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Der Kommissar (album)
''Der Kommissar'' is a compilation album released by the band After the Fire in 1982, featuring the new title track, an English-language cover of a minor Falco hit from earlier that year. With the exception of "Der Kommissar", the singles featured on this compilation were originally from After the Fire's three studio albums recorded for the CBS label: ''Laser Love'', ''80-F'', and ''Batteries Not Included''. In the US, the album was released simply as ''ATF'' by Epic Records on LP and audio cassette with a different track list. It had been released in 2001 on CD by Collectables Records again with a different track list. The U.K. and European CD release follows the original track list. "Der Kommissar" became the band's biggest stateside hit, cracking the top 10. International release track listing Side one # " Der Kommissar" – 4:07 # "Who's Gonna Love You (When You Are Old Fat and Ugly)" – 4:05 # "Frozen Rivers" – 3:36 # "Joy" – 3:17 # "Dancing in the Shadows" – 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
After The Fire
After the Fire (or ATF) were a British rock band that evolved from playing progressive rock to new wave over ten years, while having one hit in the United States (" Der Kommissar") and another hit in the United Kingdom (" One Rule for You"). History Keyboard player Peter Banks originally formed the band in 1972 in London, England. After the Fire then went through several personnel changes before settling on Banks, guitarist and vocalist Andy Piercy, bassist Nick Battle, and drummer Ivor Twidell. This line-up enjoyed local success in London, and released an album, '' Signs of Change'', in 1978, on their own label. Having become a highly priced collectors' item, it was reissued on CD in 2004 with several bonus tracks. At this time, the band's sound was similar to that of bands like Genesis and Yes. The band were explicit about their Christian faith – for example, "Pilgrim," from their first album ''Signs of Change'', is based on ''The Pilgrim's Progress''. They started th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the American division of Japanese conglomerate Sony is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i .... The label was founded predominantly as a jazz and classical music label in 1953, but later expanded its scope to include a more diverse range of genres, including pop music, pop, Rhythm and blues, R&B, rock music, rock, and hip-hop. Epic Records' current artists roster includes Travis Scott, Future (rapper), Future, 21 Savage, Tyla, Meghan Trainor, André 3000, Tori Kelly, Beam (hip-hop musician), Beam, Bia (rapper), Bia, Judas Priest, Sade (band), Sade, Lamb of God (band), Lamb of God, Coi Leray, DDG (rapper), DDG, Zara Larsson, Doe Boy (rapper), Doe Boy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batteries Not Included (album)
''Batteries Not Included'' is the fourth and final album of all-new material released by UK band After the Fire. The official release date was 19 March 1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ..., but some sources on the Internet claim a late 1981 release date (the first two singles from this album, ''Dancing in the Shadows'' and ''Frozen Rivers'', were released in 1981). "Dancing in the Shadows" would later become a minor U.S. hit, after it was featured on the band's lone American album release, ''ATF'' (which was released as '' Der Kommissar'' outside of the U.S.). Track listing Side one #"Short Change" (3:19) #"Frozen Rivers" (3:30) #"Sometimes" (3:07) #"Sailing Ship" (3:54) #"I Don't Understand Your Love" (2:50) #"The Stranger" (3:43) Side two #"Rich Boys" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Kommissar – The CBS Recordings
''Der Kommissar – The CBS Recordings'' is a pop rock, power pop and new wave music compilation album by British rock band After the Fire released in 2005. It is essentially a reissue of the band's three album output for CBS. The collection also benefits from bonus tracks associated with each of the original album recordings. Track listing All tracks by After the Fire *Disk 1 - Total time 79:45 **Laser Love # "Laser Love" – 3:29 # "Joy" – 3:17 # "Take Me Higher" – 4:30 # "Life in the City" – 4:01 # "Suspended Animation" – 4:21 # "Like The Power of a Jet" – 3:07 # "One Rule For You" – 3:25 # "Time To Think" – 3:29 # "Timestar" – 3:39 # "Check It Out" – 3:22 #*Bonus tracks - associated with "Laser Love" # "Your Love Is Alive" (Bonus track) – 3:14 #*80f # "Listen To Me" – 3:24 # "1980-F" – 2:34 # "Love Will Always Make You Cry" – 3:34 # "Can You Face It?" – 3:18 # "Who's Gonna Love You (When You’re Old And Fat And Ugly)" – 4:10 # "Starflight" – 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Der Kommissar (song)
"" (; "The Commissioner") is a song recorded by Austrian music artist Falco in 1981. The song was written by Robert Ponger and Falco. It reached the top of the charts in many European countries. An English translated cover version by the group After the Fire in 1982 had greater success in other countries. Background The music of "Der Kommissar" was written by producer Robert Ponger and intended for Reinhold Bilgeri. After Bilgeri rejected it, as he felt the song was too soft, Falco reworked it for his 1982 album '' Einzelhaft'' by adding his text to the partly mixed down instrumental track. Falco would have preferred to release "Helden von heute" as the main side (A-side), because the melody hook of "Der Kommissar" seemed too similar to the bass hook of Rick James' "Super Freak" from which Ponger had borrowed it after its release earlier in 1981, but the record company wanted "Der Kommissar" to be on the A-side, because they felt it had more potential. The record company deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falco (musician)
Johann "Hans" Hölzel (; 19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco (from Falko Weißpflog), was an Austrian singer and musician. He had several international hits, including "Der Kommissar (song), Der Kommissar" (1981), "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny (song), Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", and posthumously released "Out of the Dark (song), Out of the Dark". "Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' charts in 1986, making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German language song in the United States. According to his estate, he has sold 20 million albums and 40 million singles, which makes him the best-selling Austrian singer of all time. Early life Johann Hölzel was born on 19 February 1957 to Maria (née Saurer), from Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Burgenland, a laundry branch manager, and Alois Hölzel, from Lower Austria, a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " contemporary hit radio" is also a radio format. History According to producer Richard Fatherley, Todd Storz was the inventor of the format, at his radio station KOWH in Omaha, Nebraska. Storz invented the format in the early 1950s, using the number of times a record was played on jukeboxes to compose a weekly list for broadcast. The format was commercially successful, and Storz and his father Robert, under the name of the Storz Broadcasting Company, subsequently acquired other stations to use the new Top 40 format. In 1989, Todd Storz was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame. The term "Top 40", describing a radio format, appeared in 1960. The Top 40, whether surveyed by a radio station or a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1982 Compilation Albums
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After The Fire Albums
After may refer to: Literature * ''After'' (Elgar), an 1895 poem by Philip Bourke Marston set to music by Edward Elgar * ''After'' (Prose novel), a 2003 novel by Francine Prose * ''After'' (Chalifour book), a 2005 book by Canadian writer Francis Chalifour * ''After'' (Todd novel), a 2013 novel by Anna Todd *'' After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond'', a 2021 book by Bruce Greyson Music * ''After'' (Elgar), a poem by P. B. Marston set to music by Edward Elgar, 1895 * ''After'' (Ihsahn album), 2010 * ''After'' (Lady Lamb album), 2015 * ''After'' (Mount Eerie album), 2018 *''After'', a 1995 album by Sammi Cheng *"After", a 2011 song by Moby from Destroyed *"After", a 2023 song by Pabllo Vittar from Noitada *"After", a 2014 song by Amy Lee featuring Dave Eggar from the album '' Aftermath'' TV and film * After (2009 film), a Spanish drama film * ''After'' (2012 film), a sci-fi thriller film written and directed by Ryan Smith * ''After' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
