When Falco began to work on his fourth studio album “Emotional“ in spring 1986, he was one of a few internationally successful artists singing in German language. Reaching #1 of the Billboard Hot 100 charts with “Rock Me Amadeus” from his previous album “Falco 3” in March 1986, he is the only artist ever achieving this historic summit in the US with a song in German. Adding this fact to his superstar status in German speaking countries and most of Europe, shows the magnitude a new Falco album meant to the music world at that time.
Celebrating the album’s 35th anniversary, Warner Music will release “Emotional (Remastered Version)” on October, 29, 2021. The album will be available in various physical formats including a Deluxe Box Set (3CD/1DVD), 1CD, 1LP (180g, black vinyl), 1LP (180g, limited transparent red colored vinyl) and digital versions.
The release of “Emotional” was another successful chapter in Falco’s outstanding career. Released on November 1st, 1986, the album went straight to #1 in Germany and Austria and top 10 in several other European territories. Marking his debut with Warner Music, “Emotional” was the second Bolland und Bolland produced Falco album and including singles such as “The Sound of Musik”, which had great success outside the German-speaking countries as well and reached the US top 20 Dance chart, and “Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2. Ein Jahr Danach – One Year Later)”, which reached the top of the German charts and was a sequel to Falco’s famous 1985 song “Jeanny” about a young woman who had disappeared for a year and still hadn’t been found. Other notable tracks of the album were “Emotional”, “The Kiss of Kathleen Turner”, and “Kamikaze Capa”, the latter written as a tribute to the late photojournalist Robert Capa. In 1987, Falco embarked on the “Emotional” world tour, which was concluded in Japan.
Besides the original album, the Deluxe Box Set (digipack) features selected mixes and single versions and tracks from the “Emotional” world tour recorded on November 4, 1986 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and broadcast on television the following year. Eleven songs from the performance were selected and will now be released on DVD for the first time. The Deluxe Box Set is completed with a 20 pages booklet including new liner notes and unseen pictures. The track list of the digital version is the same as the as the 3CD of the Deluxe Edition.
The first song previewing the Emotional Deluxe Edition is available today: “Emotional (Extended NY Mix) [English Version] [2021 Remaster]”.
The album’s original cover, a still from the promotional video for the title track, pays homage to Elvis Presley in his 1968 “Comeback Special”. Undoubtedly one music history’s greats himself, Falco stands out as the bestselling Austria artist of all time, selling overall 20M albums and 40M singles and scoring several international hits such as “Rock Me Amadeus”, “Der Kommissar”, “Vienna Calling”, “Jeanny”, “The Sound of Musik”, “Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)”, and posthumously, “Out of the Dark”.
Tracklisting:
Deluxe Box Set 3CD/1DVD + Digital
CD1 – ORIGINAL ALBUM REMASTERED
01. Emotional (2021 Remaster) 4:54
02. Kamikaze Cappa (Dedicated To Robert Cappa Who Died
In Indochina 1954)(2021 Remaster) 5:10
03. Crime Time (2021 Remaster) 4:24
04. Cowboyz And Indianz (2021 Remaster) 5:47
05. Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr Danach 2021 Remaster) 5:38
06. The Star Of Moon And Sun (2021 Remaster) 5:19
07. Les Nouveaux Riches (2021 Remaster) 4:30
08. The Sound Of Musik (2021 Remaster) 4:57
09. The Kiss Of Kathleen Turner (2021 Remaster) 7:32
CD2 – THE EXTENDED VERSIONS
01. The Sound Of Musik (Extended Rock ‘N’ Soul Version) [2021 Remaster] 10:00
02. The Sound Of Musik (12″ Edit) [2021 Remaster] 7:12
03. Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr Danach) (Extended Version) [2021
Remaster] 7:43
04. Emotional (Extended Version) [2021 Remaster] 7:38
05. Emotional (Extended N.Y. Mix) [2021 Remaster] 8:21
06. Emotional (Extended N.Y. Mix) (English Version) [2021 Remaster] 8:21
07. Emotional (Her Side Of The Story) [2021 Remaster] 5:19
CD3 – THE SINGLE & INSTRUMENTAL VERSIONS
01. The Sound Of Musik (Rock ‘N’ Soul Edit) [2021 Remaster] 4:35
02. The Sound Of Musik (Single Edit) [2021 Remaster] 4:12
03. The Sound Of Musik (7″ Edit) 2021 [2021 Remaster] 4:07*
04. The Sound Of Musik (Full Length Instru-Mental Version) [2021 Remaster] 4:05**
05. The Sound Of Musik (Instru-Mental Version) [2021 Remaster] 2:44
06. Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr Danach) (Special Edited Radio Version) [2021 Remaster] 4:24*
07. Emotional (N.Y. Mix) [2021 Remaster] 4:20*
08. Emotional (N.Y. Mix) (English Version) [2021 Remaster] 4:20*
09. Emotional (English Version) [2021 Remaster] 4:52*
10. Emotional (Her Side Of The Story 7″ Edit) [2021 Remaster] 4:09*
11. Crime Time (7″ Edit) [2021 Remaster] 3:28*
DVD -EMOTIONAL TOUR 1986 (Live In Frankfurt/Main – Germany) (only on DVD)
01. The Star Of Moon And Sun
02. Junge Roemer
03. Männer des Westens – Any Kind Of Land
04. The Kiss Of Kathleen Turner
05. Jeanny
06. Crime Time
07. Munich Girls
08. Emotional
09. Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2. Ein Jahr Danach)
10. Vienna Calling
11. Rock Me Amadeus
(*denotes previously unreleased on CD/Digital)
(**denotes previously unreleased)
1CD; 1LP; 1LP COLORED
ORIGINAL ALBUM REMASTERED
01. Emotional (2021 Remaster) 4:54
02. Kamikaze Cappa (Dedicated To Robert Cappa Who Died
In Indochina 1954)( (2021 Remaster) 5:10
03. Crime Time (2021 Remaster) 4:24
04. Cowboyz And Indianz (2021 Remaster) 5:47
05. Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2, Ein Jahr Danach 2021 Remaster) 5:38
06. The Star Of Moon And Sun (2021 Remaster) 5:19
07. Les Nouveaux Riches (2021 Remaster) 4:30
08. The Sound Of Musik (2021 Remaster) 4:57
09. The Kiss Of Kathleen Turner (2021 Remaster) 7:32