I loved TBB instantly and still do today but AIU was a disappointment to me.(I'm still not convinced.) We each look for different things in Alphaville. Being disappointed isn't offputting and quite often if I hear the songs live or in demo versions (as in the AIU era songs on Dreamscapes) I get them. Overproduction is what kills a song for me.
"I've had many sobering thoughts in my life....
....it was them what drove me to drink!" [drunk]
Grandad, Only Fools and Horses (UK sitcom)
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