Afternoons in Utopia

Alphaville

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 23, 1989)
• Original Release Date: 1986
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Ada
• ASIN: B000005J5R
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #80,132 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Iao

2. Fantastic Dream

3. Jerusalem

4. Dance with Me

5. Afternoons in Utopia

6. Sensations

7. 20th Century

8. Voyager

9. Carol Masters

10. Universal Daddy

11. Lassie Come Home

12. Red Rose

13. Lady Bright

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Watershed Album, March 12, 2005

By	Marc Dalesandro (Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Alphaville first rose to prominence with the smash debut "Forever Young" album in 1984. But it was their 1986 release, "Afternoons in Utopia" that really provided one of New Wave's high-water marks.

From the sparkling "Dance With Me", to the haunting "Afternoons in Utopia", to the driving anthem that is "Jerusalem", this CD provides one super track after another.

"Sensations" seems to get better with each listen, the catchy "Red Rose" is a kinetic romp of sound, and of course no one could forget the dance favorite "Universal Daddy".

No real flaws in this album, no filler, just one last blast in the 80s for Alphaville, before switching gears with their next offering "The Breathtaking Blue".

"Afternoons in Utopia" is required listening for all fans of New Wave. Definitely worth the price!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Alphaville's second album and unquestionably their greatest, November 1, 1999

By A Customer

I actually bought this CD in 1986 when I was 17, so it's a bit difficult to give an impartial view without incorporating the powerful emotions invoked by memories of my late teenage years. So what?! To me this is the most musically interesting and engaging album in my collection. Marian's singing is glorious and the lyrics set your imagination on fire, depicting a world of love and fantasy; introducing symbols and characters that often re-appear in later Alphaville songs.

I've heard it said that many talented bands produce their finest work on their second album. Whether or not this is true, I do believe it is the case here that Alphaville's most cohesive collection of musical genius came in the form of Afternoons in Utopia.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Afternoons in Utopia is divinity squeezed onto a CD., May 13, 1999

By	Alexander Steinberg (White Plains, New York) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Forever Young was a tough act to follow, but the boys from Munster deliver and then some with "Afternoons." The album combines powerful melody, synthesizer mastery, classical influence, and SOUL -- a combination that blows away all other synth bands, and, for that matter, all other bands. Few albums contain such diversity of styles, yet remain whole throughout.

Run don't walk to purchase what you too will become convinced is the best album ever recorded.