MASQUERADE
BERLIN
SONGWRITERS: JOHN CRAWFORD; TERRI NUNN & DAVID DIAMOND
WHERE: US FESTIVAL 1983
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ÁLBUM: PLEASURE VICTIM
LABEL: UMG RECORDS
GENRE: NEW WAVE
YEAR: 1982
Pleasure Victim is the
second studio album by the American new wave band Berlin. The original album
was recorded in 1982 and released that year by independent label Enigma Records.
After considerable attention received by the second single, "Sex (I'm
A...)", the album was re-released worldwide by Geffen Records on January
26, 1983. The album marked the return of lead Singer Terri Nunn to the group.
To date, it is Berlin's best-selling album and was certified gold by the RIAA in
September 1984 and platinum in February 1993. It is the only one of Berlin's
albums to be certified platinum and the first that reached gold; two subsequent
studio albums and a greatest hits compilation were also certified gold.
After "Sex (I'm
A...)", two subsequent singles followed: "The Metro" (April
1983), considered a "masterpiece" of '80s new wave, and
"Masquerade" (September 1983). These three singles all charted on the
Billboard Hot 100. The album itself peaked at #30 on the Billboard 200 in May
1983.
All songs were written by
bassist John Crawford, except "Sex (I'm A...)", to which Nunn and keyboardist
David Diamond contributed, and "Masquerade", written by Chris
Ruiz-Velasco.
"Masquerade"
The painted faces on the street
caricatures of long ago
oh they were young and oh so sweet
down beyond the boulevard
knock on doors and empty halls
and still sometimes remember
the masquerade's forever
when you see the price they paid
i'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
the reeling figurtes pass on by
like ghosts in some forgotten play
beneath the black and empty sky
music plays and figures dance
with partners chosen by chance
and still some times remember
the masquerade's forever
they reached for tomorrow
but tomorrows, more of the same
so they reached for tomorrow
but tomorrow never came
when you hear the price they paid
i'm sure you'll come and join the masquerade
one by one and two by two
past eight by tens in shattered frames
the players try to leave the room
frantic puppets on a string
and all the while the music sings
and still sometimes remember
the masquerade's forever.
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