Falco - Falco 3

Reissue of the late Austrian new waver's biggest U.S. album, which reached #3 when it was first released in 1986. Out of print in the States, it contains all 10 tracks from the original issue, including the #1 smash 'Rock Me Amadeus' and the top 20 hit 'Vienna Calling'. Also features the original cover art. 1996 release. Album Description

 I just love Falco.
I am sorry but I cannot get enough of Falco. I will get every single recording that remains out there. Yeah, I am not discriminating. Since he is no longer here I want all I can get. Even the bad stuff. This is really great!!!! November 21, 2007

 Falco 3
Falco 3 Falco you are wunderbar! I bought this CD in Germany when it first released after having seen the videos for Rock Me Amadeus and Jeanny. This is my favorite album of Falco's and I think this is his best although I love all of his music. If someone is looking for the extended version of RMA it is available elsewhere and is great, but I also enjoy this short version. If you can only have one Falco CD then this one is the one. Rest in Peace Hans! October 10, 2007

 ...last tango in Paris

Even though Falco's "3" was the absolute definitive height of his career (commercially speaking). This by no means is his best release. Bloated and pretentious, Falco's singing gets lost in endless techno-poly rhythms and synth overlays. Thus boring the listener with extreme dance oriented schlock in it's purest disco-tronic 80's form. "Rock Me Amadeus" was a three and a half minute video and radio ditty. Here it's presented in pompous "Solieri" mode, clocking in at some eight and a half minutes. Making the listener long for the vinyl 45 version. "Vienna Calling", another three and a half minute radio and video gem is also given the same treatment (the "Metternich Arrival" mix). Rendering the listener with some very mis-leading results. Meaning; you're not really sure the extensions were all that enticing, let alone necessary. This outing is worth the price of admission for the snot kicking ("get down on your knees and pray") "Macho Macho" alone. "Munich Girls" is also a highlight of this 1985 release.

However, to avoid the monotony of it all...his 1999 "Greatest Hits" (Budda Records) package is perhaps a better value for your money and also contains the overrated (yet under-appreciated video translation) "Jeanny" and the radio edits of Rock Me Amadeus and Vienna Calling.

(note; this review is for the original 1985 A&M "U.S." CD release.)

olofpalme63 March 13, 2007

 An 80's classic, but be prepared to scrape off a layer of cheese!
Falco 3 is a classic 80's album, because it incorporates everything you associate with the era - the rock, synth, electic drum with the trademark Falco wacky, but so precise lyrical delivery.

The tracklist ranges from classics to cheesy rock/pop, in particular the tracks 'Munich Girls' 'Manner Des Westerns' and 'Macho Macho' may fall into the latter category, but they are addictive tracks that keep you singing and bopping along - in particular behind the wheel!

Falco 3 is the soundtrack of the 80's generation,it's production is slick, and for these reasons I think it's his best album. June 14, 2006

 The best Falco album!
Falco 3 is one of my favorite albums of all time! All the tracks (with the exception of It's All Over Now, Baby Blue) were fantastic. This is the original German version of the album and, therefore, is missing the incredible American remixes of Rock Me Amadeus (Salieri version) and Vienna Calling. You need to track down the out of print AMERICAN version of Falco 3 to get both extended American mixes; the American version has a different cover (a close-up of Falco's face). The Gold Mix of Rock Me included on this original German version of Falco 3 does not have the spoken background info lead-in on Mozart or the female "do it to me, rock me" chorus.

If you like Rock Me Amadeus, you might also like Rasputin by Boney M, which is similar in that it is about a real historical figure, gives you a history lesson, has a sexy female chorus, and is great poppy euro-trash from the 1980s. Also check out German group Modo who sound a lot like Falco, IMO. Their hits include Eins, Zwei, Polizei, Super Gut, and Mein Lebes Tango. May 12, 2006

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