This is a mostly-complete list of the musicians who have played on Alphaville's released recordings. In some cases it has not been possible to determine which musicians played on which songs. As always, corrections are welcome! See also: Songwriters

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Karl Alladt

Guitars:  Fools
Ascension Day
Ain't it Strange
Ivory Tower
Iron John
Some People
 
Guitar Solo:  Euphoria
 
Acoustic Guitar:  All in the Golden Afternoon
 

John Altman

String Arrangement:  Pandora's Lullaby
 

Christine Andoh

Backing Vocals:  Fools
 

Ian Bairnson

Guitars:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Michael Barbiero

Backing Vocals:  Dance With Me
 

Guy Barker

Trumpets:  Sensations
The Voyager
Universal Daddy
Red Rose
 
Flugelhorn:  Lassie Come Home
 

Gabi Becker

Backing Vocals:  Heaven or Hell
For a Million
Say it Ain't So, Joe
Fools
The One Thing
Big in Japan (live version)
Islands
Mercury Girl
 
Moongirl Vocals:  MoonBoy
Return to Paradise Part 2
 

Lily Becker

Girls' Choir:  The Things I Didn't Do (Beagle Boys Inc. Version)
 

Nick Beggs

Arrangements & Bass:  Summer Rain demo version
 

Hans Behrendt

Additional Percussion:  Summer Rain
The Mysteries of Love
Middle of the Riddle
 
Drums:  Heaven or Hell
Beethoven (live)
 

Rolando Belli

Additional Guitars:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 
Guitar Solo:  The Parallel Girlz
 
Guitars:  The End
 

Jerry Bertram

Brass & String Section Orchester:  Pandora's Lullaby
 

Rainer Bloss

String & Brass Arrangement:  Anyway
Pandora's Lullaby
 
Keyboards:  Danger in Your Paradise
Caroline
Feathers and Tar
For the Sake of Love
Change the World
Cosmopolitician
Mercury Girl
 
Cello & String Arrangements:  Ascension Day
 
String Arrangements:  Summer Rain
All in the Golden Afternoon
 
Piano Solo:  Ivory Tower
 
Keyboard Solo:  Apollo
 
Fairlight:  Big in Japan (live version)
Islands
 
All instruments:  Fools
Legend
Danger in Your Paradise
Tomorrow
 
Programs & Keyboards:  Roll Away the Stone
Bitch
Peace on Earth
Today
Heart of the Flower
The End
Nostradamus
Mysterion
Change the World
Script of a Dead Poet
Elegy
Pandora's Lullaby
Welcome to the Sun
Caroline
Carry Your Flag
Cosmopolitician
Ain't it Strange
All in a Golden Afternoon
My Brothers in China
Wake Up!
Astral Body
Here by Your Side
In Bubblegum
 
Grand Piano & Strings:  If the Audience was Listening
 
All keyboards, sequencers & drum machines:  Over the Hills and Far Away
 

Jack Bondi

Keyboards:  Summer Rain demo version
 

Carsten Brocker

Additional Keyboards:  Monday's for Good
 

Denice Brooks

Backing Vocals:  Jerusalem
 

Stuart Brooks

Trumpets:  Sensations
The Voyager
Universal Daddy
Red Rose
 

Andy Brown

Bass Guitar:  Sensations
The Voyager
Carol Masters
Universal Daddy
Lassie Come Home
Red Rose
 

Doreen Chanter

Backing Vocals:  Soulman
 

Judy Cheeks

Backing Vocals:  Sensations
The Voyager
Universal Daddy
Red Rose
 

Alan Childs

Drums:  Fantastic Dream
 

The Claudias

Backing Vocals:  The Jet Set
 

Wulf Clausen

Drums:  Big in Japan (live version)
Islands
Mercury Girl
Underworld
 

Stephanie Colling

Children's Choir:  Afternoons in Utopia
I.A.O.
 

Chris Compton

Guitars:  Faith
 

Tim Cransfield

Guitars:  ? (Salvation)
 
Acoustic Guitar:  Forever Young (unplugged version)
 

Curt Cress

Drums:  To Germany With Love
Forever Young
 
Additional Drums:  A Victory of Love
Fallen Angel
The Jet Set
 

Dan

Guitars:  Upside Down
And as for Love
Those Wonderful Things
Hurricane
 
Additional Guitars:  On the Beach
Shadows She Said
Miracle Healing
 

Rene Decker

Saxophone Solo:  The Impossible Dream
 
Saxophone:  Ain't it Strange
The One Thing
 

Ernst Deuker

Double Bass:  Heaven or Hell
 

Deutsche Oper, Berlin

Strings:  Sounds Like a Melody
 

Peter Docherty

Children's Choir:  Afternoons in Utopia
I.A.O.
 

Anne Dudley

String Arrangements:  Wishful Thinking
Flame
 

Ricky Echolette

Keyboards:  Feathers and Tar
Missionary
 
Backing Vocals:  For the Sake of Love
 

Sandra Edwards

Additional Backing Vocals:  (So Long Celeste)
 

Petra Fenn

Acoustic Guitar:  Recycling
 

Christian Florie

Guitar:  Mercury Girl
Underworld
Whales
 
Keyboards:  Whales
 

Flo Florie

Guitar:  Big in Japan (live version)
Islands
 

Claudia Fontaine

Vocals:  Change the World
Soulman
 

Adrian Fortas

Guitars:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Robert France

Drums:  Never Get Out of the Boat (live)
Sounds Like a Melody (live)
Ascension Day (live)
Euphoria (live)
Jerusalem (live)
New Horizons (live)
Victory of Love (live)
Jet Set (live)
Dance With Me (live)
Wishful Thinking (live)
Big in Japan (live)
Forever Young (live)
 

Ulricke Franke

Additional Keyboards:  Those Were the Days
 

Deborah Gale

Showdown Commentary:  The One Thing
 

Patti Galore

Backing Vocals:  The Mysteries of Love
 

Jonathan Garfield

Additional Guitars:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Turhan Geza

Percussion:  Jerusalem
 

Karin Gieselmann

Backing Vocals:  Ariana (demo)
 

Mike Ging

Guitars:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Andy Gray

Additional Keyboards & Samples:  Feathers and Tar
 

Andy Gray-Ling

Additional Rhythm Programs:  ? (Salvation)
 

Manuel Goettsching

Guitars:  For a Million
 

Albert Gold

Lead Vocals:  Mercury Girl
Underworld
 

Anna Gold

Girls' Choir:  The Things I Didn't Do (Beagle Boys Inc. Version)
 

David Goodes

Guitars:  Missionary
Five Years
Never Get Out of the Boat (live)
Sounds Like a Melody (live)
Ascension Day (live)
Euphoria (live)
Jerusalem (live)
New Horizons (live)
Victory of Love (live)
Jet Set (live)
Dance With Me (live)
Wishful Thinking (live)
Big in Japan (live)
Forever Young (live)
 
Rhythm & Fuzz Guitar:  Monday's for Good
 

Stephan Gottwald

Additional Keyboards:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 
Programs & Keyboards:  Highschool Confidential
Roll Away the Stone
The Shape of Things to Come
Days Full of Wonder
Peace on Earth
Today
What is Love?
Pandora's Lullaby
 

Friedemann Graef

Saxophones:  Heaven or Hell
 

Pierson Grange

Percussion:  Never Get Out of the Boat (live)
Sounds Like a Melody (live)
Ascension Day (live)
Euphoria (live)
Jerusalem (live)
New Horizons (live)
Victory of Love (live)
Jet Set (live)
Dance With Me (live)
Wishful Thinking (live)
Big in Japan (live)
Forever Young (live)
 

Gulfstream

Backing Vocals:  Forever Young
In the Mood
 

Gundula

Backing Vocals:  Fools
Ain't it Strange
Apollo
 
Additional Vocals:  Faith
 
Choir:  Some People
 

Rob Harris

Guitars:  Never Get Out of the Boat (live)
Sounds Like a Melody (live)
Ascension Day (live)
Euphoria (live)
Jerusalem (live)
New Horizons (live)
Victory of Love (live)
Jet Set (live)
Dance With Me (live)
Wishful Thinking (live)
Big in Japan (live)
Forever Young (live)
 

Henrik

Keyboards:  Whales
 

Rupert Hine

Keyboards:  Danger in Your Paradise
Caroline
Feathers and Tar
Missionary
For the Sake of Love
Say it Ain't So, Joe
Five Years
Change the World
Cosmopolitician
Soulman
 
Backing Vocals:  Five Years
 
Staccato Vocal:  Missionary
 
Programs & Keyboards:  Wake Up!
 

Kai Hoffmann

Additional Basses, Programming, Samples & Arrangements:  ? (Crazyshow)
 

Mike Howlett

Programs & Keyboards:  Highschool Confidential
Roll Away the Stone
Days Full of Wonder
Peace on Earth
Today
What is Love?
Pandora's Lullaby
 

Chris Hughes

Percussion:  Monkey in the Moon
 

Benjamin Hüllenkrämer

Bass:  Days Full of Wonder
What is Love?
And I Wonder
Pandora's Lullaby
 
Guitars:  Peace on Earth
 

Inka

Backing Choir:  Ariana (History version)
 

Henry Jackman

Additional Rhythm Programs:  ? (Salvation)
 

Bob Jenkins

Add. Drums:  The Voyager
Carol Masters
Universal Daddy
Lassie Come Home
 

Sonia Jones

Additional Backing Vocals:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Michael Junker

Trumpet:  Anyway
 

Carlo Karges

Rhythm Guitar:  The Impossible Dream
 

Thomas Keller

Saxophones:  The Mysteries of Love
 

Carol Kenyon

Backing Vocals:  ? (Salvation)
 

The Kid

Keyboards & Programming:  ? (So Long Celeste)
Additional Backing Vocals:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Jakob Kiersch

Live Drums:  Monday's for Good
 

Frank Klebbé

Saxophone:  Today
 

Janey Klimek

Guest Vocal Performance:  Lassie Come Home
 
Backing Vocals:  Pandora's Lullaby
 

Sebastian Komor

All keyboards, sequencers & drum machines:  Over the Hills and Far Away
 

Frank Kosmann

Backing Vocals:  Ascension Day
 

Eff Jott Krüger

Guitar:  Heaven or Hell
Additional Guitar:  For a Million
 

Dave Lebold

Keyboards:  Fantastic Dream
Dance With Me
 

Simone Legner

Backing Vocals:  Ascension Day
 

Michael Lehnhoff

Programs, Ambiences & Keys:  Waves
 
Roland M 100 Module:  Montego Bay
 

Roger Linn

Drums:  Jerusalem
Dance With Me
Sensations
20th Century
The Voyager
Carol Masters
Universal Daddy
Lassie Come Home
Red Rose
 

Martin Lister

Keyboards, Programs & Backing Vocals:  Never Get Out of the Boat (live)
Sounds Like a Melody (live)
Ascension Day (live)
Euphoria (live)
Jerusalem (live)
New Horizons (live)
Victory of Love (live)
Jet Set (live)
Dance With Me (live)
Wishful Thinking (live)
Big in Japan (live)
Forever Young (live)
 
Piano & Strings:  Forever Young (unplugged version)
 
Programs & Keyboards:  Astral Body
 
All keyboards, sequencers & drum machines:  Over the Hills and Far Away
 

W. Martin Loos

Keyboards:  Golden Feeling
 

Wolfgang Loos

Additional Keyboards, Computer Programming   
& Contributory Arrangements: 
A Victory of Love
Summer in Berlin
Big in Japan
To Germany With Love
Fallen Angel
Forever Young
In the Mood
Sounds Like a Melody
Lies
The Jet Set
 
Keyboards:  Jerusalem
Afternoons in Utopia
 
Intropiece:  Golden Feeling demo version
 

Gustl Luetjens

Guitars:  Jerusalem
 

The Lunapark Office Choir

Backing Vocals:  Ariana
 

James Mack

Percussion:  Never Get Out of the Boat (live)
Sounds Like a Melody (live)
Ascension Day (live)
Euphoria (live)
Jerusalem (live)
New Horizons (live)
Victory of Love (live)
Jet Set (live)
Dance With Me (live)
Wishful Thinking (live)
Big in Japan (live)
Forever Young (live)
 

Jimmy Maelen

Percussion:  Fantastic Dream
Dance With Me
 

Stefanie Marcus

Bass:  Big in Japan (live version)
Islands
Mercury Girl
Underworld
Whales
 
Backing Vocals:  Mercury Girl
Underworld
 

Beryl Marsden

Backing Vocals:  Soulman
 

Frank McDonald

Guitars:  Miracle Healing
 
Rhythm Guitar:  Zoo
 

Louise McKenna

Children's Choir:  Afternoons in Utopia
I.A.O.
 

Mae McKenna

Backing Vocals:  Romeos
 

Shane Meehan

Percussion:  Never Get Out of the Boat (live)
Sounds Like a Melody (live)
Ascension Day (live)
Euphoria (live)
Jerusalem (live)
New Horizons (live)
Victory of Love (live)
Jet Set (live)
Dance With Me (live)
Wishful Thinking (live)
Big in Japan (live)
Forever Young (live)
 

Alexandra Merl

Bass Guitar:  Monday's for Good
 

A. Mennicken

Additional Guitars:  Burning Wheels
 

Victoria Miles

Backing Vocals:  Sensations
The Voyager
Universal Daddy
Red Rose
Highschool Confidential
Peace on Earth
Faith
 
Additional Backing Vocals:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Jo Neil

Backing Vocals:  Feathers and Tar
 

Nico

Ambiences:  Summer in Berlin (Demo 1)
 

Rudy Nielson

Guitars:  Fools
Iron John
Some People
First Monday in the Y3K
Beethoven (live)
 
Guitar Solo:  The Impossible Dream
 
Additional Guitar:  Euphoria
 
Ebow:  State of Dreams
Carry Your Flag
Return to Paradise Part 2
 

Tessa Niles

Backing Vocals:  (Salvation)
Wake Up!
 

Tony Nissel

Drums:  Highschool Confidential
Roll Away the Stone
Days Full of Wonder
Peace on Earth
Today
What is Love?
And I Wonder
Pandora's Lullaby
 

Julie Ocean

Vocoder Voices:  For a Million
 
Keyboards:  Big in Japan (live version)
Islands
Mercury Girl
Underworld
 
Backing Vocals:  Ariana (demo)
 

Michael O'Ryan

All Instruments:  She Fades Away
 

Ossi

Backing Vocals:  Ascension Day
 

Phil Palmer

Guitars:  Sensations
The Voyager
Carol Masters
Universal Daddy
Lassie Come Home
Red Rose
 

Petra

Backing Choir:  Ariana (History version)
 

Radio Freedom South Africa

Voices:  Faith
 

Elliott Randall

Electric Guitar:  New Horizons
 

Alex Reed

Additional Instruments & Voices:  Inside Out
 

Jacki Reniczk

Bass:  The Impossible Dream
Parade
The One Thing
 

Andy Richards

Keyboards, Programs:  ? (Salvation)
 

Frank Ricotti

Percussion:  Sensations
The Voyager
Carol Masters
Universal Daddy
Lassie Come Home
Red Rose
 

Jimmy Ripp

Guitars:  Fantastic Dream
Dance With Me
 

Carmine Rojas

Bass Guitar:  Fantastic Dream
 

The Rosie Singers

Backing Vocals:  Forever Young
 

Michael Ryan

Guitar Solo:  Ariana
 

Maggie Ryder

Additional Backing Vocals:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Hartwig Schierbaum

Vocals:  Recycling
 

Klaus Schulze

String Arrangement:  She Fades Away
 
Strings:  Middle of the Riddle
 
All Instruments:  The Opium Den
CrazyShow
Duel
 

Andreas "Blacky" Schwarz-Ruszczynski

Guitars:  Romeos
The Mysteries of Love
Middle of the Riddle
Burning Wheels
The Shape of Things to Come
Bitch
Highschool Confidential
Days Full of Wonder
Peace on Earth
Today
What is Love?
Because of You
And I Wonder
Pandora's Lullaby
 
Additional Guitars:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 
Programs & Keyboards:  Highschool Confidential
Thunder & Lightning
What is Love?
Because of You
And I Wonder
 
Programming:  House of Lies
 
Superspeed Guitars:  Thunder & Lightning
 

Andreas Schwarz

Additional Rhythm Guitar:  Monday's for Good
 
Arrangements, Programming & Mix, Guitar:  Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
 

William "Kooley" Scott

Backing Vocals:  Jerusalem
 

Neil Sidwell

Trombone:  Sensations
The Voyager
Universal Daddy
Red Rose
 

Paul Simm

Additional Rhythm Programs:  ? (Salvation)
 

Alex Slavic

Bass Guitar & Backing Vocals:  Never Get Out of the Boat (live)
Sounds Like a Melody (live)
Ascension Day (live)
Euphoria (live)
Jerusalem (live)
New Horizons (live)
Victory of Love (live)
Jet Set (live)
Dance With Me (live)
Wishful Thinking (live)
Big in Japan (live)
Forever Young (live)
 

Jocelyn B. Smith

Backing Vocals:  Jerusalem
Ain't it Strange
Apollo
Highschool Confidential
Peace on Earth
Pandora's Lullaby
Faith
 
Additional Backing Vocals:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 
Additional Vocals:  Faith
 
Choir:  Some People
 

Robin Smith

Keyboards:  The Voyager
20th Century
Universal Daddy
Lassie Come Home
Red Rose
 
Bass Arangements:  Sensations
The Voyager
Universal Daddy
Lassie Come Home
Red Rose
 

Miriam Stockley

Backing Vocals:  Romeos
 
Additional Backing Vocals:  ? (So Long Celeste)
 

Ken Taylor

Bass:  To Germany With Love
Forever Young
 

Stephen Taylor

Noises:  Missionary
 

Telonio

Piano, Cello, Violin:  MakeBelieve
 
Keyboards, Electric and Base Guitar,
Drums, Sequencer Programming: 
Marionettes with Halos (Superfunk Version)
 

John Themis

Guitars:  Fools
Faith
Apollo
 

Phil Todd

Saxes:  Sensations
The Voyager
Universal Daddy
Lassie Come Home
Red Rose
 

Jenny Troy

Children's Choir:  Afternoons in Utopia
I.A.O.
 

Unknown

Backing Vocals:  Say it Ain't So, Joe
 

Craig Vear

Drums:  Faith
 

Voov

Programs, Keyboards & Samples:  Those Were the Days
 

Ralph Vornberger

Vocal Solo:  In the Mood
 

Ebu Wagner

Guitars:  Beethoven
 

David Walrond

Children's Choir:  Afternoons in Utopia
I.A.O.
 

Peter Walsh

Keyboards:  The Voyager
Carol Masters
 

Kenneth Ward

Crescendo Guitar:  She Fades Away
 

Wednesday

Backing Vocals:  Big in Japan
The Jet Set
 

Nick Winters

Bass:  Faith
 

Gavin Wright

Leader of the Orchestra:  ? (Salvation)
 

Die Zöllner

Brass Section:  Roll Away the Stone
 

Dirk Zöllner

Brass Arrangements:  Roll Away the Stone
 
See also: Songwriters