Falco Album: «Remix Hits Collection»

- Customers rating: (2.8 of 5)
- Title:Remix Hits Collection
- Release date:1992-01-28
- Type:Audio CD
- Label:Sire / London/Rhino
- UPC:075992679626
- 1Der Kommissar (Part 2)
- 2Rock Me Amadeus (Club Remix)
- 3 Jeanny, Part 1img 5:56
- 4Data De Groove (Club Remix)
- 5 Vienna Callingimg 5:03
- 6 Junge Römerimg 4:32
- 7Wiener Blut (club remix)
- 8 Emotionalimg 4:25
- 9Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)
- 10Falco Megamix
- 11 The Sound of Musikimg 4:16
this is unfortunately the only falco cd readily available in the u.s. the remixers butcher falco's greatest songs until they are unrecognizable and unlistenable. i love falco and i love techno but the two just don't mix. falco's 80s hits are ready-made dance tracks and the added club effects do nothing for them. and the fact that most of the tracks are seven or eight minutes makes for tedious listening. plus the version of rock me amadeus is just wrong!! all it does is slow down the beat and replace the chorus with a monotone "sugar's sweet" ad infinitum. it removes all the novelty and charm out of the song. i simply can't imagine who the remixers thought this album would appeal to. it's heresy to falco fans and not a particularly good album in general. please don't make my mistake and waste three hours of work on this album. yes i get paid minimum wage!
I'm a big Falco fan from the early 80s, from the minute I saw videos for Der Komissar and Zuviel Hitze on MTV. This remix CD will disappoint if you are looking for the "Salieri" version of Rock Me Amadeus or the extended American remix of Vienna Calling. They are all new 1990s "club versions" and, while not as good, are mostly still enjoyable in their own right... Well, tracks 1-7 are all good but the rest are awful, IMO. Get this album if you are a die-hard Falco fan and not just a fan of his American hits because most of the songs are in German language only.
How smart do you have to be to buy a CD called REMIX Hit Collection then complain about it having remixes? LOL
Falco had some good songs, but his label that came out with this remix collection- what were they thinking!...First "Rock Me Amadeus" - there are so many remix versions, and they put the lamest one on, it is so remixed you wonder if you are even listening to the song., "Vienna Calling", great remix song too, but not on this CD, they use the weaker, shorter version, and "Jeanny", oh my GOD! they ruined this song. They only bright spot actually is the song I liked the least from Falco "Der Kommisar" which shows brilliance, otherwise this CD is a bust. The label should of paid great homage to the Late Falco, instead they wanted to make a fast buck. Shame on you Warner Bros. records, shame on you!
All I can say is this CD does NOT pay homage to the late Falco.
The remixes are a mess, and don't even resemble most of the songs...especially "Rock Me Amadeus".
This CD is a disaster.

