Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI

Prior to the Sophisticated Boom Box, Dead or Alive had released three greatest hits collections, Rip It Up (1987), Evolution: The Hits (2003) and ''That's The Way I Like It: The Best of Dead or Alive'' (2010), all on Epic/Sony Records. All three were composed of the band's UK singles, with only Evolution including the band's 1990s and 2000s output. Unlike the aforementioned compilations, Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI was the first collection to comprehensively compile the Dead or Alive discography, including Pete Burns' solo material, however, excluding all material from earlier than Sophisticated Boom Boom (1984), the pre-Epic period. The set includes the UK number one "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)", US dance number ones "Brand New Lover" and "Come Home (With Me Baby)" and Japanese number one "Turn Around And Count 2 Ten", where the latter remained atop the chart for 17 weeks. ==Promotion==

The release of Sophisticated Boom Box MMXVI was announced on September 8, 2016, via Demon Music Group as a "personally curated [by Burns and Coy] 19 disc set, featuring the original album tracklistings plus a plethora of rarities, live recordings, alternate mixes, instrumental versions and more than 12 previously unreleased remixes and tracks from their vaults, bringing a unique collection together from the band’s internationally successful career for the very first time." A promo video for the set was released shortly after on the band's Facebook group on Amazon and YouTube, featuring the music videos for the singles, "You Spin Me Round", "Lover Come Back To Me", "Brand New Lover", "In Too Deep", "Something In My House", "That's The Way (I Like It)" and the 2003 version of "You Spin Me Round" from Evolution: The Hits. Burns was due to appear on the British talk show Loose Women to promote the set on October 24, 2016, the day after he died, but pulled out the week prior due to "ill health". == Errors ==

On the day of release, Demon Music Group released a statement on their website detailing multiple errors with the CD/DVD variant of the box set, and offering replacements for nine of the 17 CDs and both DVDs. Another statement on November 28, 2016, sourced from vinyl." Track 9 is "identical to" track 12. • CD3 "plays in mono." ""My Heart Goes Bang (7" Version)" plays the same as the album version." ""Lover Come Back To Me" plays at a "slower speed." • CD4 "plays in mono." ""My Heart Goes Bang (American WIPE-OUT Mix)" should be listed as an edit." ""You Spin Me Round (Big Ben Mix)" sounds like a reconstruction." • On CD6, "there is an awkward gap between "Then There Was You" and "Come Inside"." ""Brand New Lover (Edit)" appears to be slower than any other version. ""I Want You (7" Mix)" is sourced from vinyl." • On CD8, ""Something In My House (Short Version)" plays the 7" remix." "''"Baby Don't Say Goodbye (The Powerful Club Twelve)"'' is sourced from vinyl." • On CD9, tracks 1 and 2 are "easily identified as coming from a vinyl source, and sourced from low bitrate MP3s". ""You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) (Blue Sky Mix)" is ripped from vinyl, skips three seconds into the track and is sourced from a low bitrate MP3." (The exact source for this track was ripped from YouTube). • On CD11, "''"Baby Don't Say Goodbye (Extended Mix)"'' has bad sound quality." • On CD14, "tracks 1 and 6 are identical up until 6:10-ish..." ""International Thing (Nu-NRG 12" Remix)" plays the album version." • Both DVDs had "freezing and cropping issues". On December 8, 2016, Demon released a third statement regarding mispressed vinyl Sophisticated Boom Box sets, with the Nude LP pressed to play Elvis Presley & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's The Wonder of You. Re-pressed correct copies were sent to customers shortly after. ==Track listing==

The CD/DVD package contains the full, 272-track compilation, including remixes, alternate versions, live performances and previously unreleased tracks. The abridged LP package only contains the band's seven studio albums, and excludes all bonus material. The track list below represent the corrected, non-mispressed versions of the CD/DVD version of the set. Tracks 11–15 are denoted as bonus tracks. All tracks are denoted as bonus tracks. Tracks 9 and 10 are denoted as being previously unreleased. Tracks 10–14 are denoted as bonus tracks. All tracks are denoted as bonus tracks. Tracks 10 and 11 are denoted as being previously unreleased. All tracks are denoted as bonus tracks. All tracks, except 1, 3 and 4, are denoted as being previously unreleased. Tracks 10–17 are denoted as bonus tracks. All tracks are denoted as bonus tracks. Tracks 6 and 12 are denoted as being previously unreleased. Tracks 9–13 are denoted as bonus tracks. Track 13 is denoted as being previously unreleased. All tracks are denoted as bonus tracks. Tracks 10–18 are denoted as bonus tracks. Track 16 is denoted as being previously unreleased. Tracks 8–13 are denoted as bonus tracks. Track 13 is denoted as being previously unreleased. Tracks 10–12 are denoted as bonus tracks. Track 1 is denoted as being previously unreleased. Track 12 is denoted as a bonus track. All tracks are denoted as bonus tracks. All tracks denoted as bonus tracks. Track 11 denoted as being previously unreleased. ==References==