Forever! Best Of 40 Years

~ Release by Alphaville (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

1CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Big In Japan (Single Version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
assistant programming:
Boris Balin and Thomas Beck (technical assistant, likely German)
programming:
Wolfgang Loos
producer:
Andreas Budde, Wolfgang Loos and Colin Pearson (producer and violinist)
additional keyboard:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
drum machine:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
keyboard:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz) (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
background vocals:
Wednesday (German‐English rock band active from 1975–1980) (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lead vocals:
Marian Gold (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
arranger:
Alphaville (German synth pop band) and Wolfgang Loos
recorded at and mixed at:
Studio 54 (Berlin recording studio) in Germany (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
music videos:
Big In Japan by Alphaville (German synth pop band)
recording of:
Big in Japan (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lyricist:
Marian Gold
composer:
Marian Gold, Lloyd Bernhard and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz)
publisher:
Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
53:55
2Fools
recording of:
Fools
lyricist and composer:
Ricky Echolette, Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd
3:56
3The Mysteries Of Love (7" Remix Edit)
recording of:
The Mysteries of Love
lyricist and composer:
Ricky Echolette, Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd
3:34
4Jerusalem (Single Version)
recording of:
Jerusalem
lyricist and composer:
Ricky Echolette, Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd
publisher:
Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
3:45
5A Victory Of Love
recording engineer and mixer:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
assistant programming:
Boris Balin and Thomas Beck (technical assistant, likely German)
programming:
Wolfgang Loos
producer:
Wolfgang Loos and Colin Pearson (producer and violinist)
additional drums (drum set):
Curt Cress (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
additional keyboard:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
drum machine:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
keyboard:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz) (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lead vocals:
Marian Gold (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
arranger:
Alphaville (German synth pop band) and Wolfgang Loos
recorded at and mixed at:
Studio 54 (Berlin recording studio) in Germany (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
recording of:
A Victory of Love (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lyricist:
Marian Gold
composer:
Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz)
publisher:
Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
4.24:17
6Summer Rain
additional percussion:
Hansi Behrendt (from 1987 until 1988-11)
keyboard and piano:
Ricky Echolette (from 1987 until 1988-11)
synthesizer:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1987 until 1988-11)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Marian Gold (from 1987 until 1988-11)
strings arranger:
Rainer Bloss
recorded at:
Lunapark Studio in Berlin, Germany (from 1987 until 1988-11)
recording of:
Summer Rain (from 1987 until 1988-11)
lyricist and composer:
Ricky Echolette, Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd
54:11
7Dance With Me (Symphonic Version)
recording of:
Dance With Me
lyricist and composer:
Ricky Echolette, Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd
publisher:
Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
5:31
8Sounds Like A Melody (Single Version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
assistant programming:
Boris Balin and Thomas Beck (technical assistant, likely German)
programming:
Wolfgang Loos
producer:
Andreas Budde, Wolfgang Loos and Colin Pearson (producer and violinist)
additional keyboard:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
drum machine:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
keyboard:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz) (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
strings:
Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin (Orchestra of the German Opera Berlin) (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lead vocals:
Marian Gold (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
arranger:
Alphaville (German synth pop band) and Wolfgang Loos
recorded at and mixed at:
Studio 54 (Berlin recording studio) in Germany (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
recording of:
Sounds Like a Melody (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lyricist:
Marian Gold
composer:
Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz)
publisher:
Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
4:32
9I Die For You Today3:47
10Universal Daddy
assistant engineer:
Sven "Anthony" Bormann (from 1986-03 until 1986-05) and Edu Meyer (from 1986-03 until 1986-05)
engineer:
Steve "Barney" Chase (from 1986-03 until 1986-05)
producer:
Peter Walsh (UK producer) (from 1986-03 until 1986-05)
mixer:
Steve "Barney" Chase (from 1986-03 until 1986-05) and Peter Walsh (UK producer) (from 1986-03 until 1986-05)
additional membranophone:
Bob Jenkins
bass:
Andy Brown (session bassist)
guitar and piano:
Ricky Echolette
guitar family:
Phil Palmer (guitarist)
keyboard:
Ricky Echolette and Robin Smith (songwriter/pianist/conductor/producer)
membranophone:
Roger Linn
percussion:
Frank Ricotti (percussionist)
saxophone:
Phil Todd (UK flautist/saxophonist)
synthesizer:
Bernhard Lloyd
trombone:
Neil Sidwell
trumpet:
Guy Barker and Stuart Brooks (trumpet and horn player)
background vocals:
Judy Cheeks and Victoria Miles
lead vocals:
Marian Gold
brass arranger:
Robin Smith (songwriter/pianist/conductor/producer)
recording of:
Universal Daddy
lyricist and composer:
Ricky Echolette, Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd
publisher:
Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
4:01
11Inside Out5:19
12Forever Young
additional recording engineer:
Uli Rudolf (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
recording engineer, programming and mixer:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
assistant programming:
Boris Balin and Thomas Beck (technical assistant, likely German)
producer:
Wolfgang Loos and Colin Pearson (producer and violinist)
additional keyboard:
Wolfgang Loos (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
bass:
Ken Taylor (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
drum machine:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
drums (drum set):
Curt Cress (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
keyboard:
Bernhard Lloyd (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) and Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz) (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
background vocals:
Gulfstream (from 1984-07 until 1984-08) and The Rosie Singers (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lead vocals:
Marian Gold (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
arranger:
Alphaville (German synth pop band) and Wolfgang Loos
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA MUSIK GMBH (company, not a label) (from 1984 to present) and wea music (“wea” logo with “music” below; mainly used in Europe and Brazil) (in 1984, in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Studio 54 (Berlin recording studio) in Germany (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
recording of:
Forever Young (from 1984-07 until 1984-08)
lyricist:
Marian Gold
composer:
Frank Mertens (German synthpop keyboardist Frank Sorgatz), Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd
publisher:
Downtown DMP Songs, Fable Music Pty. Ltd. and Rolf Budde Musikverlag (aka Budde Music)
4.553:46
13Flame
recording of:
Flame
lyricist:
Marian Gold
composer:
Ricky Echolette, Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd
53:51
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