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Alphaville discography

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Alphaville discography
Alphaville in 2005
Studio albums8
Live albums1
Compilation albums6
Singles29
Video albums3
Remix albums1
Box sets3

The discography of German synth-pop group Alphaville.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUT
[2]
CAN
[3][4]
FIN
[5]
NL
[6]
NOR
[7]
SPA
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[10]
US
[11]
Forever Young
  • Released: 27 September 1984
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
3 16 60 5 12 1 15 1 4 180
Afternoons in Utopia
  • Released: 5 June 1986
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
13 82 21 51 8 7 12 174
The Breathtaking Blue
  • Released: 4 April 1989
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
23 34
Prostitute
  • Released: 26 August 1994
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
78
Salvation
  • Released: 1 September 1997
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, MC
66
Catching Rays on Giant 9 64 59
Strange Attractor
  • Released: 7 April 2017
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download
39 94
Eternally Yours 2 33 27
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details
Stark Naked and Absolutely Live
  • Released: 26 June 2000
  • Label: Navigator Music
  • Formats: CD

Remix albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER
[1]
Forever Pop
  • Released: 22 October 2001
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: CD, MC
59

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
GER
[1]
AUT
[2]
FIN
[5]
SWE
[9]
Alphaville Amiga Compilation
  • Released: January 1988
  • Label: Amiga
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • East Germany-only release
Alphaville: The Singles Collection
  • Released: 18 October 1988
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
  • North America-only release
First Harvest 1984–92
  • Released: 23 March 1992
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2 13
History
  • Released: January 1993
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
  • Fanclub-only release
Visions of Dreamscapes
  • Released: September 1999
  • Label: Aphex Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Brazil-only release
So80s presents Alphaville
  • Released: 31 October 2014
  • Label: Soundcolours
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
26
Forever! Best of 40 Years
  • Released: 27 September 2024
  • Label: WM Germany
  • Formats: 3×CD, digital download, vinyl
8 47
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album details
Dreamscapes
  • Released: January 1999
  • Label: Navigator Music
  • Formats: 8×CD
  • Limited release
CrazyShow
  • Released: 29 January 2003
  • Label: Alphaville
  • Formats: 4×CD
  • Limited release
Live at the Whisky a Go Go
  • Released: January 2019
  • Label: LA Concert Group
  • Formats: 5×CD+2×DVD+2×Blu-ray

Video albums

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Title Album details
The Breathtaking Blue Songlines
MoonOffice Compilation
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: MoonOffice
  • Formats: VHS
  • Fanclub-only release
Little America
  • Released: 28 September 2001
  • Label: Alphaville/Harper & Co./Savage Pictures
  • Formats: DVD

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
GER
[1]
AUT
[2]
DEN
[16]
FIN
[5]
SA
[17]
SPA
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
US
[20]
"Big in Japan" 1984 1 4 18 5 2 1 1 8 66 Forever Young
"Sounds Like a Melody" 3 3 6 2 5 1 4
"Forever Young" 4 42[a] 10 24 7 14 1 3 98 65[b]
"Jet Set" 1985 11 11 17 13
"Dance with Me" 1986 11 25 3 9 4 27 5 9 Afternoons in Utopia
"Universal Daddy" 36 12 19 26
"Jerusalem" 57
"Sensations"
"Red Rose" 1987
"Romeos" 1989 45 The Breathtaking Blue
"Summer Rain"
"Mysteries of Love" 1990
"Big in Japan 1992 A.D." 1992 3 15 First Harvest 1984–92
"Fools" 1994 70 10 Prostitute
"The Impossible Dream"
"Wishful Thinking" 1997 Salvation
"Flame"
"Soul Messiah" (US-only release) 1999
"Dance with Me 2001" (Paul van Dyk remix) 2001 Forever Pop
"Forever Young 2001" (limited fan edition)
"Forever Young" (Bill Hamel remix; Australia-only release) 2006 Non-album single
"I Die for You Today" 2010 15 64 Catching Rays on Giant
"Song for No One" 2011 50
"Heartbreak City" 2017 Strange Attractor
"Love Will Find a Way" 2018 Non-album single
"Summer in Berlin" (Schiller x Alphaville) 2021 Summer in Berlin (by Schiller)
"Big in Japan" (Symphonic Version) 2022 Eternally Yours
"Forever Young"
(with David Guetta and Ava Max)
2024 87 [A] Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Forever Young" first charted in Austria in 2024.
  2. ^ "Forever Young" peaked on the Hot 100 at number 93 in 1985 and number 65 in 1988.
  1. ^ "Forever Young" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.[23]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Austrian Charts > Alphaville". austriancharts.at Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  3. ^ "RPM 100 Albums" (PDF). www.bac-lac.gc.ca. 11 May 1985. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  4. ^ "RPM 100 Albums" (PDF). www.bac-lac.gc.ca. 4 October 1986. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  5. ^ a b c "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961 (The Finnish Chart Archive since 1961: ALB - ANA > Alphaville". Suomenlistalevyt (Sisältää hitin) / Timo Pennanen. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Dutch charts > Alphaville". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Norwegian Charts > Alphaville". norwegiancharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  8. ^ a b Salaverri, Fernando (2015). Sólo éxitos 1959–2012 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 978-84-8048-866-2.
  9. ^ a b c "Swedish Charts > Alphaville". swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  10. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955–1996. Record Research. p. 30. ISBN 0898201179.
  12. ^ a b c d "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Alphaville)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  13. ^ a b c Afternoons in Utopia music book (1986). "The Alphaville Story". Cosmic Meadows. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  14. ^ "Alphaville" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Guld & Platina – År 1987–1998" (PDF) (in Swedish). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry of Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK)". UKMIX Forums. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  17. ^ "South African Charts 1969-1989: Artists (A)". www.rock.co.za. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade - hitparade.ch". www.swisscharts.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  19. ^ "ALPHAVILLE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  20. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2009). Top Pop Singles 1955–2008. Record Research. p. 36. ISBN 9780898201802.
  21. ^ "Danish certifications – Alphaville". IFPI Danmark. Retrieved 30 July 2022. Scroll through the page-list below to obtain certification.
  22. ^ "British certifications – Alphaville". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 27 July 2024. Type Alphaville in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  23. ^ "Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 43". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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