Prostitute (Alphaville album)

1994 studio album by Alphaville

Prostitute

Studio album by

Alphaville

Released| 26 August 1994
Studio| Lunapark Studios, Berlin
Genre| Synth-pop
Length| 70:46
Label| Warner Music
Producer| Alphaville
Alphaville chronology
| History
(1993)  | Prostitute
(1994)  | Salvation
(1997)

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Singles from  Prostitute

1. "Fools"
Released: July 1994
2. "The Impossible Dream"
Released: December 1994

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
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

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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

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No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "The Paradigm Shift"| Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| 3:47
2.| "Fools"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| 3:53
3.| "Beethoven"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| 5:35
4.| "Ascension Day"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Rainer Bloss| 5:45
5.| "The Impossible Dream"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Eric Sooter| Gold, Lloyd, Bloss| 4:49
6.| "Parade"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| 3:40
7.| "Ain't It Strange"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Bloss| 5:23
8.| "All in the Golden Afternoon"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Bloss| 3:35
9.| "Oh Patti"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Bloss| 1:46
10.| "Ivory Tower"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Bloss| 3:16
11.| "Faith"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Bloss| 3:56
12.| "Iron John"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Rudy Nielson| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| 3:44
13.| "The One Thing"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| 3:55
14.| "Some People"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Julie Ocean| Gold, Lloyd, Bloss| 4:37
15.| "Euphoria"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| 7:05
16.| "Apollo"| Gold, Lloyd, Echolette| Gold, Lloyd, Bloss| 6:10

## Charts

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2023 chart performance for Prostitute Chart (2023)  | Peak
position

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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 78
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[9] | 34

## References

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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. ^ "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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Alphaville

* Marian Gold
* Bernhard Lloyd
* Frank Mertens
* Ricky Echolette
* Robbie France

Studio albums|

* Forever Young
* Afternoons in Utopia
* The Breathtaking Blue
* Prostitute
* Salvation
* Catching Rays on Giant
* Strange Attractor
* Eternally Yours

Compilations|

* First Harvest 1984–92
* So80s presents Alphaville

Video releases|

* Songlines

Singles|

* "Big in Japan"
* "Sounds Like a Melody"
* "Forever Young"
* "Jet Set"
* "Dance with Me"
* "Universal Daddy"
* "Jerusalem"
* "Red Rose"
* "Romeos"
* "Summer Rain"
* "Fools"
* "I Die for You Today"
* "Song for No One"

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* MusicBrainz release group

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