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artist · falco
release · rock me amadeus
year · 1985
genre · funk
label · gig records
catalogue · gig 666 161
date · 16-jul-2004
quality · 215kbps/44,1khz
source · vinyl
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a rock me a-made-us (ihn liebten alle frauen) 7:05
b urban tropical 7:25
playtime · 00h 14m 30s
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falco was born in vienna as johann h÷lzl. from early age falco's
interest was turned to music. after playing in different bands
like drahdiwaberl and the spinning wheel he decided to start a
solo career and his first album in 1982 "einzelhaft" was a
bestseller at once. his musical style was unique in austria and he
managed to combine german lyrics with the starting rise of rap
music from america. falco always paid close attention to his
lyrics and was greatly inspired by avantgarde poetry writer ernst
jandl.
although his follow up album "junge r÷mer", released in 1984 was
highly critical acclaimed, his world wide breakthrough came with
his third album "falco 3" in 1985. including the single "rock me
amadeus", with was a number one hit in austria, germany, the uk
and the usa, it was his best-selling album ever. in 1986 he
released his new album "emotional", which turned out to be an
enormous success, too. while his fame was rising, falco's personal
life went downwards, rattled by a problematic marriage, alcohol
and drug problems. in 1992 he managed a midsize come back with the
album "nachtflug". in 1996 he fled the austrian media and society
and moved to the dominican republic. after releasing two hit
singles and just having finished his new album, falco died in a
car crash on the dominican republic in 1998. his last album "out
of the dark" was released posthumously.
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