Prostitute (Alphaville album)
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| Released | 26 August 1994 | |||
| Studio | Lunapark Studios, Berlin | |||
| Genre | Synth-pop | |||
| Length | 70:46 | |||
| Label | Warner Music | |||
| Producer | Alphaville | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
Prostitute is the fourth studio album by German synth-pop band Alphaville, released in 1994.[2] The album was reissued in a remastered and expanded edition in November 2023.[3]
Overview
[edit]Following the "science-fiction-themed" Afternoons in Utopia and the "lushly orchestrated" The Breathtaking Blue albums,[4] this was Alphaville's first release in five years. Having "a great variety of styles",[5] this "jazzy and EDM-influenced",[4] "dark, theatrical album"[4] proved "too abstract to achieve" much success.[6] The lack of commercial appeal led the band to return to its synth/dance roots with the following album, Salvation.[7]
In 2019 Marian Gold recommended Prostitute, along with the 2017 Strange Attractor, to anyone who only knew Alphaville from Big In Japan.[5]
It is the last Alphaville album with Ricky Echolette.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "The Paradigm Shift" | Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Fools" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | 3:53 |
| 3. | "Beethoven" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | 5:35 |
| 4. | "Ascension Day" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Rainer Bloss | 5:45 |
| 5. | "The Impossible Dream" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Eric Sooter | Gold, Lloyd, Bloss | 4:49 |
| 6. | "Parade" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | 3:40 |
| 7. | "Ain't It Strange" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Bloss | 5:23 |
| 8. | "All in the Golden Afternoon" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Bloss | 3:35 |
| 9. | "Oh Patti" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Bloss | 1:46 |
| 10. | "Ivory Tower" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Bloss | 3:16 |
| 11. | "Faith" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Bloss | 3:56 |
| 12. | "Iron John" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Rudy Nielson | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | 3:44 |
| 13. | "The One Thing" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | 3:55 |
| 14. | "Some People" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Julie Ocean | Gold, Lloyd, Bloss | 4:37 |
| 15. | "Euphoria" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | 7:05 |
| 16. | "Apollo" | Gold, Lloyd, Echolette | Gold, Lloyd, Bloss | 6:10 |
Charts
[edit]| Chart (2023) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 78 |
| Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] | 34 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Prostitute". AllMusic.
- ^ "Alphaville - Prostitute". Discogs. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Alphaville News – Upcoming Release: Deluxe Editions of Prostitute and Salvation". 7 September 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ a b c "Alphaville: Strange Attractor (album review)". crypticrock.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Godfathers of Pop: Marian Gold". classicpopmag.com. 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
- ^ Bolton, Rob (1 May 2000). "Alphaville: Salvation". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Alphaville: Prostitute". theaudiodb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Alphaville – Prostitute" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2023. 47. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
