Salvation (Alphaville album)

Salvation
Studio album by Alphaville
Released September 1, 1997 (Original)
June 1999 (US bonus tracks)
Recorded 1995–1997
Genre Synthpop
Length 53:51 (Original)
70:18 (US Release)
Label Warner / Metropolis
Producer Andy Richards
Alphaville chronology
Prostitute
(1994)		 Salvation
(1997)		 Dreamscapes
(1999)
Singles from Salvation
  1. "Wishful Thinking"
    Released: February 1997
  2. "Flame"
    Released: June 1997 (promo)
    January, 1999 (USA)
  3. "Soul Messiah"
    Released: 1999 (USA)
Alternative cover
USA Edition

Salvation is the fifth album by Alphaville which was released in Europe in 1997, and in the U.S. in 1999 with different artwork and three bonus tracks.[1] Three tracks from the album were released as singles:

However, none of them charted on the german single charts.[2] The German synthpop bands last album at the Warner/metropolis label. Their next major album Catching Rays on Giant(2010) was released at the We Love Music/Universal label.

Overview

Salvation hit the stores in 1997 and marked a tumultous time for the band: Ricky Echolette had left Alphaville during the production and Marian Gold and Bernd Lloyd struggled with the way the record label did the promotion, calling it "not very good for us".[3] The subsequent split that led Alphaville to establishing their own, concert- and online-focused communication, promotion, and distribution platform.

Even though the circumstances for Salvation were not favorable, the album became quite a success for its circumstances. This is mainly due to the band returning to their synthpop-roots and heavily infusing them with dance/techno. Their is a stylistic similarity between Forever Young and Salvation.[4] An estimated 200.000 copies of the album have been sold.[5]

Reviews

A departure from the experimental predecessors, Prostitute and The Breathtaking Blue, the straighter, simpler style appealed to old fans and a younger audience alike.

“ Their songs are still stirring and swirling with the drum machine pumping out a hectic flow of beats. Flame is the first single, a yearning ballad that grows to an arms-waving conclusion, Wishful Thinking, Point Of Know Return (sic) and Inside Out are more representative of the Alphaville sound.[6] ”

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Inside Out"   5:17
2. "Monkey in the Moon"   3:53
3. "Guardian Angel"   4:14
4. "Wishful Thinking"   3:48
5. "Flame"   3:49
6. "Point of Know Return"   5:52
7. "Control"   3:31
8. "Dangerous Places"   3:58
9. "Spirit of the Age"   4:31
10. "Soul Messiah"   4:53
11. "New Horizons"   5:35
12. "Pandora's Lullaby"   4:30
USA Bonus Tracks
No. Title Length
13. "Life is King"   6:10
14. "Wishful Thinking Physical" (Physical Mix) 5:54
15. "Monkey in the Moon" (Demo) 4:23

Personnel

Charts positions

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Germany Albums Chart[7] 74

References

  1. ↑ "Alphaville – Salvation". Discogs. discogs.com. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/alphaville/songs-fgvn.html
  3. ↑ http://www.michaelowencarroll.com/av/int006.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.oocities.org/emilzone/intv_1.html
  5. ↑ http://www.alphaville.homepage.eu/facts_charts_09026693.html
  6. ↑ http://www.musicfolio.com/modernrock/alphaville.html
  7. ↑ http://www.chartsurfer.de/artist/alphaville/salvation-album_freher.html
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