Alphaville: The Singles Collection

Alphaville: The Singles Collection
Greatest hits album by Alphaville
Released	October 18, 1988
Recorded	1984 - 1986
Genre	Synthpop
Length	45:38
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Colin Pearson, Wolfgang Loos, Peter Walsh, Andreas Budde, Steve Thompson, Michael Barbiero
Alphaville chronology
Alphaville Amiga Compilation (1988) Alphaville: The Singles Collection (1988) The Breathtaking Blue (1989)

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Allmusic	[1]

Alphaville: The Singles Collection is Alphaville's first "best of" compilation, consisting of remixes of singles from their first two albums, Forever Young and Afternoons in Utopia. It was released in 1988.

Reviews

The compilation consists of 2 remixes each of 4 songs, essentially a 7" and 12" remix of each¹. Only the remixes of "Big in Japan" were new mixes; all the other remixes had been made previously available (although for some, this was the first time on CD).

Reviewers were underwhelmed by this release, as one said: "Saying that the band could have been served better with this compilation is putting it mildly."¹

However, despite the flaws with the track listing, the reviews of the songs and remixes themselves are positive, with the same reviewer calling some of the choices "quite successful," "soaring," and "not-bad-at-all."¹

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forever Young" (Special Extended Mix)	6:12
2.	"Red Rose" (Single Version '88)	4:23
3.	"Big in Japan" (Single Version '88)	3:49
4.	"Dance with Me" (Long Version)	8:14
5.	"Forever Young" (Album Version)	3:45
6.	"Red Rose" (12" Mix)	7:53
7.	"Big in Japan" (Remix '88)	7:25
8.	"Dance with Me" (Album Version)	3:57

Notes

1. ^ http://www.answers.com/topic/the-singles-collection, Answers.com

References

1. Alphaville: The Singles Collection at AllMusic