine=RPM |volume=41 |issue=17 |date=5 January 1985 |issn=0033-7064 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref>
| 51
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1984&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1984 |language=nl |publisher=[[Dutch Charts]] |access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>
| 39
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums ([[Gallup (company)|Gallup]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1985/Music-Week-1985-01-26-I-IDX-62.pdf |title=Top 100 Albums (January 3–December 29, 1984) |magazine=[[Music Week]] |date=26 January 1985 |page=42 |issn=0265-1548 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 10
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ 1985 year-end chart performance for ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome''
! scope="col"| Chart (1985)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{harvnb|Kent|1993|p=437}}</ref>
| 47
|-
! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1985 |title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1985 |website=austriancharts.at |language=de |access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>
| 17
|-
! scope="row"| Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0618&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0618.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0618 |title=RPM's Top 100 Albums of 1985 |magazine=RPM |volume=43 |issue=16 |date=28 December 1985 |issn=0033-7064 |via=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref>
| 84
|-
! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1985&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1985 |language=nl |publisher=Dutch Charts |access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>
| 28
|-
! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1985 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1985 |language=de |publisher=GfK Entertainment |access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>
| 18
|-
! scope="row"| New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/1985-12-31 |title=Top Selling Albums of 1985 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]] |access-date=4 July 2019}}</ref>
| 11
|-
! scope="row"| UK Albums (Gallup)<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1986/Music-Week-1986-01-18-IDX-11.pdf |title=Top 100 Albums (January 5–December 28, 1985) |magazine=Music Week |date=18 January 1986 |page=11 |issn=0265-1548 |via=World Radio History}}</ref>
| 33
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/top-billboard-200-albums |title=Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1985 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=4 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730184336/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/top-billboard-200-albums |archive-date=30 July 2018}}</ref>
| 41
|}
{{col-end}}
==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Welcome to the Pleasuredome''}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|award=Gold|type=album|certyear=1992|relyear=1984|access-date=29 November 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1984|certyear=1985|access-date=4 July 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1984|certyear=1992|access-date=4 July 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|award=Gold|type=album|certyear=1984|relyear=1984|access-date=29 November 2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1984|id=1985-01-18|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|date=20 January 1985}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Norway|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|award=Gold|type=album|certyear=1984|relyear=1984|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1986/BB-1986-12-06.pdf|title=Sonet - Frankie Went to Norway|magazine=Billboard|page=S-6|date=6 December 1986|via=American Radio History|access-date=29 November 2019}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|award=Platinum|number=3|type=album|relyear=1984|certyear=1985|id=8116-1960-2|date=28 May 1985|salesamount=1,100,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-11-03-I.pdf|magazine=[[Music Week]]|title=Frankie sets new record on advance sales|page=1|date=1 November 1984|accessdate=2 July 2023}}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Frankie Goes to Hollywood|title=Welcome to the Pleasuredome|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1984|certyear=1985|date=4 March 1985|access-date=4 July 2019}}
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==References==
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===Bibliography===
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* {{cite book |last=Kent |first=David |author-link=David Kent (historian) |title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 |edition=illustrated |___location=St Ives, N.S.W. |publisher=Australian Chart Book |year=1993 |isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
{{refend}}
==External links==
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