Customer Reviews

Singles Collection

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4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(2)
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Alphaville is awsome. The song Big In Japan is one of the best songs period in my opinion. It gives me the chills. This album is worth everypenny, from the way the CD starts on forever young with that really captivating beggining till the remix version of Big in Japan. Damn awsome!!

This "album" was a US only compilation release for the US market as evidenced by the liner notes. This is an obvious but wasted attempt by Atlantic Records to get some exposure for this very under-rated German synth band. Alphaville had released two album by this point, the classic that was Forever Young and it's brilliant follow-up Afternoons In Utopia. This compilation doesn't do either albums justice but does bring together on disc some tracks that would probably not have made to the CD format. The Special Extended Mix of Forever Young takes a good 80's synth ballad and turns into a 6 minute dance song that is even better. Red Rose and Big In Japan were remixed in 1988 for some reason and both single versions are included here as well as the 88 remix of Big In Japan. This album also contains the original 12" mixes of Red Rose and Dance With Me. I loved every one of these tracks and as a big Alphaville fan I have no qualms in purchasing this CD. 8 tracks, 4 songs - 2 from each album. Why? The tracks are not bad by any means, but this compilation could have been so much better - check out First Harvest as the definitive Alphaville singles collection so far released 4 years after this in 1992. This CD would have been better being classified as an EP and was a wasted opportunity in promoting Alphaville to a wider audience.

I found this CD in a bargain bin at the local record store and picked it up. It's a good CD which brings up a lot of nostalgia from the 80's. Track 5 is my personal favorite, but all 8 tracks are worthy of a listen.

If you came to this page you must really like Alphaville - you know the songs by heart, you love them, you have heard them 1000s of times. Under the circumstances, the only usefull thing to say is probably: BE AWARE THAT THE CD CONTAINS ONLY 4 SONGS, EACH IN TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONs. But if you are here that probably won't stop you, will it? It didn't stop me.

Although it's only 4 songs in this album (plus 4 remix versions), for fans of Alphaville (and fans of pop rock music), this album is wonderful ! The remix version of Forever Young and Dance With Me will really satisfy you...This album will absolutely satisfy you !

I'll admit, I ventured upon this album by following the music in my head - that is, "Forever Young." I'd honestly never heard of its performer. Alphaville the band seems to have been lost in obscurity somewhere along the way, but the title song (both versions) is splendid. If you enjoy "waxing nostalgic" about the '80s and its synth-pop soundscapes, Alphaville's idealistic, emotional lyrics and synth rhythms will fulfill your urge. This is an incredible album. I especially like its organi(s)ation. It goes 1 through 4 with the four hit singles, then 1 through 4 again with their remixes, and the order remains the same. "Forever Young" will top my list, but all the songs are equally good in their own diverse way. The synth beat and backgrounds of "Dance With Me" (long version) are classic '80s dancefloor evocations. "Big In Japan" conjures a time when pop rock was commencing its spread across borders, the era of bands and international fame. "Red Rose" can be annoying in its intensity and tenacity, but it too is a richly layered, emotional synth-hit worthy of "classic '80s" status, like the other three songs. It will grow on you, too.

Fellaws, let me tell you this is the CD (forever young)that I play everytime I take a girl out on a date. Save it thou for the ride back to her house when the stars are out on a hot summer night, with the sun roof open, every time I play it, the women guarenteed wants to hear it again, it is theeee best song I have ever heard, song one is the best.

How can you tell that Gen X is starting to age?

We're waxing nostalgic about the music we grew up to in the 1980s... and that we're buying anthology CDs of the same!

At any rate, this particular album contains eight tracks that are worth waxing nostalgic over. Both versions of 'Forever Young' are tracks that we can relate to on both sides of the Atlantic, and we probably all have slightly dimmer memories of the very cool song 'Big in Japan.'and this particular collection captures the heyday of the 12" single and the 'remix' by putting both versions of the tunes in one location. It's a worthy addition to any collection of 80s music. (It's also something that young whipper-snappers looking for some *quality* dance music might want to check out. Hip-hop? Bah! We had *real* dance music when *I* was young! :) )

By the way, the 'Singles Collection' only gets Four Stars because I hated 'Red Rose' the first time around. Age hasn't made it any better. (The 12" mix version on this CD sits a bit better with me, though.)

This album wasn't so bad. The fact that I was more interested in the synthesizers than the singers said a lot about it. I love 80's music, but this group seeeemed to be unimaginative. (Just look at the titles of the songs. Their are 10 tracks, but only...what, 3 songs! ) I wouldn't buy this unless I was having a crazy 80's party.

This cd takes me back to the 80s. they have the way to touch you inside with there music had lost cd but now ive found it again. would recomend this cd to anyone who grew up in the 80s alphaville is still one group i will like throught out life and im 29 now.