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I picked this one up from the sale table at my local library (St. Louis County--Tesson Ferry). Judging from the cover, I figured I was in for some mid-'80s Scandanavian synth-pop (kind of a Nordic Chris DeBurgh). Instead, I got mid-'80s German synth-pop ... with a quasi-island reggae flavor and the occasional Jacques Brel-style vocalisms (kind of a German Chris DeBurgh crossed with Sting at his phoniest). Nowhere is the faux-reggae thing more ingratiatingly retarded than on "Hallo Promille." Although, at times he seems to be stretching for a Jacques Brel vocal impersonation. All in all, not bad for 25 cents.
Apparently, Juergens is kind of an old stand-by in the German-speaking music world. According to the Babel Fish translation of die offizielle WEB-site,
"Over 5 ½ million spectator mobilized Udo Juergens alone on his 19 tours in German-language Europe in the past 40 years. Now it sets with its 20. Tour a positive signal for all, which can be pleased in a time of the changes about the stability of an entertainer, which never oriented itself at short-lived trends."Whoever owned this before I check-marked "Die Sonne und du" and "Angela." I cannot disagree--these are fantastic. Also, the "Traumtanzer -- Finale" is pretty stirring (even if my rip is a bit distorted).
Finally, this bit of trivia from the Wikipedia entry on Udo is priceless:
"In the early 1990s, German thrash metal band Sodom released a 'metalized' cover of Aber Bitte mit Sahne (I'll have whipped cream with that) an Udo Jurgen's song about unattractive girls making up for amorous delusions with desserts-eating binges."
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