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Berlin came up out of the Orange County new wave scene around singer Terri Nunn and bassist John Crawford, and they caught the colder, synthier side of early-80s pop better than most American bands of the moment. "The Metro" and "Sex (I'm A...)" made them favourites on early MTV, and by 1986 they had a surprise worldwide hit with "Take My Breath Away," the Giorgio Moroder ballad from Top Gun. That mix of icy synth-pop and big romantic hooks is still what people reach for them for.
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Pleasure Victim (1982). Their second album is the one that defined their sound, full of drum machines, cold synths, and Terri Nunn's voice up front. It has "The Metro" and "Sex (I'm A...)" back to back, which is about as good an introduction to early Berlin as you can get.
Biography
Berlin is an American new wave/synth-pop band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. The band gained commercial success in the 1980s with singles including "The Metro", "Sex (I'm a ...)", "No More Words" and the chart-topping "Take My Breath Away" from the 1986 film Top Gun, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The group disbanded right after reaching global success, but resumed activity ten years later in 1997. The best-known lineup consisted of singer Terri Nunn, bass guitarist and vocalist John Crawford, keyboardist David Diamond, guitarist Ric Olsen, keyboardist Matt Reid, and drummer Rob Brill.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2020Strings AttachedAlbum
- 2019TranscendanceAlbum
- 2013AnimalAlbum
- 20054playAlbum
- 2002VoyeurAlbum
- 1999Fall Into Heaven 2EP
- 1999Fall Into HeavenEP
- 1986Count Three & PrayAlbum
- 1984Love LifeAlbum
- 1982Pleasure VictimAlbum
- 1980InformationAlbum
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