This is an excellent record – from A Victory of Love through The Jet Set every song is a winner. Totally unique sounding new wave record. The vocalist Marian Gold has an interesting voice with a huge range going from low tenor to high falsetto sometimes within a single sentence. It is one of the things that sets it apart from other synth pop of the 80s. Also being a German band there is something a bit different in sound and structure. A bit more Krautrock than most new wave. If you’ve never heard this album do yourself a favour as it is really top notch. My band Tempus Fugit used to end many of our shows with a semi punk version of Forever Young that I still think could be a huge hit if recorded properly. Anyway funny enough despite how much I love this record I never bought another album by the band even though I’ve heard many times that the other 6 albums in their catalog are really good. Either way this is one of my top 10 albums of the 1980s.
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