Sophisticated Boom Boom

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{{about|the 1984 album}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Sophisticated Boom Boom

| type = Album

| artist = Dead or Alive

| cover = Sophisticatedboomboom.jpg

| caption = Cover photography by Peter Ashworth

| alt =

| released = 20 April {{Start date|1984|}}

| recorded = 1983–1984

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = * Dance-pop

• hi-NRG

| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=00}}

| label = Epic

| producer = * Zeus B. Held

• Dead or Alive

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Youthquake

| next_year = 1985

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Sophisticated Boom Boom

| type = studio

| single1 = Misty Circles

| single1date = April 1983

| single2 = What I Want

| single2date = September 1983

| single3 = I'd Do Anything

| single3date = January 1984{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1984/Music-Week-1984-01-14-I.pdf|title=Music Week|page=10}}

| single4 = That's the Way (I Like It)

| single4date = March 1984

}}}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|1|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r5265|tab=review |label="Dead or Alive: Sophisticated Boom Boom > Review" |first=Ned |last=Raggett |accessdate=30 September 2017}}

| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev2score = {{rating|1|5}}{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=185}}

| rev3 = Smash Hits

| rev3Score = {{Rating|8|10}}{{cite news |first=Lisa |last=Anthony |title=Albums: Dead Or Alive - Sophisticated Boom Boom |newspaper=Smash Hits |publisher=EMAP |location=London, England |page=23 |date=26 April 1984}}

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Sophisticated Boom Boom is the debut studio album by the English pop band Dead or Alive, released on 20 April 1984 by Epic Records. Featuring mostly synth-pop and dance elements, the album contains the band's first UK top 40 single, a cover version of KC and the Sunshine Band's "That's the Way (I Like It)".{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/That%27s%20The%20Way%20%28I%20Like%20It%29 |title=That's the Way (I Like It) |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=9 October 2011 }} That song, along with "Misty Circles", were hits on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.{{AllMusic |class=album |id=r5265 |tab=charts-awards/billboard-single |label="Sophisticated Boom Boom > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" |accessdate=9 October 2011}} The album was a minor success in the UK where it peaked at No. 29.

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 and was inspired by the cover of Kate Bush's second studio album Lionheart (1978). The original title for the album was Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, but it was rejected by the label. It would later become the title of the band's third studio album.{{cite AV media notes|title=Sophisticated Boom Boom|author=Dead or Alive|year=1984|publisher=Epic Records|type=CD booklet}} The title matches that of the song made famous by the Shangri-Las, "Sophisticated Boom Boom", first released on their second album, Shangri-Las-65! (1965).{{Cite web |last=Planer |first=Lindsay |title=Shangri-Las-65! – The Shangri-Las – Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/shangri-las-65-mw0000817211#review |website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNDZ5VGgG20|title=Sophisticated Boom Boom|date=31 July 2018|via=YouTube}}