The 1st Album (Modern Talking album)

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The 1st Album
Studio album by Modern Talking
Released 1984
Recorded 1984
Genre Synthpop
Label BMG, Hansa
Producer Dieter Bohlen
Modern Talking chronology
The 1st Album
(1984)		 Let's Talk About Love
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

The 1st Album is the debut album by Modern Talking, released in 1984 in Germany.[2] The album contains two international hits "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" and "You Can Win If You Want", the first one of which peaked at No. 1 in many countries including Germany (where it spent six weeks at the top), Switzerland and Austria while entering the top-5 in other countries like France, Norway, Sweden.[3][4] Both singles reached a gold status in Germany selling over 250,000 units respectively.[5]

The 1st Album, which was released by Hansa Records label and distributed by Ariola, BMG peaked at No. 1 in Germany on May 27, 1985.[3] The album spent total of 4 weeks at the top and 18 weeks within the top-10, it eventually went platinum selling well over 500,000 units in Germany alone.[5][6]

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" — 5:36
  2. "You Can Win If You Want" — 3:53
  3. "There's Too Much Blue In Missing You" — 4:41
  4. "Diamonds Never Made a Lady" — 4:05
  5. "The Night Is Yours - The Night Is Mine" — 5:32
  6. "Do You Wanna" — 4:24
  7. "Lucky Guy" — 3:31
  8. "One In a Million" — 3:43
  9. "Bells of Paris" — 4:16

[edit] Personnel

Lead vocals by Thomas Anders Music and lyrics by Dieter Bohlen. Special thanks to: Bobby To Audio

[edit] Charts

Chart (1985) Peak
position
Germany 1[3]
Sweden 12[7]
Norway 5[7]
Switzerland 2[7]
Austria 2[7]
Netherland 9[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1st album". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r210962. Retrieved 2009-11-21. 
  2. ^ "Official Thomas Anders website" (in English). thomas-anders.com. http://www.thomas-anders.com/international/modern_talking_discography.html. Retrieved 2012-02-24. 
  3. ^ a b c "CHARTS-DEUTSCHLAND Album Top 100 (May 25, 1985)" (in German). charts.de. http://www.charts.de/charts.asp?cat=a&country=de&year=1985&date=19850527&x=24&y=11. Retrieved 2010-11-08. 
  4. ^ "Modern Talking: You're My Heart, You're My Soul". Swisscharts.com. http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Modern+Talking&titel=You%27re+My+Heart%2C+You%27re+My+Soul&cat=s. Retrieved 2009-11-21. 
  5. ^ a b "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Modern Talking)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=&strInterpret=Modern+Talking&strTtArt=alle&strAwards=checked. Retrieved 2012-02-04. 
  6. ^ "Album details: The 1st Album of Modern Talking" (in German). chartsurfer.de. http://www.chartsurfer.de/albumdetails/9503/the-1st-album.html. Retrieved 2010-11-08. 
  7. ^ a b c d e "Modern Talking: The 1st Album". Swisscharts.com. http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Modern+Talking&titel=The+1st+Album&cat=a. Retrieved 2009-11-21. 

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