Alphaville – Forever Young
Label: | WEA – 240481-1 |
|---|---|
Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album |
Country: | New Zealand |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic |
Style: | Synth-pop |
Tracklist
| A1 | A Victory Of Love | 4:14 | |
| A2 | Summer In Berlin | 4:45 | |
| A3 | Big In Japan | 4:43 | |
| A4 | To Germany With Love | 4:15 | |
| A5 | Fallen Angel | 3:55 | |
| B1 | Forever Young | 3:45 | |
| B2 | In The Mood | 4:29 | |
| B3 | Sounds Like A Melody | 4:42 | |
| B4 | Lies | 3:32 | |
| B5 | The Jet Set | 4:52 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – WEA Musik GmbH
- Copyright © – WEA Musik GmbH
- Published By – Rolf Budde Musikverlag
- Recorded At – Studio 54, Berlin
- Mixed At – Studio 54, Berlin
- Recorded At – Weryton Studios
- Mastered At – Tonstudio Ulrich Kraus
- Manufactured By – WEA Records Limited
- Distributed By – WEA Records Limited
Credits
- Artwork, Design [Cover Design] – Ulf Meyer Zu Küingdorf*
- Drums [Rhythms] – Bernhard Lloyd
- Keyboards [Additional], Programmed By [Computer], Recorded By, Mixed By, Arranged By [Contributions] – Wolfgang Loos
- Keyboards [Melodies] – Frank Mertens
- Management – Heinz-Gerd Luetticke
- Mastered By [Digital Mastering] – Ullrich Krauss
- Photography By – Thomas Reutter
- Producer – Andreas Budde (tracks: A3, B3, B4), Colin Pearson, Wolfgang Loos
- Recorded By [Drums] – Ulli Rudolph* (tracks: A4, B1, B2)
- Technician [Assistant] – Boris Balin, Thomas Beck (3)
- Voice [Voices] – Marian Gold
- Written-By, Arranged By – Alphaville
Notes
Album Recorded and Mixed at Studio 54 during July/August 1984 A.D. with the Traumton Computer System.
Drums on A4, B1 & B2 and Bass on A4 & B1 recorded at Weryton Studio.
Digital mastering at Tonstudio.
Comes in a printed inner sleeve showing "For Australia & New Zealand lyrics reprinted by permission of Warner Bros Music."
Marketed by WEA Records Limited
P.O. Box 2915, Auckland, New Zealand.
Drums on A4, B1 & B2 and Bass on A4 & B1 recorded at Weryton Studio.
Digital mastering at Tonstudio.
Comes in a printed inner sleeve showing "For Australia & New Zealand lyrics reprinted by permission of Warner Bros Music."
Marketed by WEA Records Limited
P.O. Box 2915, Auckland, New Zealand.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A): 240481-1 A
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B): 240481-1 B
Other Versions (5 of 162)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Forever Young (CD, Album, Target) | WEA | 240 481-2 | Germany | 1984 | ||
| Forever Young (LP, Album, Stereo) | WEA | 240 481-1 | Europe | 1984 | |||
Recently Edited | Forever Young (LP, Album) | WEA | 240 536-1 | UK | 1984 | ||
Recently Edited | Forever Young (LP, Album) | WEA | 24 04811 | Canada | 1984 | ||
| Forever Young (LP, Album, SRC) | Atlantic, Atlantic | 80186-1, 7 80186-1 | US | 1984 |
Recommendations
1987 AustraliaVinyl —LP, Album
Reviews
Alphaville were always cool in my book, but are surprisingly hip again thanks to their magnificent song “Forever Young” being included in that kooky cult film, Napoleon Dynamite.
This is one of the great Euro new wave LP’s, full of chilly synth grooves and distantly longing vocals snapped out over a mechanized electro dance beat.
Besides the sad beauty of the afore mentioned title track, the other big hit was the epic “Big In Japan”; a perfect synth-pop song in every way with its sequenced pulse, haunting synths and Teutonic string flourishes.
Elsewhere, “To Germany With Love” throws in some Japan/Duran style funk bass, “Summer In Berlin” has a sumptuous melodic chorus, “Fallen Angel” is campy high drama and “Sounds Like A Melody” kicks into gear with a euphoric rush to become one of the best pop songs you’ve never heard!
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