Released: 27 Sep 2024

Tracks

 

 

Notes:

Released on the fortieth anniversary of Alphaville's first album Forever Young, this is a collection of tracks voted for by fans.

 

Credits:

Big in Japan - Single Version
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Fools
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Arabella Musikverlag

The Mysteries of Love - 7" Remix Edit
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Jerusalem - Single Version
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

A Victory of Love
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Summer Rain
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Dance with Me - Symphonic Version
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing
Kind permission by Neue Meister, Edel Music & Entertainment GmbH

Sounds Like a Melody - Single Version
Lyrics: Gold Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing Music

I Die for You Today
Lyrics: Gold, The Outsider
Music: Gold, Lister
Published by BMG, Budde Music Publishing
Kind permission by Universal Music GmbH

Universal Daddy
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Inside Out
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Arabella Musikverlag

Forever Young
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Flame
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Arabella Musikverlag

Sounds Like a Melody - Special Long Version
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Dance With Me - Empire Remix
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Wishful Thinking - Radiomix Turbobeat
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Arabella Musikverlag

The Jet Set - Single Remix
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Heartbreak City
Lyrics: Gold, The Outsider
Music: Gold, Lister
Published by BMG, Budde Music Publishing
Kind permission by Universal Music GmbH

Monkey in the Moon
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Arabella Musikverlag

The Impossible Dream Single Version
Lyrics: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Sooter
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Bloss
Published by Arabella Musikverlag

She Fades Away
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Summer in Berlin
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Welcome to the Sun
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Lassie Come home
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Eternally Yours - Symphonic Version
Lyrics: Gold, William Shakespeare
Music: Gold, Lister, Komor
Published by Schubert Music Europe

Forever Young - Special Dance Version
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Romeos - Single Version
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Red Rose - 7" Remix
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Dance With Me
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Fallen Angel
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Seeds
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Heaven on Earth (The Things We've Got To Do)
Lyrics: Gold, The Outsider
Music: Gold, Lister
Published by BMG, Budde Music Publishing
Kind permission by Universal Music GmbH

Next Generation
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Iron John
Lyrics: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Nielson
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Arabella Musikverlag

For a Million
Lyrics: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Diamond
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Summer in Berlin - Symphonic Version
Lyrics: Gold
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Mertens
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Fantastic Dream
Lyrics & Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Published by Budde Music Publishing

Song for No One
Lyrics: Gold, The Outsider
Music: Gold, Lister
Published by BMG, Budde Music Publishing
Kind permission by Universal Music GmbH

Apollo
Lyrics: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette
Music: Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Bloss
Published by Arabella Musikverlag

A Handful of Darkness
Lyrics: Gold, The Outsider
Music: Gold, Lister
Published by BMG, Budde Music Publishing
Kind permission by Universal Music GmbH

Cover Image: Sheila Rock
Artwork Design: Tobias Prohl
Additional Artwork & Graphic Design: Wiebke Stöwhaase

All tracks taken from the Albums "Forever Young", "Afternoons in Utopia", "The Breathtaking Blue", "Prostitute" and "Salvation" were remastered between 2019-2024 by Stefan Betke with Bernhard Lloyd at Scape Mastering Berlin.

Project Management Warner Music: Maria Würzburg, Michael Borwitzky, Christopher Müller and Max Teiwes

Persons portrayed:
Marian Gold, vocals
Bernhard Lloyd, keyboards & programming
Frank Mertens, keyboards & programming
Ricky Echolette, guitar, keyboards & programming
Rainer Bloss, keyboards & programming
Martin Lister, keyboards, guitar, various additional instruments, vocals & programming
Andreas Schwarz-Rusczcynski, guitar & programming
Carsten Brocker, keyboards & programming
David Goodes, guitar & programming
Jakob Kiersch, drums
Alexandra Merl, bass
Maja Kim, bass
Tobias Prohl, playful visuals
Rick Kay, light
Rainer Noll, everything else

CD Labels Photo Credit:
Dieter Eikelpoth, Alphaville Archive

Booklet Photo Credits:
p. 2/3: Dieter Eikelpoth, Alphaville Archive
p. 4/5: Thomas Reutter
p. 6/7: Alphaville Archive, Thomas Reutter
p. 8/9: Alphaville Archive
p. 10/11: Jutta Klee, Alphaville Archive, Martina Hugl
p. 12/13: Alphaville Archive, Mark Schmitz
p. 14/15: Helen Sobiralski
p. 18/19: M. Magulski
p. 20: Alphaville Archive

CD Pac Photo Credits:
p. 6-7 Photos from left to right
Row no. 1
Photo 1: Jons Michael Voss
Photo 2: Thomas Reutter
Photo 3, 4, 5: Dieter Eikelpoth
Photo 6: Egon Endrenyi
Photo 7: Thomas Reutter
Row no.2
Photo 1: Albrecht Fuchs
Row no. 3
Photo 4: Florian Graser
Photo 5: Michael Pukrop
Additional Photos: Alphaville Archive