Forever Young (Alphaville album)

Forever Young
Studio album by Alphaville
Released September 27, 1984
Recorded July 1984 – August 1984
Genre Synthpop
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
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Forever Young is the debut album released by West German synthpop/rock group Alphaville on September 27, 1984, by Warner Music Group. The album is Alphaville's most critically acclaimed album, and an estimated 2,000,000 copies have been sold. Reviews of the album 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 hitting #1 in two of them), but it failed to make an impact on the US charts, faring no better than #180. Alphaville followed up with their second album in 1986 with the release of Afternoons in Utopia.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Length
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

Additional Musicians

Production

Chart positions

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Austria Albums Chart[3] 16
Germany Albums Chart[4] 3
Italy Albums Chart 20
Norway Albums Chart[5] 1
Sweden Albums Chart[6] 1
Switzerland Albums Chart[7] 4
U.S. Billboard 200[8] 180

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Germany[9] 3x Gold 2005 750,000

Trivia

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ "All Music Guide". answers.com. http://www.answers.com/topic/forever-young-alphaville-album. 
  3. ^ "Austrian albums chart". austriancharts.at. http://austriancharts.at/search.asp?cat=a&search=alphaville. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  4. ^ "German chart". Charts-Surfer. http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksearch.php. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  5. ^ "Norwegian albums chart". norwegiancharts.com. http://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=alphaville. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  6. ^ "Swedish albums chart". swedishcharts.com. http://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=a&search=alphaville. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  7. ^ "Swiss albums chart". Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade. http://hitparade.ch/search.asp?cat=a&search=alphaville. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  8. ^ "Artist Chart History: Albums". Billboard charts. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=3951&model.vnuAlbumId=506463. Retrieved 2009-06-21. 
  9. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Forever Young')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Forever+Young&strInterpret=&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 26 September 2010. 
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