FALCO/EMOTIONAL

Descripción

WHEN FALCO BEGAN TO WORK ON HIS FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM EMOTIONAL IN SPRING 1986 HE WAS ONE OF A FEW INTERNATIONALLY SUCCESSFUL ARTISTS SINGING IN GERMAN LANGUAGE. REACHING #1 OF THE BILLBOARD HOT 100 CHARTS WITH ROCK ME AMADEUS FROM HIS PREVIOUS ALBUM FALCO 3 IN MARCH 1986 HE IS THE ONLY ARTIST EVER ACHIEVING THIS HISTORIC SUMMIT IN THE US WITH A SONG IN GERMAN. ADDING THIS FACT TO HIS SUPERSTAR STATUS IN GERMAN SPEAKING COUNTRIES AND MOST OF EUROPE SHOWS THE MAGNITUDE A NEW FALCO ALBUM MEANT TO THE MUSIC WORLD AT THAT TIME.THE RELEASE OF EMOTIONAL WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CHAPTER IN FALCOS OUTSTANDING CAREER. RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 1ST 1986 THE ALBUM WENT STRAIGHT TO #1 IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA AND TOP 10 IN SEVERAL OTHER EUROPEAN TERRITORIES. MARKING HIS DEBUT WITH WARNER MUSIC EMOTIONAL WAS THE SECOND BOLLAND UND BOLLAND PRODUCED FALCO ALBUM AND INCLUDING SINGLES SUCH AS THE SOUND OF MUSIK WHICH HAD GREAT SUCCESS OUTSIDE THE GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRIES AS WELL AND REACHED THE US TOP 20 DANCE CHART AND COMING HOME (JEANNY PART 2. EIN JAHR DANACH - ONE YEAR LATER) WHICH REACHED THE TOP OF THE GERMAN CHARTS AND WAS A SEQUEL TO FALCOS FAMOUS 1985 SONG JEANNY ABOUT A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAD DISAPPEARED FOR A YEAR AND STILL HADNT BEEN FOUND. OTHER NOTABLE TRACKS OF THE ALBUM WERE EMOTIONAL THE KISS OF KATHLEEN TURNER AND KAMIKAZE CAPA THE LATTER WRITTEN AS A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE PHOTOJOURNALIST ROBERT CAPA. THIS REMASTERED VERSION OF EMOTIONAL IS CELEBRATING THE ALBUMS 35TH ANNIVERSARY.