Forever Young (Alphaville album)

Forever Young
Studio album by Alphaville
Released	September 27, 1984
Recorded	July–August 1984
Genre	Synthpop[1]
Length	43:12
Label	Warner, Atlantic
Producer	Andreas Budde, Wolfgang Loos, Colin Pearson
Alphaville chronology
Forever Young (1984) Afternoons in Utopia (1986)
Singles from Forever Young
"Big in Japan" Released: January 5, 1984 "Sounds Like a Melody" Released: May 14, 1984 "Forever Young" Released: September 20, 1984 "(The) Jet Set" Released: March 1, 1985

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Forever Young is the debut album released by German synthpop/rock group Alphaville on September 27, 1984, by Warner Music Group. It is Alphaville's most critically acclaimed album, with an estimated 2,000,000 copies sold. Reviews are generally positive, with one reviewer calling it "a classic synth pop album" and "a wonderfully fun ride from start to finish."^[2] It charted well, hitting the Top 20 in six European countries (and reaching no. 1 in Norway and Sweden), but it failed to make an impact on the UK charts or in the US, faring no better than no. 180. Alphaville followed up with their second album in 1986 with the release of Afternoons in Utopia.

Track listing

• All songs written by Alphaville.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"A Victory of Love"	4:14
2.	"Summer in Berlin"	4:42
3.	"Big in Japan"	4:43
4.	"To Germany with Love"	4:15
5.	"Fallen Angel"	3:55
6.	"Forever Young"	3:45
7.	"In the Mood"	4:29
8.	"Sounds Like a Melody"	4:42
9.	"Lies"	3:32
10.	"The Jet Set"	4:52

Personnel

Alphaville

• Marian Gold (Hartwig Schierbaum): Vocals
• Bernhard Lloyd (Bernhard Gößling): Keyboards, programming
• Frank Mertens: Keyboards

Additional Musicians

• Ken Taylor: Bass
• Curt Cress: Drums, percussion
• Wednesday, Gulfstream, The Rosie Singers, The Claudias: Backing vocals
• Deutsche Opera: Strings/string arrangements

Production

• Produced By Andreas Budde, Wolfgang Loos and Colin Pearson
• Recorded and engineered by Wolfgang Loos and Uli Rudolph
• Technical Assistance: Boris Balin and Thomas Beck
• Mixed by Wolfgang Loos

Charts and certifications

Charts positions Chart (1984) Peak position Austria Albums Chart[3] 16 Germany Albums Chart[4] 3 Italy Albums Chart 20 Norway Albums Chart[5] 1 Sweden Albums Chart[6] 1 Switzerland Albums Chart[7] 4 U.S. Billboard 200[8] 180

Sales and certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments France (SNEP)[9] Gold 100,000 Germany (BVMI)[10] 3× Platinum 1,500,000 Norway (IFPI Norway)[11] Gold 25,000 Sweden (GLF)[11] Platinum 100,000 Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[11] Gold 25,000 South Africa (RISA)[11] Gold 25,000^x ^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "All Music Guide". answers.com.
3. "Austrian albums chart". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
4. "German chart". Charts-Surfer. Archived from the original on May 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
5. "Norwegian albums chart". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
6. "Swedish albums chart". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
7. "Swiss albums chart". Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
8. "Artist Chart History: Albums". Billboard charts. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
9. "French album certifications – Alphaville – Forever Young" (in French). InfoDisc. Select ALPHAVILLE and click OK
10. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Alphaville; 'Forever Young')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
11. Afternoons in Utopia music book (1986). "The Alphaville Story". Cosmic Meadows. Retrieved 2012-11-15.