Falco – Emotional (US 12″)

BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1987

“Emotional” is a 1987 song by Austrian pop musician Falco from his third studio album of the same name. Released on Sire Records in the U.S. the single failed to chart. “Emotional” did have greater success internationally where it peaked at #8 (Austria), #11 (Spain), #50 (Germany) and #85 (UK).

The single’s cover is a still from the promotional video, which is a homage to a similar backdrop used by Elvis Presley in his 1968 “comeback special.”

SIDE A:
Emotional (Extended N.Y. Mix) (English Version) 8:20
Emotional (N.Y. Mix) (Bilingual Version) 4:20

SIDE B:
Emotional (Extended Continental Mix) (Bilingual Version) 7:36
Emotional (Her Side Of The Story) (Extended Version) 5:14

VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint

RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Sire ‎– 0-20666
Format: Vinyl, 12″, Maxi-Single, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1987
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

CREDITS:
Engineer [Assistant] – Andrew Speigelman*
Engineer [Mixing] – Gary Hellman
Mixed By – Rob And Ferdi Bolland*, John Luongo
Photography – Doro Productions
Producer [Additional], Edited By – John Luongo
Producer, Arranged By – Rob And Ferdi Bolland*
Written-By – R. Bolland / F. Bolland*, Falco

NOTES:
Produced, arranged and mixed for Teldec.
Additional production, mixing and editing for The Office, Inc.
Mastered at Sterling Sound.

Find the 12″ at DISCOGS

VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net

EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck 
Phono Pre-amp:
Bellari VP130 Tube Phono Preamp
Tube:
Mullard 12AX7 Preamp Vacuum Tube Pins
Soundcard:
Novation Audiohub 2×4 Audio Interface
Record Cleaning:
VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans:
Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner

SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator

RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
MP3 (320kbps)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi

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Sven
Sven
November 13, 2018 12:53 pm

Hi, love Falco.. but emotional is not the 3rd it is the 4th Album 😎

CL
CL
November 13, 2018 3:30 am

🙂 Thanks again Paul

Mark
Mark
November 12, 2018 2:03 pm

So cool to see more of Falco & John Luongo on BTG. I know i’m gonna love this already.

Cheers Paul 🙂

Christian
Christian
November 12, 2018 12:26 pm

A very big DANKE SCHÖN aus Österreich (= Austria)!!!!!
You just made my day!
Liebe Grüße aus Wien (= Vienna), Falco’s hometown
Christian

michael59
michael59
November 12, 2018 12:19 pm

thank you paul!

this is a great 12″, collection all mixes of this song on one record.

Jeff
Jeff
November 12, 2018 11:49 am

I always welcome a Falco single on your site. You’ve filled in so many singles I’ve never heard before. Of course, there’s John Luongo’s mixes which make it even more special to me. Thank you Paul for a deepened Falco discography.

Jeff

Song And Dance
Song And Dance
November 12, 2018 11:36 am

Ooooh, I love Falco and I especially love Emotional which never got much airplay then and is totally forgotten today. What a shame, such a brilliant song. I have never heard the US remixes from this edition. Just listening to A1. To be Frank, I prefer the 6+ minute 12inch version I have on my harddisk. Funnily enough, I cannot find that one on discogs. Will try again later from home.

A nice surprise, Paul. Thank you.

michael59
michael59
Reply to  Song And Dance
November 12, 2018 12:23 pm

hi song and dance: i think you are refering to the harold faltermeyer remix of this song that was produced in 1992 for best of remix best of album “the remix hit collection”.

https://www.discogs.com/de/Falco-The-Remix-Hit-Collection/release/660982

it’s not an era remix but done 6 years later, but it’s quite nice too 🙂

Song And Dance
Song And Dance
Reply to  michael59
November 12, 2018 12:36 pm

Yeah that´s the one. Beautiful version. Thanks.