Prostitute (Alphaville album)

Prostitute
Studio album by Alphaville
Released	26 August 1994
Studio	Lunapark Studios, Berlin
Genre	Synth-pop
Length	70:46
Label	Warner Music
Producer	Alphaville
Alphaville chronology
History (1993) Prostitute (1994) Salvation (1997)
Singles from Prostitute
"Fools" Released: July 1994 "The Impossible Dream" Released: December 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Prostitute is the fourth studio album by German synth-pop band Alphaville, released in 1994. ^[2] The album was reissued in a remastered and expanded edition in November 2023. ^[3]

Overview

Following the "science-fiction-themed" Afternoons in Utopia and the "lushly orchestrated" The Breathtaking Blue albums, ^[4] this was Alphaville's first release in five years. Having "a great variety of styles", ^[5] this "jazzy and EDM-influenced", ^[4] "dark, theatrical album" ^[4] proved "too abstract to achieve" much success. ^[6] The lack of commercial appeal led the band to return to its synth/dance roots with the following album, Salvation . ^[7]

In 2019 Marian Gold recommended Prostitute, along with the 2017 Strange Attractor , to anyone who only knew Alphaville from Big In Japan . ^[5]

It is the last Alphaville album with Ricky Echolette.

Critical reception

Pan-European magazine Music & Media wrote, "Sometimes called Germany's answer to Japan and Depeche Mode, this trio is now likely to enjoy their first real success since their 1984 global smash 'Big in Japan'. Apart from the 'Fools' single, which is making some promising radio inroads currently, the album contains potential airplay candidates such as 'Beethoven', the ballad 'The Impossible Dream' and the reggae-based 'Faith'." ^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"The Paradigm Shift"	Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Ricky Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	3:47
2.	"Fools"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	3:53
3.	"Beethoven"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	5:35
4.	"Ascension Day"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Rainer Bloss	5:45
5.	"The Impossible Dream"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Eric Sooter	Gold, Lloyd, Bloss	4:49
6.	"Parade"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	3:40
7.	"Ain't It Strange"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Bloss	5:23
8.	"All in the Golden Afternoon"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Bloss	3:35
9.	"Oh Patti"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Bloss	1:46
10.	"Ivory Tower"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Bloss	3:16
11.	"Faith"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Bloss	3:56
12.	"Iron John"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Rudy Nielson	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	3:44
13.	"The One Thing"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	3:55
14.	"Some People"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette, Julie Ocean	Gold, Lloyd, Bloss	4:37
15.	"Euphoria"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	7:05
16.	"Apollo"	Gold, Lloyd, Echolette	Gold, Lloyd, Bloss	6:10

Charts

2023 chart performance for Prostitute

Chart (2023)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9]	78
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [10]	34

References

1. "Prostitute". AllMusic.
2. "Alphaville - Prostitute". Discogs . Retrieved 24 November 2015.
3. "Alphaville News – Upcoming Release: Deluxe Editions of Prostitute and Salvation". 7 September 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
4. "Alphaville: Strange Attractor (album review)". crypticrock.com. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
5. "Godfathers of Pop: Marian Gold". classicpopmag.com. 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
6. Bolton, Rob (1 May 2000). "Alphaville: Salvation". exclaim.ca. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
7. "Alphaville: Prostitute". theaudiodb.com. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
8. "New Releases: Albums" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 11, no. 40. 1 October 1994. p. 8. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Alphaville – Prostitute" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
10. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2023. 47. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 30 November 2023.