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Falco: Wiener Blut (WEA LP/Cassette/CD)

Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 8 October 1988

THE RELEASE of a new album from Austria's best-loved pop eccentric always sees me bid my beating heart be still, particularly when it's this unexpected. After a three-album climb to worldwide stardom with A&M, Falco greedily signed to Sire (who had no idea how to promote him) for the biggest advance ever given to a German-speaking artist, and promptly nose-dived into total obscurity.

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