Landmark LP Still On CD Via Import!

I remember buying this on vinyl when it first came out in the USA in early 1986 and it made me become the die hard Falco fan I still remain today. I played the heck out of this LP (belive it or not my vinyl is still near mint!) However ones that were familiar with the original US release will notice that on this CD since it is the 1985 original German pressing on CD, that "Rock Me Amadeus" is the version used in the video and not the "Solieri" version which appeared on the US LP and CD (when it was in print). Also the other change is "Vienna Calling" being the version used in the video and not the different and extended mix on the US LP (the video versions were obviously the original mixes). Both versions on the US LP were versions made for 12" singles in Germany when we in the US got different 12" mixes for both. All around though this is a very nice remaster and sounds much better than the vinyl and original US CD version. Now for the album itself, stand out tracks that are quite good are "Macho Macho", the very Bowie inspired "Nothing Sweeter Than Arabia". Also look out for the not so big hit in the US but classic everywhere else, "Jeanny" and the jazzy cover version of Bob Dylan's "Its All Over Now Baby Blue" which at the very end has a quite timeless and comical blooper they kept in with the sax player hitting a sour note and mumbling in a German accent (...)This is a good way to get into Falco if your not already a fan.

ROCK ME!!!!

Falco has been a favorite of mine since I was six years old!For one thing "Rock Me Amedeus" made me think I could speak

German (especially in that clipped,Rick Osasek delivery).But one

other thing that makes 'Falco 3' special to me is that in the

80's dance arena Falco was like no other.Tunes like "Jeanny",

"Vienna Calling " and of course "Amedeus" come off as pure

Austrain hip-hop-a short lived genre that only seems to have survived those three songs!And nobody can tell me that "America"

is'nt an extremely catchy tune.I do wonder though what the lyrics are in English-since Falco is clearly laughing mockingly

during most of it I'll bet it's pretty funny!It's too bad that he died in that car crash several years ago-I can't think of anyone in contemporary dance music at all like him!

What can I say...

Falco is one of my favorite 80s rock stars. His somewhat non-mainstream themes are refreshing, his style is interesting, and his songs are overall great to listen to even in this new millenium. Too bad he's dead.