Alphaville discography

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

The discography of German synth-pop group Alphaville.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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
3166051211514180
Afternoons in Utopia
  • Released: 5 June 1986
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
138221518712174
The Breathtaking Blue
  • Released: 4 April 1989
  • Label: WEA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
2334
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 96459
Strange Attractor
  • Released: 7 April 2017
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP, digital download
3994
Eternally Yours23327
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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

Remix albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GER
[1]
Forever Pop
  • Released: 22 October 2001
  • Label: Warner
  • Formats: CD, MC
59

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
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
213
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
847
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum 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

TitleAlbum 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

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
GER
[1]
AUT
[2]
DEN
[16]
FIN
[5]
SA
[17]
SPA
[8]
SWE
[9]
SWI
[18]
UK
[19]
US
[20]
"Big in Japan"198414185211866Forever Young
"Sounds Like a Melody"3362514
"Forever Young"442 [a] 1024714139865 [b]
"Jet Set"198511111713
"Dance with Me"198611253942759Afternoons in Utopia
"Universal Daddy"36121926
"Jerusalem"57
"Sensations"
"Red Rose"1987
"Romeos"198945The Breathtaking Blue
"Summer Rain"
"Mysteries of Love"1990
"Big in Japan 1992 A.D."1992315First Harvest 1984–92
"Fools"19947010Prostitute
"The Impossible Dream"
"Wishful Thinking"1997Salvation
"Flame"
"Soul Messiah" (US-only release)1999
"Dance with Me 2001" (Paul van Dyk remix)2001Forever Pop
"Forever Young 2001" (limited fan edition)
"Forever Young" (Bill Hamel remix; Australia-only release)2006Non-album single
"I Die for You Today"20101564Catching Rays on Giant
"Song for No One"201150
"Heartbreak City"2017Strange Attractor
"Love Will Find a Way"2018Non-album single
"Summer in Berlin" (Schiller x Alphaville)2021 Summer in Berlin (by Schiller)
"Big in Japan" (Symphonic Version)2022Eternally Yours
"Forever Young"
(with David Guetta and Ava Max)
202475 [A] Non-album single
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Notes

  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]

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