The 1st Album (Modern Talking album)

The 1st Album
Studio album by Modern Talking
Released 1 April 1985
Recorded 1984
Genre Synthpop
Label BMG, Hansa
Producer Dieter Bohlen
Modern Talking chronology
The 1st Album
(1985)		 Let's Talk About Love
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The 1st Album is the debut album by Modern Talking, released in the middle of 1985 in Germany.[2] It was released by Hansa Records and distributed by Ariola/BMG.

Background

The album contains two international hits "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" and "You Can Win If You Want". The first single peaked at No. 1 in many countries, including Germany (where it spent four weeks at the top), Switzerland and Austria. It also entered the top 5 in other countries like France, Norway and Sweden.[3][4] Both singles attained gold sales status in Germany, having each sold over 250,000 units.[5]

The 1st Album peaked at No. 1 in Germany on 27 May 1985.[6] The album spent total of 4 weeks at the top and 18 weeks within the top-10, it eventually went platinum selling well over 500,000 units in Germany alone.[5][7]

Track listing

  1. "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" — 5:36
  2. "You Can Win If You Want" — 3:53
  3. "There's Too Much Blue In Missing You" — 4:41
  4. "Diamonds Never Made a Lady" — 4:05
  5. "The Night Is Yours - The Night Is Mine" — 5:32
  6. "Do You Wanna" — 4:24
  7. "Lucky Guy" — 3:31
  8. "One In a Million" — 3:43
  9. "Bells of Paris" — 4:16

Personnel

Chart positions

Weekly charts

Chart (1985–1986) Peak
position
scope="row" Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 2
scope="row" Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9] 8
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 1
scope="row" Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 5
scope="row" Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 12
scope="row" Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 2

Certifications

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Germany (BVMI)[13] Platinum 500,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14] Gold 50,000

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ "1st album". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  2. ↑ "Charts.de: Official Media Control (Top 100 Longplay)". Media Control (in German). Charts.de. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  3. ↑ "Charts.de: Modern Talking (The First Album)" (in German). charts.de. Retrieved 2013-04-23.
  4. ↑ "Modern Talking: You're My Heart, You're My Soul". Swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
  5. 1 2 "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
  6. 1 2 "CHARTS-DEUTSCHLAND Album Top 100 (May 25, 1985)" (in German). charts.de. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  7. ↑ "Album details: The 1st Album of Modern Talking" (in German). chartsurfer.de. Retrieved 2010-11-08.
  8. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Modern Talking – The 1st Album" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Modern Talking – The 1st Album" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Modern Talking – The 1st Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Modern Talking – The 1st Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Modern Talking – The 1st Album". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking; 'The 1st Album')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Spanish Certifications 1979-1990" (PDF). PROMUSICAE. Mediafire. Retrieved October 11, 2015. Note: To retrieve the certification, scroll down to 1987

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