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Fools (Alphaville Song)
Fools is the first single from Alphaville (band), Alphaville's fourth album ''Prostitute (Alphaville album), Prostitute'', and their fourteenth single overall. It was released in July 1994. "Fools" is the last Alphaville single to chart in any country until "I Die for You Today" (2011). Track listingsAlphaville Moonbase Discography ; CD Maxi Single # "Fools (Album Version)" - 3:54 # "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:59 # "Fools (Faithful & True)" - 4:16 # "Fools (Twelve Inch)" - 5:45 ; CD Single Promo # "Fools (7 inch)" - 3:53 # "Fools (12 inch)" - 5:44 ; CD Single Promo Digipack # "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:59 # "Fools (Faithful & True)" - 4:16 ; 12" Maxi Single Vinyl # "Fools (Twelve Inch)" - 5:12 # "Fools" - 3:57 # "Fools (Instrumental)" - 5:13 ; 12" German DJ Promotional Single # "Fools (12 Inch Berlin)" - 6:39 # "Fools (12 Inch London)" - 5:11 # "Fools (Seven Seals)" - 3:58 # "Fools (7 Inch)" - 3:52 * This is the first single from Alphaville (barring re-releases) that did not incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphaville (band)
Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in Münster in 1982. They gained popularity in the 1980s. The group was founded by singer Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, and Frank Mertens. They achieved chart success with the singles " Forever Young", " Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", "The Jet Set" and " Dance with Me". Gold remains the only continuous member of Alphaville. History Formation Alphaville was formed after lead singer Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd met in Berlin in 1981. The pair were heavily influenced by UK indie acts like Tubeway Army, Gary Numan and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD). Gold had written "Big in Japan" in 1979 after hearing the music of Holly Johnson's band Big in Japan. They first named their band "Forever Young" and subsequently changed it to "Alphaville" after the 1965 science fiction film. Together the three wrote ''Forever Young'' and recorded their first demo of the same name. The first Alphaville concert took place on 31 December, 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prostitute (Alphaville Album)
''Prostitute'' is the fourth studio album by German synth-pop band Alphaville. Overview Following "the sci-fi-themed ''Afternoons in Utopia'' and the lushly orchestrated ''The Breathtaking Blue''", it was Alphaville's first release for five years. Having "a great variety of styles", this "jazzy and EDM-influenced" "dark theatrical album proved too abstract to achieve any notoriety". "The lack of commercial success led the band to return to its synth/dance roots with the following album, ''Salvation''". In 2019 Marian Gold recommended ''Prostitute'', along with the 2017 ''Strange Attractor'', to anyone who only knew Alphaville from '' Big In Japan''. It is the last Alphaville album with Ricky Echolette Ricky Echolette (born Wolfgang Neuhaus) is a former member of the German synth-pop Alphaville, utilizing his role on keyboards, piano and guitars - from 1985 until his departure in 1997. In January 1985, he replaced Frank Mertens, who had just l .... Track listing Charts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic, art rock, disco, and particularly the Krautrock of bands like Kraftwerk. It arose as a distinct genre in Japan and the United Kingdom in the post-punk era as part of the new wave movement of the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. Electronic musical synthesizers that could be used practically in a recording studio became available in the mid-1960s, and the mid-1970s saw the rise of electronic art musicians. After the breakthrough of Gary Numan in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, large numbers of artists began to enjoy success with a synthesizer-based sound in the early 1980s. In Japan, Yellow Magic Orchestra introduced the TR-808 rhythm machine to popular music, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
