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Falco
Falco is a synthpop artist from Vienna, Austria formed in 1974. 66 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Synthpop · Vienna, Austria · Best synthpop albums
- 66
- Releases
- 1981–2025
- Active years
- 1974
- Formed
Discography
36
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Falco 60
2017 · 52 tracks
Falco 3
1985
Out of the Dark (Into the Light)
1998
Junge Roemer
1984
LIVE forever
1999
Donauinsel Live
2009
Data de Groove
1990
Verdammt wir leben noch
1999
Greatest Hits
1999
Einzelhaft
1982
KULTHITS: Falco - 20 Pop Hits
2025
Live Forever (The Complete Show - Berlin 1986) (2023 Remaster)
2023
Naked (Remastered 2012)
2023
Falco - The Box
2022
Falco 65
2022
Titanic (The Complete Mixes)
2022
Rock Me Amadeus EP
2020
Vienna Calling EP
2020
That Scene (Ganz Wien) EP
2019
Der Kommissar EP
2019
FALCO Coming Home - The Tribute Donauinselfest 2017 (Live)
2018
Falco - Sterben um zu Leben
2018
Rock Me Amadeus 30th Anniversary
2016
Exquisite
2016
The Essential Falco
2011
Essential
2011
Falco 3 25th Anniversary Edition
2010
The Spirit Never Dies
2009
Falco Symphonic
2008
Symphonic
2008
Einzelhaft 25th Anniversary Edition
2004
The Final Curtain: The Ultimate Best of FALCO
1999
Golden Hits
1995
Wiener Blut
1988
Emotional
1986
Jeanny EP
1985
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Singles & EPs
30
Rock Me Amadeus
Single · 1985
Jeanny
Single · 1985
Der Kommissar
Single · 1981
Out of the Dark
Single · 1998
Egoist
Single · 1998
Nachtflug
Single · 1992
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Rough Mix)
Single · 2025
Kamikaze Cappa (Live) (2023 Remaster)
Single · 2023
The Star of Moon and Sun (Live) (2023 Remaster)
Single · 2023
Out Of The Dark (DJ Olde Remix)
Single · 2023
Push! Push!
EP · 2023
Monarchy Now
EP · 2022
Der Kommissar (Parov Stelar Remix)
Single · 2022
Dance Mephisto
Single · 2022
Kann es Liebe sein? EP
Single · 2020
Maschine Brennt EP
Single · 2019
Vienna Calling (feat. Niqo Nuevo)
Single · 2018
No Time for Revolution
Single · 2018
JNG RMR 5 (Remixes)
Single · 2017
Vienna Calling (Parov Stelar Remix)
Single · 2017
JNG RMR 4 (Remixes)
Single · 2017
JNG RMR 2 (Remixes)
EP · 2017
JNG RMR 6 (Remixes)
Single · 2017
Der Kommissar (Ynnox Remix)
Single · 2017
JNG RMR 1 (Remixes)
Single · 2017
JNG RMR 3 (Remixes)
Single · 2017
Die Königin von Eschnapur
EP · 2008
Männer des Westens - Any Kind Of Land
Single · 2007
Männer des Westens
Single · 2007
Mutter, der Mann mit dem Koks ist da.
Single · 1996
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About
Johann (Hans) Hölzel (19 February 1957 - 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name, Falco, was an Austrian pop and rock musician and rapper. He had several international hits: "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home (Jeanny Part 2)" and posthumously, "Out of the Dark". "Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts, making him the only artist whose principal language was German to score a number-one hit in the United States. His estate claims he has sold 20 million albums and 15 million singles, which makes him the best selling Austrian singer of all time. Falco began to show signs of unusual musical talent very early. As a toddler, he was able to keep time with the drumbeat in songs he heard on the radio. He was given a baby grand piano for his fourth birthday; a year later, his birthday gift was a record player which he used to play music by Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard, and the Beatles. At age five, he auditioned for the Vienna Music Academy, where it was confirmed that he had perfect pitch.
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In 1963, Hölzel began his schooling at a Roman Catholic private school; four years later, at age ten, he switched to the Rainer Gymnasium in Vienna. Shortly thereafter his father Alois Hölzel left the family. From then on, Hölzel was raised by his mother and grandmother and remained very close to them all his life. He left school at sixteen in 1973 due to absenteeism. His mother then insisted he begin an apprenticeship with the Austrian employee pension insurance institute, but this only lasted a short time. At seventeen, he volunteered for eight months of military service with the Austrian army. He entered the Vienna Music Conservatory in 1977, but left after one semester to "become a real musician". For a short time, he lived in West Berlin while singing in a jazz-rock band and exploring the club scene. When he returned to Vienna he was calling himself "Falco", reportedly in tribute to the East German ski jumper Falko Weißpflog (he changed one letter to make the name more international), and playing in the Austrian bands Spinning Wheel and Hallucination Company. En route to becoming an international rock star in his own right, he was bass player in the Austrian hard rock-punk rock band Drahdiwaberl (from 1978 until 1983). With Drahdiwaberl he wrote and performed the song "Ganz Wien" ("All Vienna"), which he would also include on his debut solo album, Einzelhaft (Solitary Confinement ). He also played bass with the space disco band Ganymed in 1981.
Falco in brief
- How many Falco releases are on Riffiter?
- 66 releases are catalogued, spanning 1981 to 2025.
- When was Falco formed?
- Falco formed in 1974, in Vienna, Austria.
- What genre is Falco?
- Falco is catalogued under Synthpop.
- What is the most recent Falco release on Riffiter?
- It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (Rough Mix), released in 2025.