Alphaville - Eternally Yours (0302716NM) 3 LP Set

'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. The 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 her 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.

1. Dream Machine
2. Summer In Berlin
3. Big In Japan
4. Dance With Me
5. Summer Rain
6. Apollo
7. Elegy
8. Lassie Come Home
9. Moongirl
10. Welcome To The Sun
11. A Victory Of Love
12. Sounds Like A Melody
13. Around The Universe
14. Eternally Yours
15. Diamonds Are Forever
16. Flame
17. Forever Young
18. Big In Japan (Bassroque Version)
19. Sounds Like A Melody (Chamber Version)
20. Forever Young ("Petite")
21. Big In Japan (Single Edit)
22. Sounds Like A Melody (Single Edit)
23. Forever Young (Single Edit)
24. Pandora's Lullaby (Lunapark Version MCMXCI)
25. Elegy (Springtime Version MCMXC)
26. Dream Machine (Dreamscape Version MCMXCIX)