Alphaville "Forever Young" BD-A w/ Atmos (Warner) 7/5/2024

[haikubass]

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Alphaville's genre-defining and groundbreaking album "Forever Young", this first-ever Blu Ray audio release in 2024 will be accompanied by numerous activities in honor of this 1984 synch-pop classic.

A Dolby Atmos mix from 2021 guarantees the best possible sound quality for this milestone, which includes hits such as "Forever Young", "Big in Japan" and "Sounds Like a Melody", to name but a few.

Pre-order:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/alphaville-forever-young/hnum/11878348
https://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0D5C6K98H
Atmos streaming:
https://tidal.com/album/228915255?u

 

[J. PUPSTER]

nice price...
who mixed this one?

 

[GOS]

Who mixed it? Better yet, who the hell is Alphaville?

 

[haikubass]

nice price...
who mixed this one?

Couldn't find any mention so far... Re-listening to the mix right now, it sounds pretty lazy, almost like an upmix... and this excerpt off the promo doesn't really help:

"The production of the 'Forever Young' album was a great adventure at the time, and the result was almost perfect for us. Our focus was on the vinyl album, because in 1984 CD mastering was still in its infancy. Fortunately, I was still able to find all the original analog master tapes, which were actually only recorded as safety back then. Thanks to the new mastering, the album now sounds much warmer, rounder and more transparent - exactly how we imagined it back then," says Bernhard Lloyd.

 

[haikubass]

Who mixed it? Better yet, who the hell is Alphaville?

They say they're big in Japan!

 

[J. PUPSTER]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forever_Young_(Alphaville_album)

"The album charted well, hitting the Top 20 in six European countries and reaching number 1 in Norway and Sweden."

 

[J. PUPSTER]

Couldn't find any mention so far... Re-listening to the mix right now, it sounds pretty lazy, almost like an upmix... and this excerpt off the promo doesn't really help:

... guess I'll just stay in bed

 

[PurpleMoustache]

Largely only know the song Forever Young for its inclusion in Napoleon Dynamite but haven’t heard the full album. That being said, this comes out a day before my birthday so… maybe happy birthday to me?

 

[haikubass]

... guess I'll just stay in bed

... listening to ABC, night and day.

Anyway, some folks here did enjoy it:
https://www.quadraphonicquad.com/fo...ming-via-tidal-apple-amazon.31491/post-703546

 

[GOS]

Well, for me personally...I'm super glad this isn't #24 in the SDE series. Or, wherever we are at...

 

[rjpinca]

Largely only know the song Forever Young for its inclusion in Napoleon Dynamite but haven’t heard the full album. That being said, this comes out a day before my birthday so… maybe happy birthday to me?

 

[Lensflair]

Awesome! That was one of my favorite 80's synth pop albums. I just hope the multichannel mix is good.

 

[cbmmm3]

actually a fine synth pop 80s album. And for 23 bucks delivered to my address ? its a no brainer--ordered !!

 

[beerking]

It will be for sale via Amazon UK soon...

Forever Young(40th Anniversary Edition) https://amzn.eu/d/5UMYQsl

 

[DuncanS]

Who mixed it? Better yet, who the hell is Alphaville?

I'm with you on that last comment!

 

[Juggsnelson]

Forever Young and Big In Japan are pretty well known synth pop "hits" from the 80's although they didn't light up the Billboard charts. This is a quality album and I ordered it immediately.

 

[depeche76]

Maybe im wrong, but i remember there were some hints that Steven Wilson did the surround mix right?????

 

[Sal1950]

They say they're big in Japan!

So are fishheads & rice. LOL

 

[sperezmore]

Ordered at Jpc.de

Love the album

Regards,

 

[dobyblue]

Fantastic album, very cool news - ordering now via iMusic (US$18.50, CAD$25.50)

https://imusic.co/movies/5021732357168/alphaville-2024-forever-young-blu-ray