Falco 3
Falco 3 is the third studio album by the Austrian musician Falco. After the moderate success of its predecessor boy Roemer album consisted almost exclusively of influenced by pop music titles. Falco Falco 3 was the only album that came in the British charts. It also abolished the album in the U.S. at # 3 on the Billboard 200 and on the 18th place of the R & B album charts.
- 5.1 album
- 5.2 Singles
Background
After his first two albums by Robert Ponger had been produced, Falco 3 was produced by Dutch producer Rob and Ferdi Bolland. Until the completion of the album in the summer of 1985 it took two months. Falco had Without You, sort out one of his self-composed songs from the album. However, Falco sang Without You on several concerts of his promo tour and announced: " This song is for you, who comes to the 3 LP". However, he could not keep this promise because of the views of his record company.
The first promo single Rock Me Amadeus was medial considered song with an international format before you start charting and instantly rose to # 1 on the Austrian charts. In the summer of 1985, Falco was on a promotional tour for the first time in front of songs from the new album. One of the highlights was the appearance at the Vienna Festival between the Vienna City Hall and the Burgtheater in Vienna.
Song lists from Falco 3 and the 25th Anniversary Editions
Comments
The title 1-5 are located on the long-playing record on page 1, the title 6 to 10 on page 2 Except for the title 8 and 10, which produced Falco, the title of Rob and Ferdi Bolland were arranged and produced. All tracks are listed on the album cover of the European version as a special remixes, however, are the usual European versions of singles. On the American, British and Japanese version of Falco 3 are located rather than the European versions of Rock Me Amadeus and Vienna Calling the Salieri version of Rock Me Amadeus and Vienna Calling - Metternich Arrival version.
Rock Me Amadeus
The first single from Falco Rock Me Amadeus was 3. She placed herself in May 1985 successfully in the charts. After the huge success on the German market, the album was released worldwide, and was well received. In March 1986, Rock Me Amadeus reached number 1 on the charts of the U.S. and the UK. It is the German language so far only song that reached 100 # 1 in the U.S. Billboard Hot. For Falco made this a burden, because he thought he would be measured from now on the success of Rock Me Amadeus. In the summer of 1985, the second single from Vienna Calling appeared, with the Falco well in the U.S. and Europe was able to record success.
Jeanny
The title Jeanny was released in late 1985 and early 1986, rose to No. 1 on the German, Austrian and Swiss charts. About the plot of the song heated discussions were held. In many cases, the text and the music video were described as promoting violence, as both elements pointing to a killing Jeanny. The killing Jeanny but is not shown in the music video. At the end of the video teases Jeanny Falco - but this is a proof that the imaginary figure Jeanny lives. Because of the protests, all music stations boycotted the video and it was not aired. Falco asserted that it is the song handle a ballad and not a call for the killing of young girls. Nevertheless, the single sold in Germany alone, 2.5 million times, and the song remained two months at No. 1
Technical error in the mastering of the CD
The CD version of this album contains (except for the German Teldec edition and the American, English and Japanese versions ), an error in the song It's All Over Now, Baby Blue. While the original term of this title should be at 4:41 minutes, the song takes on the CD release for 5 minutes (only for the first pressing of 1985 and the second pressing of 1987, the term correctly ). The reason lies in a loop that has been overlooked in a faulty mastering. Thus, the last 25 seconds are repeated after exactly 2:09 minutes. The best-of compilation high as never avoids this error by providing this song in a new, unreleased until the release date 2007 " Rough Mix ". The Falco 3 - 25th Anniversary Edition contains instead of the faulty songs to properly mastered, recorded in 1985 song.