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1994 studio album by Alphaville
Prostitute
Studio album by Alphaville
Released26 August 1994
StudioLunapark Studios, Berlin
GenreSynth-pop
Length70:46
LabelWarner 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

Prostitute is the fourth studio album by German synth-pop band Alphaville, released in 1994. The album was reissued in a remastered and expanded edition in November 2023.

Overview

Following the "science-fiction-themed" Afternoons in Utopia and the "lushly orchestrated" The Breathtaking Blue albums, this was Alphaville's first release in five years. Having "a great variety of styles", this "jazzy and EDM-influenced", "dark, theatrical album" proved "too abstract to achieve" much success. The lack of commercial appeal led the band to return to its synth/dance roots with the following album, Salvation.

In 2019 Marian Gold recommended Prostitute, along with the 2017 Strange Attractor, to anyone who only knew Alphaville from Big In Japan.

It is the last Alphaville album with Ricky Echolette.

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Paradigm Shift"Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky EcholetteGold, Lloyd, Echolette3:47
2."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) 78
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 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. ^ "Alphaville: Strange Attractor (album review)". crypticrock.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
  5. ^ "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. "Offiziellecharts.de – Alphaville – Prostitute" (in German). 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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