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.

## Critical reception

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Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Sometimes called Germany's answer to Japan and Depeche Mode, this trio is now likely to enjoy their first real success since their 1984 global smash 'Big in Japan'. Apart from the 'Fools' single, which is making some promising radio inroads currently, the album contains potential airplay candidates such as 'Beethoven', the ballad 'The Impossible Dream' and the reggae-based 'Faith'."[8]

## 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)[9] | 78
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[10] | 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. ^ "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 11, no. 40\. 1 October 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
9. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Alphaville – Prostitute" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
10. ^ "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

Studio albums|

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

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"
* "Fools"
* "I Die for You Today"
* "Song for No One"

Related articles|

Discography

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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