Wiener Blut (album)

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Wiener Blut
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ReleasedSeptember 15, 1988 (1988-09-15)
Recorded1985–1988
Genre
Length47:14
Label
Producer Bolland & Bolland
Falco chronology
Emotional
(1986)
Wiener Blut
(1988)
Data de Groove
(1990)
Singles from Wiener Blut
  1. "Wiener Blut"
    Released: August 29, 1988
  2. "Satellite to Satellite"
    Released: November 7, 1988
  3. "Garbo"
    Released: 1988 (promo 7" vinyl single)
  4. "Do It Again"
    Released: 1988
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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.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Wiener Blut" [Viennese Blood] – 3:31
  2. "Falco Rides Again" – 4:45
  3. "Untouchable" – 3:18
  4. "Tricks" – 3:55
  5. "Garbo" – 3:52
  6. "Satellite to Satellite" – 5:16
  7. "Read a Book" – 3:57
  8. "Walls of Silence" – 4:41
  9. "Solid Booze" – 4:33
  10. "Sand am Himalaya" – 4:01
  11. "Do It Again" – 5:15

2022 remaster bonus tracks

  1. "Wiener Blut" (12" Remix) – 7:20
  2. "Satellite to Satellite" (Extended Remix Version) – 8:19
  3. "Do It Again" (Shep Pettibone 12" Remix) – 8:57

Bonus disc

  1. "Body Next to Body" (Dance Mix) – 6:18
  2. "Body Next to Body" (Extended Rock Version) – 6:30
  3. "Body Next to Body" (Extended Other Version) – 6:22
  4. "Body Next to Body" (Rock Version) – 4:20
  5. "Body Next to Body" (Other Version) – 4:16
  6. "Body Next to Body" (Radio Version) – 4:20
  7. "Satellite to Satellite" (TV-Mix) – 3:26
  8. "Satellite to Satellite" (Special Radio Edit) – 3:26
  9. "Satellite to Satellite" (Full Length Special Radio Edit) – 4:09
  10. "Satellite to Satellite" (Instrumental Version) – 4:24
  11. "Do It Again" (Shep Pettibone 7" Remix/Edit) – 4:20
  12. "Do It Again" (Shep Pettibone Dub It Again Mix) – 7:53

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