Released:

October 1994

1. The Paradigm Shift (3:47)
2. Fools (3:53)*
3. Beethoven (5:25)*
4. Ascension Day (5:45)
5. The Impossible Dream (4:49)
6. Parade (3:40)
7. Ain't it Strange (5:23)
8. All in the Golden Afternoon (3:35)
9. Oh Patti (1:46)
10. Ivory Tower (3:16)
11. Faith (3:56)
12. Iron John (3:44)
13. The One Thing (3:55)
14. Some People (4:37)
15. Euphoria (7:05)
16. Apollo (6:10)

Notes:

In a similar vein to "Middle of the Riddle", which was partially inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice books and The Hunting of the Snark, "All in the Golden Afternoon" is taken almost verbatim from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

"Ivory Tower" appears to be a song written specially for Alphaville fans: it contains several references to previous songs, and it is the tenth song on the album, which was released on (roughly) the tenth anniversary of the group's first album.

The lyrics are handwritten on the CD inlay. In places the handwriting is rather crude (deliberately), and some letters seem to have been either done in a different hand, or heavily emphasised. Putting these letters together forms words or sentences:

• Ascension Day - son of a bitch
• Ain't It Strange - prostitute - woman who offers her body
• All in the Golden Afternoon - indiscriminate sexual intercourse
• Oh Patti - intercourse especially
• Ivory Tower - for hire
• Iron John - for base gain
• Euphoria - one's honour

Music composed, played and produced by Alphaville
All songs recorded + mixed by Alphaville at Lunar Park Studios Berlin
(Except * mixed by Julian Mendelsohn at Sarm West, London)
Assistant Engineers - Frank Ross Man, Simone Legher

+ Asia Ehrke
K.P. U.S.E. management for Alphaville
Jamie Rose - Artwork supervision
Thanx to Karin XXX - Moon Office; Marion - Moon Paper/ Julie Ocean / Deborah Gale - Live from L.A.
Ossi - maintenance, Rainer Bohemian, Veto - wild dog
Bernd Melaschuck (Akai) Bruce Forest, W. Shakespeare

Special thanx to Akui Emagic, Apple (logo), quasimidi Uberschall + Masterbits

Moon Office contact for further info P.O. Box 620349, D-10793 Berlin

Book cover painting + design - Knit One Purl One - © 1994
Jutta Klee Monsoon Jan Hoffman photography