''Prostitute'' is the fourth studio album by German
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 ...
band
Alphaville.
Overview
Following "the sci-fi-themed ''
Afternoons in Utopia
''Afternoons in Utopia'' is the second album by German synth-pop band Alphaville, released in 1986 via Warner Music. The album was recorded between September 1985 and May 1986.
A remastered and re-released version of the album, on both CD and v ...
'' and the lushly orchestrated ''
The Breathtaking Blue
''The Breathtaking Blue'' is the third album by German synth-pop band Alphaville, released in April 1989. A companion video, ''Songlines'', was released in September 1989. The CD release of this album was one of the first commercial CD+G format ...
''",
it was Alphaville's first release for five years. Having "a great variety of styles",
this "
jazz
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y and
EDM
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Music
* Electronic dance music
* Early Day Miners, American band
Science and technology
* Electric dipole moment
* Electrical discharge machining
* Electronic distance measurement
*Entry, Descent, and landing demonstrat ...
-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
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''".
In 2019
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 ...
recommended ''Prostitute'', along with the 2017 ''
Strange Attractor
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'', 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
References
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1994 albums
Alphaville (band) albums