Forever Young (Alphaville album)

Forever Young
Studio album by Alphaville
Released September 27, 1984
Genre Synth-pop[1]
Length 43:12
Label Warner, Atlantic
Producer Andreas Budde, Wolfgang Loos, Colin Pearson
Alphaville chronology
Forever Young
(1984)		 Afternoons in Utopia
(1986)
Singles from Forever Young
  1. "Big in Japan"
    Released: January 5, 1984
  2. "Sounds Like a Melody"
    Released: May 14, 1984
  3. "Forever Young"
    Released: September 20, 1984
  4. "(The) Jet Set"
    Released: March 1, 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Forever Young is the debut album released by German synthpop/rock group Alphaville on September 27, 1984, by Warner Music Group. It is Alphaville's most critically acclaimed album, with an estimated 2,000,000 copies sold. Reviews are generally positive, with one reviewer calling it "a classic synth pop album" and "a wonderfully fun ride from start to finish."[2] It charted well, hitting the Top 20 in six European countries (and reaching no. 1 in Norway and Sweden), but it failed to make an impact on the UK charts or in the US, faring no better than no. 180. Alphaville followed up with their second album in 1986 with the release of Afternoons in Utopia.

The single "Big In Japan" made a surprise entry onto the US Billboard Hot 100 at number #66 where it stayed on the chart for several weeks. Although the title track "Forever Young" was re-released several times as a single by the band's label in the hope of it becoming a hit in the United States, it did not reach any higher than #65 on the Billboard chart. Although it reached one position higher than "Big in Japan", it quickly fell into obscurity and "Big in Japan" remains their biggest-selling single in the US. It also managed to peak at number #8 on the UK Singles Chart List. The single "Forever Young" was also considered a commercial failure in the UK; peaking at only #98.

Track listing

  • All songs written by Alphaville.
No.TitleLength
1."A Victory of Love"4:14
2."Summer in Berlin"4:42
3."Big in Japan"4:43
4."To Germany with Love"4:15
5."Fallen Angel"3:55
6."Forever Young"3:45
7."In the Mood"4:29
8."Sounds Like a Melody"4:42
9."Lies"3:32
10."The Jet Set"4:52

Personnel

Alphaville

  • Marian Gold (Hartwig Schierbaum) - lead vocals and backing vocals
  • Bernhard Lloyd (Bernhard Gössling) - synthesizers and programming
  • Frank Mertens (Frank Sorgatz) - synthesizers and drum machine

Additional musicians

  • Ken Taylor - bass
  • Curt Cress - drums, percussion
  • Wednesday, Gulfstream, The Rosie Singers, The Claudias - backing vocals
  • German Opera - strings, string arrangements

Production

  • Produced By Andreas Budde, Wolfgang Loos and Colin Pearson
  • Recorded and engineered by Wolfgang Loos and Uli Rudolph
  • Technical Assistance: Boris Balin and Thomas Beck
  • Mixed by Wolfgang Loos

Charts and certifications

References

  1. 1 2 Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "All Music Guide". answers.com.
  3. ↑ "Austrian albums chart". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  4. ↑ "German charts". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  5. ↑ "Norwegian albums chart". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Swedish albums chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  7. ↑ "Swiss albums chart". Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  8. ↑ "Artist Chart History: Albums". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  9. ↑ "French album certifications – Alphaville – Forever Young" (in French). InfoDisc. Select ALPHAVILLE and click OK. 
  10. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Alphaville; 'Forever Young')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Afternoons in Utopia music book (1986). "The Alphaville Story". Cosmic Meadows. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
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