Released: 14 February 2003

Tracks:

DS09 - The Terrible Truth About Paradise

  1. State of Dreams - 6:32
  2. Ship of Fools - 4:35
  3. Zoo - 5:54
  4. See Me Thru - 3:48
  5. Upside Down - 5:09
  6. And as for Love - 4:10
  7. Girl From Pachacamac - 4:10
  8. Carry Your Flag - 5:43
  9. Moongirl - 5:07
  10. Return to Paradise Part 2 - 7:44
  11. Those Wonderful Things - 5:17
  12. On the Beach - 10:26

 

DS10 - Last Summer on Earth

  1. Wonderboy - 3:37
  2. Hurricane - 5:57
  3. Do the Strand - 5:15
  4. Still Falls the Rain - 4:24
  5. Ways - 5:56
  6. The II Girlz - 4:55
  7. Heartbreaker - 2:05
  8. Waiting 4 the Nu Lite - 6:47
  9. Shadows She Said - 4:33
  10. CrazyShow - 9:01
  11. Moonboy (Thank You) - 4:59
  12. Miracle Healing - 4:59

 

DS11 - Stranger Than Dreams

  1. Stranger than Dreams - 3:48
  2. Giants - 4:05
  3. Wish You Were Dead/Wishful Thinking - 4:34
  4. About a Heart - 4:42
  5. For the Sake of Love - 3:51
  6. Sounds Like a Melody - 4:20
  7. Something - 3:56
  8. Because of U - 4:30
  9. Inside Out / Thou Shalt Not Remix - 4:25
  10. The Opium Den - 6:51
  11. Last Summer on Earth - 4:44
  12. Diamonds are 4 Eva - 3:13

 

DS12 - WebSiteStory

  1. Return to Paradise Part 1 - 3:04
  2. State of Dreams - 4:23
  3. Scum of the Earth - 3:34
  4. Upside Down - 5:54
  5. Shadows She Said - 4:30
  6. First Monday in the Y3K - 3:04
  7. MoonGirl - 4:32
  8. Waiting 4 the Nu Lite - 4:19
  9. Those Wonderful Things - 4:52
  10. C Me Thru - 3:32
  11. MoonBoy - 4:19
  12. Miracle Healing - 21:22

 

Notes:

A four-CD compilation "sequel" to Dreamscapes. Some of the tracks were pre-released (in MP3 format) on the internet. Release dates:
      "Scum of the Earth" - 13th October 2000
      "Moongirl" - 1st November 2000
      "Moonboy" - 1st December 2000
      "See Me Thru" - 1st January 2001
      "Those Wonderful Things" - 1st February 2001
      "And as for Love" - 4th March 2001
      "Upside Down" - 2nd April 2001
      "Parallel Girlz (Cloud Nine)" - 1st May 2001
      "Shadows She Said (Omerta)" - 16th May 2001
      "First Monday (in the year 3000)" - 4th June 2001
      "(Waiting for the) New Light" - 9th July 2001
      "Miracle Healing" - 27th July 2001
      "Zoo" - 7th September 2001
      "On the Beach" - 31st October 2001

 

Credits:

Marian Gold - singing, playing
Rainer Bloss & Martin Lister - keyboards, computers, synthesizers
Christian Marsac - acoustic & electric guitars
Pierson Grange - drums

THE MUSIC
DS09
THE TERRIBLE TRUTH ABOUT PARADISE
(C-Ra-ZYSHOWPA-RT1TTTAP/o3<DSo9)
01 State Of Dreams (Gold, Stephen Duffy/Gold.Bloss)
02 Ship Of Fools (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
03 Zoo (Mark Ferrigno/Gold-Bloss)
04 C Me Thru (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
05 Upside Down (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
06 And As For Love (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
07 Girl From Pachacamac (Gold/Gold-Lister)
08 Carry Your Flag (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
09 MoonGirl (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
10 Return To Paradise Part 2 (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
11 Those Wonderful Things (A. Blankleder-A. Montrucchio/Gold-Bloss)
12 On The Beach (Gold/Gold-Bloss)

DS10
LAST SUMMER ON EARTH
(C-rAzy-S-HOWPART-2LSOE/o3<DS1o)
13 Wonderboy (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
14 Hurricane (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
15 Do The Strand (Bryan Ferry)
16 Still Falls the Rain (Gold, Janey Diamond/Gold-Lister)
17 Ways (Gold / Lister-Gold)
18 The II Girlz (O. Gurkin/Gold-Bloss)
19 Heartbreaker (Gold-Lister/Gold-Bloss)
20 Waiting 4 The Nu Lite (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
21 Shadows She Said (Omerta) (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
22 CrazyShow (Klaus Schulz-Gold)
23 MoonBoy (Gold/Gold-Bloss)
24 Miracle Healing (Gold/Gold-Bloss)

DS11
STRANGER THAN DREAMS
(0H-HoW.W.EPLA-YeD*PJE/o3<DS11)
25 Stranger Than Dreams (Bloss-Gold) 1991
26 Giants (Gold/Gold-Lloyd-Echolette) 1996
27 Wish You Were Dead/Wishful Thinking (Gold/Gold-Lloyd-Echolette), original demo 1996
28 About A Heart (Gold/Gold-Lister) 2001
29 For The Sake Of Love (Gold-Bloss) demo-instrumental 1993
30 Sounds Like a Melody (Gold/Gold-Lloyd-Mertens), MaXx Mystery's 8Os Remix
31 Something (George Harrison) 1968
32 Because of U (Gold/Gold-Rusczcynski), band-rehearsal around 1993
33 Inside Out/Thou Shalt Not Remix (Gold/Gold-Lloyd-Echolette) 2002
34 The Opium Den (Klaus Shculz-Gold) 2001
35 Last Summer on Earth (Bloss-Gold) 2003
36 Diamonds are 4 Eva (Don Black/John Barry) 1971

DS12
WEBSITESTORY
(THEMA-KING-Of"cRazY-SHow"WS-sdoc./o3<DS12)
37 Return to Paradise Part 1 (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Jul. 22, 2002
38 State of Dreams (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Sept. 15, 1999
39 Scum of the Earth (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Oct. 13, 2000
40 Upside Down (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Apr. 2, 2001
41 Shadows She Said (Omerta) (Gold/Gold-Bloss) May 16, 2001
42 First Monday in the Y3K (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Jun. 4, 2001
43 MoonGirl (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Nov. 01, 2001
44 Waiting 4 the Nu Lite (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Jul. 9, 2001
45 Those Wonderful Things (A. Blankleder-A. Montrucchio/Gold-Bloss) Jan. 21, 2001
46 C Me Thru (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Jan. 1, 2001
47 MoonBoy (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Dec. 1, 2000
48 Miracle Healing (Gold/Gold-Bloss) Jul. 26, 2001

PRODUCED BY KAI HOFFMANN & ALPHAVILLE
20, 06, 42, 14, 24, 12, 18, 39, C Me thru (DS09), 21, 02, 11, 05, 13 arranged & mixed by Kai Hoffmann at Hear Studios. 35, 10, 37, 17, 07 arranged & mixed by Martin Lister at LagondaShowroom, Berlin. 03, 08, 20, 16, 01, 15, 19 arranged & mixed by Martin Lister, mixed by Kai Hoffmann & Martin Lister. MoonGirl arranged & mixed by Kai Hoffmann & Martin Lister. Giants produced & mixed by Gold/LLoyd/Echolette. CrazyShow & Opium Den produced, arranged & mixed by Klaus Schulze at Oldau Studio. Inside Out (ThouShaltNot mix) remixed & produced by Alexx Reed with Aaron Fuleki. Anything else arranged & mixed by Rainer Bloss & Marian Gold at Lagonda. All songs mastered by Kai Hoffmann.

ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS
Gabi Becker - MoonGirl vocals on 23, 47, 10. Rolando Belli - guitar solo on The Parallel Girlz. Dan - all guitars on 05, 06, 11, 14, add. guitars on 12, 21, 24. Kai Hoffmann - add. basses, programming, samples, & arrangements. Frank McDonald - all guitars on 48, rhythm guitar on 03. Rudy Nielson - ebow on 01, 08, 10, electric guitar on 42. Alexx Reed - additional instruments & voices on 33. Klaus schulze - all instruments on 32, 22.

ART & DESIGN
Conception - Dirk Grobelny and Patrick Soeder
Design - Patrick Soeder and Dirk Grobelny
Illustration - Patrick Soeder (www.huatiak.de)
Photography - www.dirkgrobelny.de and ALPHAVILLE
Drawings - Hedi Lamb, Marian Gold
Model - Kristina Lameva

All songs published by Navigator/BUG, except Something by Harrisongs, Do The Strand by E.G. Musk Ltd. Sounds Like A Melody by Budde Musikverlag, Diamonds Are For Ever by United Artists Music Ltd.

ALPHAVILLE contact, management, booking
by Daniela Titze/management@alphaville.de.
ALPHAVILLE website & fanclub coordination
by Claudia Gerlach/moonbase@alphaville.de.
ALPHAVILLE Postal address
alphaville moonbase, p.o. box 290163, 44746 bochum germany.

mailcontact is moonbase@alphaville.de
If you'd like to be kept up to date a visit to
www.alphaville.de is strongly recommended.
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ALPHAVILLE would like to thank Judith Braun, Claudia Gerlach, Christian Mielke, Miriana Kilibarda, Rolf & Andreas Budde, Daniela & lsmael [L'Olivio], Andreas Geissel, Detlef Schumann, Zildjian Cymbals, Regal Tipsticks, Fender guitars, Marshall amplification, Bob Moog, Tam Oberheim & the guys from Limarno Music Unlimited.