Wiener Blut | ||||
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Released | September 15, 1988 | |||
Recorded | 1985–1988 | |||
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Length | 47:14 | |||
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Producer | Bolland & Bolland | |||
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Singles from Wiener Blut | ||||
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Wiener Blut is the fifth album by Austrian singer Falco, released in 1988. It was dedicated to Falco's daughter, Bianca, recorded in 1987 and produced by Bolland & Bolland. This album was much less successful than Emotional , but in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, it peaked Top 3 and Top 20 in the charts. In 2022, it was remastered and re-issued in a deluxe CD and coloured vinyl format – including, for the first time, many extended mixes of songs and single edits.
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