Covered: Giorgio Moroder, Volume 2: 1983-1991

Here's the second and last Covered series album for Italian producer and songwriter Giorgio Moroder.

Moroder's commercial heyday was probably the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. So this generally deals with the second half of that. All the songs here are from 1983 to 1986 except for the last one, which is from 1991.

As I mentioned in Volume One, Moroder found great success composing the music for popular movies, and that continued well into the 1980s. For instance, he won Academy Awards and Golden Globes for the song "Flashdance... What a Feeling" in 1983, and "Take My Breath Away" in 1986. Both songs also hit Number One in the U.S. singles charts, as well as Number One in many other countries around the world. 

Perhaps it isn't too surprising that his music was so popular in the 1980s, because he'd been one of the main pioneers of using synthesizers for dance music in the 1970s, and in the 1980s synth-based danceable music was everywhere. But tastes gradually changed, especially with the rise of grunge starting in 1991. Perhaps in response to that, he effectively retired in 1993. 

For two decades, he didn't release any music. But he started a minor comeback in 2013, working with Daft Punk (who were heavily influenced by him) and putting out a solo album in 2015. He is still alive as I write this in 2024, but presumably his hit-making days are behind him, since he's 84 years old.

This album is 45 minutes long.

01 Flashdance... What a Feeling (Irene Cara)
02 Scarface [Push It to the Limit] (Paul Engemann)
03 Rush Rush (Debbie Harry)
04 Why Me (Irene Cara)
05 Together in Electric Dreams (Philip Oakey & Giorgio Moroder)
06 Here She Comes (Bonnie Tyler)
07 The NeverEnding Story (Limahl & Beth Anderson)
08 Love Kills (Freddie Mercury)
09 I Feel Love (Bronski Beat)
10 Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins)
11 Take My Breath Away (Berlin)
12 Love's Unkind (Sophie Lawrence)

https://www.upload.ee/files/17327897/COVRDGIGRIOMRDR1983-1991Vlume2_atse.zip.html

alternate:

https://pixeldrain.com/u/sSkZMqR1

The cover photo shows Moroder in 1987. I don't know the details. I used Krea AI to improve it a bit.