The 1st Album (Modern Talking album)

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The 1st Album
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Studio album by
Modern Talking
Released1 April 1985 (1985-04-01)
Recorded1984
Genre Euro disco
Length39:40
Label Hansa
Producer Dieter Bohlen
Modern Talking chronology
The 1st Album
(1985)		 Let's Talk About Love
(1985)
Singles from The 1st Album
  1. "You're My Heart, You're My Soul"
    Released: 1984
  2. "You Can Win If You Want"
    Released: 13 March 1985

The 1st Album is the debut studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 1 April 1985 by Hansa Records. The album reached number one in Germany on 27 May 1985, spending four weeks atop the chart and 18 weeks within the top 10. [1] It was eventually certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI), denoting shipments in excess of 500,000 copies in Germany. [2]

Contents

Singles

The album spawned two singles. The lead single, "You're My Heart, You're My Soul", topped the charts in Germany (where it spent four weeks at the top), Austria, Switzerland and Belgium, while charting inside the top five in France, Norway and Sweden. [3] The second single, "You Can Win If You Want", reached number one in Germany and Austria, number two in Switzerland and Belgium, and the top 10 in France and the Netherlands. [4] Both singles attained gold sales status in Germany, having each sold over 250,000 units. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dieter Bohlen, except where noted

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."You're My Heart, You're My Soul"5:36
2."You Can Win If You Want"3:55
3."There's Too Much Blue in Missing You"4:40
4."Diamonds Never Made a Lady"4:05
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."The Night Is Yours – The Night Is Mine"5:30
6."Do You Wanna" (lyrics: Bohlen, Mary Applegate)4:22
7."Lucky Guy"3:31
8."One in a Million"3:44
9."Bells of Paris"4:17
Total length:39:40

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for The 1st Album
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [18] Platinum50,000*
Germany (BVMI) [2] Platinum500,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [18] Gold50,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [19] Gold50,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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