Name: Eternally Yours
Brand: Alphaville

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

0302716NM

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "0302716NM"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Orchard

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

885470027166

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "885470027166"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Total Cap

3 / Black / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

0302730NM

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "0302730NM"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Gold

Gold Vinyl

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "Gold Vinyl"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Extended format: Yes

Limited Edition

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "Limited Edition"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

2022-11-04

885470027302

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "885470027302"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

Gold LPx3

0302715NM

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "0302715NM"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

885470027159

{"blocks": [{"data": {"text": "885470027159"}, "type": "paragraph"}]}

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Alphaville

Genre US

Label US

Ear Music

Alphaville is a German synth-pop band formed in 1982 in Münster. The trio, led by vocalist Marian Gold (Hartwig Schierbaum), initially included synth players Bernhard Lloyd and Frank Mertens. Inspired by Jean-Luc Goddard's film "Alphaville," the band changed their name from Forever Young to Alphaville, reflecting their futuristic vision.

In late 1984, Mertens left the band and was replaced by Ricky Echolette (Wolfgang Neuhaus) in early 1985. Despite lineup changes, Alphaville remains active today, performing new concerts and promoting re-mastered re-releases of their first albums.

With influences ranging from Yazoo to Duran Duran, Alphaville has carved out a unique place in the synth-pop genre. Their music continues to captivate audiences with its catchy melodies and thought-provoking lyrics.

New Wave / Post Punk

Back In Stock

“‘Eternally Yours’ actually sounds to my ears as if it were really the first Alphaville album – only that it wasn't released forty years ago. We just didn't have an orchestra at hand back then, but ‘only’ synthesizers and rhythm machines.” – Marian Gold

“Eternally Yours” is about permanence and transience. The lyrics of the songs from four decades are for the most part written by Marian Gold herself. A central theme for Alphaville and Marian Gold has always been dreaming: ‘We get around quite a lot, we've played almost everywhere, in and out of our heads. All this contributes to our music, to the idea of what Alphaville could be. It's like a never-ending dream. Those who listen to our music hear fragments of that dream.’ The all- new and titular song reads like a farewell letter. In fact, except for the chorus, all the lines are taken from sonnets by Shakespeare. Marian Gold and his two arrangers Max Knoth and Christian Lohr succeed on this album in providing the musical substance of the songs with the appropriate sound content. At the same time, the songs do not sound unusually bloated or overused – on the contrary: as a listener, one wonders about the natural, warm, even familiar sounds and asks oneself why there have not been more symphonic arrangements of Alphaville songs before.

Eternally Yours

Music US