Modern Talking Discography (1985 - 2003)
Year: 1985 - 2003| Quality: MP3 | Bitrate: 320Kbps | Size: 1.91 Gb
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German dance-pop duo Modern Talking were formed in Berlin in early 1983 by Dieter Bohlen, then a composer and producer employed by the Intersong label; teaming with vocalist Thomas Anders, they soon began work on their first single, 1984's "You're My Heart, You're My Soul." Modern Talking's debut LP, succinctly titled The 1st Album, followed a year later on the heels of their second single, "You Can Win If You Want"; the duo's sophomore effort, Let's Talk About Love, appeared in late 1985, launching the smash "Cheri Cheri Lady." With 1986's Ready for Romance, Modern Talking scored their biggest hit with "Brother Louie"; however, after 1986's In the Middle of Nowhere, tensions between Bohlen and Anders reached a boiling point, and following the release of their fifth LP, Romantic Warriors, Bohlen assembled a new project, Blue System. The final Modern Talking album, In the Garden of Venus, appeared posthumously at the end of 1987, after which Anders mounted a solo career. In 1998 he and Bohlen reunited for a new Modern Talking album, Back for Good. Modern Talking was a German Synthpop and eurodance duo consisting of singer Thomas Anders and composer/producer/singer Dieter Bohlen. Genre-wise they were often classified under Europop. By sales, it is the most successful and popular group in Germany.
The beginning of Modern Talking
First formed at the end of 1984, they unexpectedly became immensely popular with their eurodisco hit single You're My Heart, You're My Soul with which they occupied the number one position in 35 countries including their homeland where it perched at the top for six weeks, the single went on to sell eight million copies world-wide. The track was then followed by another number one hit You Can Win If You Want in the middle of 1985 from the The First Album. The album went on being certified platinum in Germany.
Dieter Bohlen and Thomas Anders in the 1987 "Romantic Warriors" Album
Soon after the second hit, Modern Talking released the single Cheri Cheri Lady which quickly climbed to the top as well, and being the only track released from their second album Let's Talk About Love, it managed to push the album to a platinum status in Germany. The success continued with two other number one singles such as Brother Louie and Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love) both from the third album Ready For Romance. The duo also charted high with their sixth single Geronimo's Cadillac from the fourth album In the Middle of Nowhere and Jet Airliner from their fifth album Romantic Warriors.
During this era Modern Talking were successful in Europe, Asia, South America, Middle East, particularly in Iran, where all Western pop music was banned after the 1979 Islamic revolution, and also in several African countries. In the United Kingdom they entered the top ten only once with the song Brother Louie (#4 UK in 1986). Like most European pop groups, they were almost unknown in North America, never appearing in the US charts, although they did become one hit wonders in Canada when Brother Louie hit #34 in 1987. They released two albums a year between 1985 and 1987 while also promoting their singles on television all over Europe eventually selling 65 million records within three years.
Between 1987 and 1998
After the duo split up in 1987, Bohlen formed his own project Blue System immediately after the splitting and enjoyed several high chart positions with tracks like Sorry Little Sarah, My Bed Is Too Big, Under My Skin, Love Suite and D?j? Vu. Anders went solo and recorded some of his new pop like material in Los Angeles and London, and also in his native country. As a solo artist, Anders toured in places like Moscow, Sun City, Hong Kong and Santiago de Chile during which time he would sing songs from his pop solo albums, in the meantime keeping his thousands of enthusiastic loyal fans satisfied with former Modern Talking material. Anders recorded five solo albums in English Different, Whispers, Down on Sunset, When Will I See You Again and Souled and one album in Spanish Barcos De Cristal. Both his voice and vocal delivery advanced with every album he recorded; however, he found more success in foreign countries than at home. Despite all the quarrels and disagreements that Dieter and Thomas experienced between themselves in the past, Anders and Bohlen began keeping in touch again after Anders moved back to Koblenz, Germany in 1994.
The Reunion: 1998-2003
In the beginning of 1998 the duo reunited, and had their first performance together in March on Germany's biggest TV show Wetten, dass..?. The duo re-started things off with the repackaged version of their '84 single You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98. The single; however, no longer sounded like a mellow Europop track, instead it was a typical up-tempo Eurodance number featuring rapper Eric Singleton on the rap vocals. Their first comeback album Back For Good which included four new tracks as well as all of the previous hits redone with modern techniques not only stayed at number one position in Germany for five consecutive weeks but also went to number one in 15 countries, eventually selling six million units worldwide. They won the award at World Music Awards for being the Best Selling German Band that year. The follow-up album Alone which also went straight to number one in Germany was very successful elsewhere as well. Bohlen followed his '80 Modern Talking pattern as he chose to release two singles from each album again as in the past. A series of singles and four more albums followed as Year of The Dragon, America, Victory and Universe. After reaching the point where they had already collected over 400 gold and platinum awards worldwide, Bohlen and Anders decided to split up again in 2003. His involvement in Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the German edition of the UK's Pop Idol, was one of the major reasons and he said he knew it was best to stop while still on top. They released one more compilation album in 2003 calling it The Final Album which contained all of the duo's singles. Thomas Anders started another solo career immediately, while Bohlen had by now begun devoting most of his time to new talents, especially those he discovered on DSDS.
Production and sales figures
In 1998 Bohlen quoted the hit single Precious Little Diamond by Fox the Fox as his inspiration for using falsetto choruses. The studio vocal line up of Rolf K?hler, Michael Scholz, Detlef Wiedeke and (on early albums) Birger Corleis, in addition to Bohlen and Anders, produced the high choruses characteristic of Modern Talking. K?hler, Scholz and Wiedeke later went on to work with Bohler in Blue System, before joining with songwriter / producer Thomas Widrat to form Systems in Blue. K?hler, Scholz and Wiedeke were never credited on the Modern Talking albums, and eventually went to law over the matter. They received an out of court settlement and Bohler published a sleeve note for his next release (Obsession, by Blue System), acknowledging the trio's contribution.
Further influences include German-language Schlager music, disco pop (Bee Gees) and romantic English-language songs of Italian and French origin, like Gazebo's I Like Chopin. After the 1998 reunion Bohlen produced eurodance, as well as American-style MOR ballads.
Global sales of Modern Talking records were 120 million units, according to BMG in June 2003, and they have become the biggest-selling German music act in history, so far outselling even Frank Farian's projects Boney M. and Milli Vanilli, Michael Cretu's Enigma, Sandra as well as Scorpions and Rammstein.
Dieter Bohlen also worked with other artists even while Modern Talking existed, among them Chris Norman of Smokie fame whose song Midnight Lady (1986) remains Bohlen's most popular composition. He also wrote a large number of disco tracks for C.C.Catch (House of Mystic Lights) using an accelerated, less romantic sound. Some English Bohlen songs like You're My Heart, You're My Soul were also recorded with German lyrics by Mary Roos using the same playback tracks. When Modern Talking split up in 1987, a number of tracks written for the last album were instead moved onto Dieter Bohlen's first solo album which appeared almost at the same time, among them his first solo single Sorry Little Sarah. Bohlen's solo project was called Blue System, and comprised him, Rolf K?hler, Modern Talking co-producer Luis Rodriguez, and the backing singers.
Solo careers
In 2006 Bohlen included a secret message in his song Bizarre Bizarre which was played backwards: "There will never be an end to Modern Talking". However, Bohlen said: "He meant to say that the music of Modern Talking will live forever". Anders has kept the Modern Talking songs in his repertoire and produced songs in a similar vein for his solo records (Independent Girl). In 2006 he produced an album Songs Forever of Swing and Jazz versions of popular songs (including Modern Talking's first hit). Bohlen has written two autobiographical books, one of which also detailed Modern Talking's history from his perspective, and sold a million copies in Germany. The sequel was heavily criticised for his unfairness towards the people he worked with. As a result of that, he withdrew from the public for a year until 2006, when he said he regretted putting out the second book. Anders had not been the only one pressing charges against Bohlen and demanding that sections of the book be modified. Frank Farian was angered by Bohlen's literary output and released a book in which he tried to expose Bohlen as a fraud.. Bohlen's first book was the basis of an animated comedy film called Dieter - Der Film. The soundtrack of this film contained one previously unreleased Modern Talking song Shooting Star which had been written for the Universe album. Anders recently had his first and Bohlen his fourth child.
Tracklist:
Modern Talking - The First Album (1985)
01. You're My Heart, You're My Soul (5:36)
02. You Can Win If You Want (3:53)
03. There's Too Much Blue In Missing You (4:45)
04. Diamonds Never Made A Lady (4:09)
05. The Night Is Yours - The Night Is Mine (5:33)
06. Do You Wanna (4:26)
07. Lucky Guy (3:34)
08. One In A Million (3:46)
09. Bells Of Paris (4:16)
Modern Talking - Let's Talk About Love (The 2nd Album) (1985)
01. Cheri Cheri Lady (3:51)
02. With A Little Love (3:39)
03. Wild Wild Water (4:23)
04. You're The Lady Of My Heart (3:24)
05. Just Like An Angel (3:20)
06. Heaven Will Know (4:07)
07. Love Don't Live Here Anymore (4:27)
08. Why Did You Do It Just Tonight (4:28)
09. Don't Give Up (3:24)
10. Let's Talk About Love (3:54)
Modern Talking - Ready For Romance (The 3rd Album) (1986)
01. Brother Louie (3:45)
02. Just We Two (Mona Lisa) (4:00)
03. Lady Lai (5:01)
04. Doctor For My Heart (3:22)
05. Save Me - Don't Break Me (3:49)
06. Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love) (3:52)
07. Keep Love Alive (3:28)
08. Hey You (3:23)
09. Angie's Heart (3:41)
10. Only Love Can Break My Heart (3:38)
Modern Talking - In The Middle Of Nowhere (The 4th Album) (1986)
01. Geronimo's Cadillac (3:21)
02. Riding On A White Swan (3:56)
03. Give Me Peace On Earth (4:16)
04. Sweet Little Sheila (3:06)
05. Ten Thousand Lonely Drums (3:34)
06. Lonely Tears In Chinatown (3:33)
07. In Shaire (3:47)
08. Stranded In The Middle Of Nowhere (4:34)
09. The Angels Sing In New York City (3:36)
10. Princess Of The Night (3:57)
Modern Talking - Romantic Warriors (The 5th Album) (1987)
01. Jet Airliner (4:24)
02. Like A Hero (3:48)
03. Don't Worry (3:35)
04. Blinded By Your Love (4:01)
05. Romantic Warriors (4:00)
06. Arabian Gold (3:43)
07. We Still Have Dreams (3:07)
08. Operator Gimme 609 (3:41)
09. You And Me (4:02)
10. Charlene (3:51)
Modern Talking - In The Garden Of Venus (The 6th Album) (1987)
01. In 100 Years (4:01)
02. Don't Let It Get You Down (3:43)
03. Who Will Save The World (3:46)
04. A Telegram To Your Heart (2:53)
05. It's Christmas (3:54)
06. Don't Lose My Number (3:12)
07. Slow Motion (3:42)
08. Locomotion Tango (3:51)
09. Good Girls Go To Heaven - Bad Girls Go To Everywhere (3:38)
10. In 100 Years (Reprise) (1:28)
Modern Talking - Back For Good (The 7th Album) (1998)
01. You're My Heart, You're My Soul (New Version) (3:52)
02. Brother Louie (New Version) (3:38)
03. I Will Follow You (New Hit '98) (4:02)
04. Cheri Cheri Lady (New Version) (3:03)
05. You Can Win If You Want (New Version) (3:37)
06. Don't Play With My Heart (New Hit '98) (3:29)
07. Atlantis Is Caling (New Version) (3:24)
08. Geronimo's Cadillac (New Version) (3:10)
09. Give Me Peace On Earth (New Version) (4:27)
10. We Take The Chance (New Hit '98) (4:09)
11. Jet Airliner (New Version) (4:01)
12. Lady Lai (New Version) (5:07)
13. Anything Is Possible (New Hit '98) (3:39)
14. In 100 Years (New Version) (4:00)
15. Angie's Heart (New Version) (3:33)
16. You're My Heart, You're My Soul (Original No. 1 Mix '84) (3:23)
17. You Can Win If You Want (Original No. 1 Mix '84) (3:48)
18. No. 1 Hit Medley (7:04)
Modern Talking - Alone (The 8th Album) (1999)
01. You Are Not Alone (3:44)
02. Sexy, Sexy Lover (3:35)
03. I Can't Give You More (3:43)
04. Just Close Your Eyes (4:21)
05. Don't Let Me Go (3:23)
06. I'm So Much In Love (3:56)
07. Rouge Et Noir (3:18)
08. All I Have (4:24)
09. Can't Get Enough (3:39)
10. Love Is Like A Rainbow (4:00)
11. How You Mend A Broken Heart (4:18)
12. It Hurts So Good (3:25)
13. I'll Never Give You Up (3:29)
14. Don't Let Me Down (4:00)
15. Taxi Girl (3:11)
16. For Always And Ever (3:25)
17. Space Mix feat. Eric Singleton (17:15)
Modern Talking - Year Of The Dragon (The 9th Album) (2000)
01. China In Her Eyes (Album Version) (4:25)
02. Don't Take Away My Heart (3:39)
03. It's Your Smile (3:33)
04. Cosmic Girl (3:42)
05. After Your Love Is Gone (3:43)
06. Girl Out Of My Dreams (3:59)
07. My Lonely Girl (4:01)
08. No Face, No Name, No Number (4:00)
09. Can't Let You Go (4:24)
10. Part Time Lover (3:13)
11. Time Is On My Side (3:39)
12. I'll Never Fall In Love Again (4:40)
13. Avec Toi (3:55)
14. I'm Not Guilty (3:40)
15. Fight For The Right Love (3:43)
16. Walking In The Rain Of Paris (3:43)
17. Fly To The Moon (3:39)
18. Love Is Forever (3:25)
19. China In Her Eyes (feat. Eric Singleton) (3:10)
Modern Talking - America (The 10th Album) (2001)
01. Win The Race (3:37)
02. Last Exit To Brooklyn (3:17)
03. Maria (5:30)
04. SMS To My Heart (3:20)
05. Cinderella Girl (3:35)
06. Why Does It Feel So Good (4:07)
07. Rain In My Heart (3:49)
08. Witchqueen Of Eldorado (3:57)
09. Run To You (4:49)
10. America (4:51)
11. For A Life Time (4:29)
12. From Coast To Coast (4:28)
13. There's Something In The Air (3:20)
14. I Need You Now (3:42)
15. New York City Girl (3:29)
16. Send Me A Letter From Heaven (3:54)
Modern Talking - Victory (The 11th Album) (2002)
01. Ready For The Victory (3:33)
02. I'm Gonna Be Strong (3:31)
03. Don't Make Me Blue (3:54)
04. Juliet (3:39)
05. Higher Than Heaven (3:35)
06. You're Not Lisa (3:07)
07. When The Sky Rained Fire (3:43)
08. Summer In December (3:37)
09. 10 Seconds To Countdown (3:22)
10. Love To Love You (3:31)
11. Blue Eyed Coloured Girl (4:13)
12. We Are Children Of The World (3:17)
13. Mrs. Robota (3:28)
14. If I... (4:51)
15. Who Will Love You Like I Do (4:01)
Modern Talking - Universe (The 12th Album) (2003)
01. TV Makes The Superstar (3:45)
02. I'm No Rockefeller (3:40)
03. Mystery (3:33)
04. Everybody Needs Somebody (4:11)
05. Heart Of An Angel (4:09)
06. Who Will Be There (3:48)
07. Knocking On My Door (3:37)
08. Should I, Would I, Could I (3:47)
09. Blackbird (3:19)
10. Life Is Too Short (3:33)
11. Nothing But The Truth (3:21)
12. Superstar (3:41)
Modern Talking - The Final Album - The Ultimate Best Of (2003)
01. You're My Heart, You're My Soul (3:19)
02. You Can Win If You Want (3:45)
03. Cheri, Cheri Lady (3:45)
04. Brother Louie (3:41)
05. Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love) (3:46)
06. Geronimo's Cadillac (3:16)
07. Give Me Peace On Earth (4:12)
08. Jet Airliner (4:19)
09. In 100 Years (3:57)
10. You're My Heart, You're My Soul '98 (3:49)
11. Brother Louie '98 (3:36)
12. You Are Not Alone (3:23)
13. Sexy Sexy Lover (3:33)
14. China In Her Eyes (3:10)
15. Don't Take Away My Heart (3:54)
16. Win The Race (3:35)
17. Last Exit To Brooklyn (3:16)
18. Ready For The Victory (3:31)
19. Juliet (3:37)
20. TV Makes The Superstar (3:45)
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