Forever Young (CD)

The German trio Alphaville began its career as a fairly conventional punk-rock outfit, but soon rode the early-1980s synth-pop wave to international fame, starting with the brooding yet catchy "Big in Japan" in 1984. After subsequent hits, including "Forever Young" and "The Jet Set," Alphaville weathered personnel changes and waning commercial fortunes, persisting throughout the `80s to start a fruitful association with the electronica musician and producer Klaus Schulze on 1989's THE BREATHTAKING BLUE. The band remains well known in Germany, and, in a tribute to the longevity of at least one of its songs, a 2006 remake of "Forever Young" reached number one on the Australian pop charts.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  Synth Pop
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• Release Date: November 7, 1989
• Label: Atlantic (USA)
• UPC: 075678018626
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106059268
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #23020 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #8087 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #43 in Synth Pop (See Top 100 Synth Pop Bestsellers)

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Alphaville: Marian Gold (vocals); Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens (various instruments).

Additional personnel: Ralph Vornberger (vocals); String Section of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin (strings); Ken Taylor (bass); Curt Cress (drums);

The Claudias, Gulfstream, The Rosie Singers, Wednesday (background vocals).

Recorded at Studio 54, Berlin, Germany between July and August 1984.

Named after Godard's 1959 science-fiction masterpiece and heavily influenced by '80s synth bands like Depeche Mode, Alphaville was the Munich-based trio of Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens. Their 1984 debut, FORVER YOUNG, features somber but catchy synth-pop not unlike late Ultravox. Three songs-- the title track, "The Jet Set" and "Sounds Like A Melody"--were sizeable hits, and a fourth, the brooding and atmospheric "Big In Japan" (ostensibly about heroin addiction) was a worldwide Top Ten smash. Unfortunately, by the time of Alphaville's 1986 follow-up, synth-pop was no longer a chart concern, and the trio quickly faded from sight.

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