{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Nukleopatra | type = studio | artist = [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]] | cover = DeadOrAlive Nukleopatra1.jpg | alt = | released = 21 October 1995 | recorded = 1994–1995 | studio = | length = | label = [[Epic Records|Epic]] | producer = * Steve Coy * [[Barry Stone]] | prev_title = [[Fan the Flame (Part 1)]] | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = [[Fragile (Dead or Alive album)|Fragile]] | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Singles | name = Nukleopatra | type = Studio | single1 = [[Rebel Rebel]] | single1date = 18 June 1994 | single2 = [[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]] (1996 Remix) | single2date = 1996 | single3 = [[Sex Drive (Dead or Alive song)|Sex Drive]] | single3date = 10 March 1997 }} }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r242122|label="Nukleopatra{{Snd}} Dead or Alive" |first=Greg |last=Prato |accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev2score = 2.1/10<ref name="Pitchfork Review">{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/dead-or-alive/nukleopatra.shtml |title=Dead Or Alive: Nukleopatra |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=October 1995 |access-date=31 July 2017 |last=Wisdom |first=James |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010215151612/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/d/dead-or-alive/nukleopatra.shtml |archivedate=15 February 2001 }}</ref> }}
'''''Nukleopatra''''' is the sixth studio album from British [[synth-pop]] band [[Dead or Alive (band)|Dead or Alive]], first released in Japan in 1995 by [[Epic Records]]. ''Nukleopatra'' was subsequently issued by several different labels in different territories, with varying track listings, timings and artwork.
==Production== In the early-1990s, Burns and Coy signed with [[Pete Waterman]]'s [[PWL Records]] and work was started on new tracks co-written and produced by [[Mike Stock (musician)|Mike Stock]]. The sessions were aborted when Stock abruptly quit over his dissatisfaction with his share of publishing royalties on the new material.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=A Journey Through Stock Aitken Waterman: Ep 28: A Walk In The Park to Whatever Makes Our Love Grow on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/ep-28-a-walk-in-the-park-to-whatever-makes-our-love-grow/id1565879477?i=1000558531126 |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-AU}}</ref>
Work on new material recommenced at PWL with Barry Stone taking over co-production duties and the project now funded by Sony Japan.<ref name=":4" /> The first release was a [[cover version]] of [[David Bowie]]'s "[[Rebel Rebel]]", released as a single under the name ''International Chrysis'' – named after the late [[International Chrysis|transsexual nightclub performer]]. An initial version of the track, featuring new lyrics written by Burns, was blocked by Bowie – who legally denied permission to use new lyrics, and unsuccessfully requested the track not be covered by the band at all.<ref name=":4" />
Several of the tracks on ''Nukleopatra'' were re-written, re-recorded or remixed versions of songs from ''[[Fan the Flame (Part 1)]]'', which had then only been released in Japan, and the unfinished ''[[Fan the Flame (Part 2): The Resurrection|Fan the Flame (Part 2)]]''. Burns had also collaborated with the Italian [[Eurodance]]-duo Glam to produce the single "[[Sex Drive (Dead or Alive song)|Sex Drive]]", which was re-recorded for inclusion on ''Nukleopatra''. In 1997, Burns claimed that some of the song covers were included as "album fillers", when studio time to write new material was cut short as "the record label started to fall to bits".<ref>{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvvPIcgiOPM&t=417s | archive-url=| archive-date= | url-status= |title=Pete Burns Interview by Sveta Breakfast Radio Show 1997 |location= |access-date=1 January 2022}}</ref>
The album was initially released by different labels in various territories between 1995 and 1998. The band claimed that [[Pete Waterman]] refused their request to use [[Paul Oakenfold]] and other remixers to work on further singles, as he had wanted to write and produce for the band himself.<ref name=":4" />
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Japanese version{{nobold|{{Snd}} 1995, Epic Records (ESCA 6215)<ref name="discography">{{cite web |url=http://www.deadoralive.net/newsite/discography/nukedisco.html |title=Various Nukleopatra Releases |website=deadoralive.net |accessdate=9 October 2011}}</ref>}} | title1 = Nukleopatra | length1 = 7:03 | writer1 = [[Pete Burns]], [[Steve Coy]] | title2 = Unhappy Birthday | length2 = 6:13 | writer2 = Burns, Coy, [[Peter Oxendale]] | title3 = [[Rebel Rebel]] | length3 = 4:17 | writer3 = [[David Bowie]] | title4 = Sleep with You | length4 = 5:33 | writer4 = Burns, Coy, Oxendale | title5 = The Right Stuff | length5 = 4:06 | writer5 = Burns, Coy, Zeben Jameson | title6 = I'm a Star | length6 = 4:54 | writer6 = Burns, Coy, Oxendale | title7 = International Thing | length7 = 6:57 | writer7 = Burns, Coy, Oxendale | title8 = Picture This | length8 = 4:53 | writer8 = [[Deborah Harry]], [[Chris Stein]], [[Jimmy Destri]] | title9 = Spend the Night Together | length9 = 9:06 | writer9 = Burns, Coy, Oxendale | title10 = Gone Too Long | length10 = 5:02 | writer10 = Burns, Coy, Oxendale | title11 = Getting It On | length11 = 7:19 | writer11 = Burns, Coy | title12 = [[Sex Drive (Dead or Alive song)|Sex Drive]] | length12 = 6:40 | writer12 = Burns, Ricky Persi, Davide Rizzatti, Elvio Moratto, Riccardo Testoni | total_length = }} {{Track listing | headline = Australian and European versions{{nobold|{{Snd}} 1996, Columbia (484354 2)<ref name="discography"/>}} | title1 = Nukleopatra | length1 = 4:18 | title2 = Sex Drive | length2 = 5:14 | title3 = [[You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)]] | note3 = '96 Remix{{Snd}} Sugar Pumpers Radio Remix | length3 = 3:39 | title4 = International Thing | length4 = 3:45 | title5 = Picture This | length5 = 4:53 | title6 = Unhappy Birthday | note6 = 12" Remix | length6 = 7:32 | title7 = Rebel Rebel | length7 = 6:37 | title8 = I'm a Star | length8 = 4:54 | title9 = Sleep with You | length9 = 5:33 | title10 = The Right Stuff | length10 = 4:06 | title11 = Gone Too Long | length11 = 5:02 | title12 = Getting It On | length12 = 7:19 | title13 = Spend the Night Together | length13 = 9:06 }} {{Track listing | headline = France version{{nobold|{{Snd}} 1997, RKG Records / Plug In / Polygram (537 895-2)<ref name="discography"/>}} | title1 = Sex Drive | length1 = 6:34 | title2 = You Spin Me Round (like a record...) '97 (400HZ{{Snd}} Kleopatra Remix) | length2 = 4:12 | title3 = International Thing | length3 = 6:57 | title4 = Rebel Rebel | length4 = 4:15 | title5 = Getting It On | length5 = 7:17 | title6 = Nukleopatra | length6 = 4:15 | title7 = Spend The Night Together | length7 = 8:20 | title8 = Sleep With You | length8 = 5:31 | title9 = The Right Stuff | length9 = 4:05 | title10 = Gone Too Long | length10 = 5:00 | title11 = Unhappy Birthday | length11 = 6:22 | title12 = Picture This | length12 = 4:54 | title13 = I'm A Star | length13 = 4:47 | title14 = You Spin Me Round (like a record...) '97 (Jail House{{Snd}} Club Remix) | length14 = 4:59 }} {{Track listing | headline = US version{{nobold|{{Snd}} 1998, Cleopatra (CLP 0318-2)<ref name="discography"/>}} | title1 = Nukleopatra | length1 = 4:18 | title2 = Sex Drive | length2 = 5:14 | title3 = You Spin Me Round | note3 = Sugar Pumpers Radio Remix | length3 = 3:39 | title4 = International Thing | length4 = 6:57 | title5 = Picture This | length5 = 4:53 | title6 = Unhappy Birthday | note6 = 12" Remix | length6 = 7:32 | title7 = Rebel Rebel | length7 = 4:17 | title8 = I'm a Star | length8 = 4:54 | title9 = Sleep with You | length9 = 5:33 | title10 = The Right Stuff | length10 = 4:06 | title11 = Gone Too Long | length11 = 5:02 | title12 = Getting It On | length12 = 5:49 | title13 = Spend the Night Together | length13 = 4:06 | title14 = You Spin Me Round | note14 = Jail House Mix | length14 = 4:35 | title15 = Sex Drive | note15 = Scream Driven Mix | length15 = 6:59 }}
==Personnel== *[[Pete Burns]] – vocals *Jason Alburey – keyboards *Dean Bright – keyboards, keytar *Steve Coy – drums, bass guitar, guitars
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+ Chart performance for ''Nukleopatra'' !Chart (1995) !Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|Australia|43|artist=Dead or Alive|album=Nukleopatra|rowheader=true|access-date=3 July 2022}} |- !Chart (1997) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Hungarian Albums ([[Mahasz]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/top-40-album-dvd-es-valogataslemez-lista/1997/4 |title=Dead Or Alive - Nukleopatra|publisher=slagerlistak.hu |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|37 |}
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