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''CrazyShow'' is a limited-edition (2500 copies) four-CD album by Alphaville, composed of new material as well as rare and remixed tracks, and three cover versions ("
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", and "Diamonds Are Forever" by Don Black and John Barry). It's considered to be a sequel to the eight-CD album ''
Dreamscapes ''Dreamscapes'' is a limited edition eight-CD set of rare Alphaville recordings, released in 1999. It features 124 tracks with a total playing time of around 9.5 hours. 43 of the songs had never been available before, and all of the remainder had ...
'', and as such the discs are numbered from 9 to 12. Between October 2000 and October 2001, Alphaville released – free of charge – an average of one track per month on thei
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All of those tracks ended up on ''CrazyShow'', though some were remixed. The internet releases were: "Scum of the Earth", "MoonGirl", "MoonBoy", "See Me Thru", "Those Wonderful Things", "And as for Love", "Upside Down", "Parallel Girlz (Cloud Nine)", "Shadows She Said (Omerta)", "First Monday (in the year 3000)", "(Waiting for the) New Light", "Miracle Healing", "Zoo" and "On the Beach". A single CD promotional version of the set called ''CrazyShow Excerpts'' was also released.


Track listing

All tracks by Rainer Bloss and
Marian Gold Marian Gold (born Hartwig Schierbaum; 26 May 1954) is a German singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of the German synth-pop recording act Alphaville, but also has recorded as a solo artist. He is known for his tenor multi-octav ...
except where noted. CD 9 – The Terrible Truth About Paradise # "State of Dreams" (Bloss, Stephan Duffy, Gold) – 6:32 # "Ship of Fools" – 4:35 # "Zoo" (Bloss, Mark Ferrigno, Gold) – 5:54 # "See Me Thru" – 3:48 # "Upside Down" – 5:09 # "And as for Love" – 4:10 # "Girl From Pachacamac" (Gold, Martin Lister) – 4:10 # "Carry Your Flag" – 5:43 # "MoonGirl" – 5:07 # "Return to Paradise Part 2" – 7:44 # "Those Wonderful Things" (Blankleder, Bloss, Gold, Montrucchio) – 5:17 # "On the Beach" – 10:26 CD 10 – Last Summer on Earth # "Wonderboy" – 3:37 # "Hurricane" – 5:57 # "Do the Strand" (
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) – 5:15 # "Still Falls the Rain" (Janey Diamond, Gold, Lister) – 4:24 # "Ways" (Gold, Lister) – 5:56 # "The II Girlz" (Bloss, Gold, Gurkin) – 4:55 # "Heartbreaker" (Bloss, Gold, Lister) – 2:05 # "Waiting 4 the Nu Lite" – 6:47 # "Shadows She Said" – 4:33 # "CrazyShow" (Gold,
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) – 9:01 # "MoonBoy (Thank You)" – 4:59 # "Miracle Healing" – 4:59 CD 11 – Stranger Than Dreams # "Stranger than Dreams" – 3:48 # "Giants" (Ricky Echolette, Gold, Bernhard Lloyd) – 4:05 # "Wish You Were Dead/Wishful Thinking" (Echolette, Gold, Lloyd) – 4:34 # "About a Heart" (Gold, Lister) – 4:42 # "For the Sake of Love" – 3:51 # "
Sounds Like a Melody "Sounds Like a Melody" is a song by the German group Alphaville, from the group's debut album '' Forever Young''. The single was released in 1984. The song was a big success in continental Europe and South Africa, reaching the Top 10; it toppe ...
(MaXx Mystery's 80's Remix)" (Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens) – 4:20 # "Something" (George Harrison) – 3:56 # "Because of U" – 4:30 # "Inside Out (
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Remix)" (Echolette, Gold, Lloyd) – 4:25 # "The Opium Den" (Gold, Schulze) – 6:51 # "Last Summer on Earth" – 4:44 # "Diamonds are 4 Eva" (John Barry, Don Black) – 3:13 CD 12 – WebSiteStory # "Return to Paradise Part 1" – 3:04 # "State of Dreams" – 4:23 # "Scum of the Earth" – 3:34 # "Upside Down" – 5:54 # "Shadows She Said" – 4:30 # "First Monday in the Y3K" – 3:04 # "MoonGirl" – 4:32 # "Waiting 4 the Nu Lite" – 4:19 # "Those Wonderful Things" (Blankleder, Bloss, Gold, Montrucchio) – 4:52 # "C Me Thru" – 3:32 # "MoonBoy" – 4:19 # "Miracle Healing" – 21:22


Personnel

* Alphaville – Producer *Gabi Becker – Vocals * Rainer Bloss – Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards, Computers, Mixing *Aaron Fuleki – Producer, Remixing *
Marian Gold Marian Gold (born Hartwig Schierbaum; 26 May 1954) is a German singer-songwriter who gained fame as the lead singer of the German synth-pop recording act Alphaville, but also has recorded as a solo artist. He is known for his tenor multi-octav ...
– Arranger, Singer, Producer, Mixing *Dirk Grobelny – Photography, Concept *Martin Lister – Synthesizer, Arranger, Keyboards, Computers, Mixing, Drawing *Christian Marsac – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Producer *Frank McDonald – Guitar *Rudy Nielson – Guitar, E-Bow *Alex Reed – Voices, Multi Instruments, Producer, Remixing *
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– Arranger, Producer, Mixing, Instrumentation


The Nelson Highrise Sectors

The song "Scum of the Earth" is also referred to as "The Nelson Highrise Sector Four: The Scum of the Earth." This is the fourth of 4 songs that Alphaville have designated a "Nelson Highrise Sector:" * The Nelson Highrise Sector 1 is "The Elevator," the B-side to 1984's single, "
Sounds Like a Melody "Sounds Like a Melody" is a song by the German group Alphaville, from the group's debut album '' Forever Young''. The single was released in 1984. The song was a big success in continental Europe and South Africa, reaching the Top 10; it toppe ...
" * The Nelson Highrise Sector 2 is "The Other Side of U," the B-side to 1986's single " Dance With Me" * The Nelson Highrise Sector 3 is "The Garage," the B-side to 1986's singles, "
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