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
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U V W X Y Z
![]() 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 |