Prostitute (Alphaville album)

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Prostitute
Warner Music
ProducerAlphaville
Alphaville chronology
History
(1993) 		Prostitute
(1994) 		Salvation
(1997)
Singles from Prostitute
  1. "
    Fools
    "
    Released: July 1994
  2. "The Impossible Dream"
    Released: December 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Paradigm Shift"
Fools"
Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Echolette3:53
3."Beethoven"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Echolette5:35
4."Ascension Day"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Rainer Bloss5:45
5."The Impossible Dream"Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Eric SooterGold, Lloyd, Bloss4:49
6."Parade"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Echolette3:40
7."Ain't It Strange"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Bloss5:23
8."All in the Golden Afternoon"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Bloss3:35
9."Oh Patti"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Bloss1:46
10."Ivory Tower"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Bloss3:16
11."Faith"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Bloss3:56
12."Iron John"Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Rudy NielsonGold, Lloyd, Echolette3:44
13."The One Thing"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Echolette3:55
14."Some People"Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Julie OceanGold, Lloyd, Bloss4:37
15."Euphoria"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Echolette7:05
16."Apollo"Gold, Lloyd, EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Bloss6:10

Charts

2023 chart performance for Prostitute
Chart (2023) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] 78
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] 34

References

  1. ^ "Prostitute". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Alphaville - Prostitute". Discogs. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Alphaville News – Upcoming Release: Deluxe Editions of Prostitute and Salvation". 7 September 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Alphaville: Strange Attractor (album review)". crypticrock.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Godfathers of Pop: Marian Gold". classicpopmag.com. 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  6. ^ Bolton, Rob (1 May 2000). "Alphaville: Salvation". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Alphaville: Prostitute". theaudiodb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  8. GfK Entertainment Charts
    . Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2023. 47. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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