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1986 - Count Three & Pray.
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November 10, 1986 - 2026: 40 years of: Count Three & Pray.

Prayers are being answered.

Out of the danger zone after 1984's hardrocking Love Life LP, a hip newwave would swallow MTV. Hopping out of the Los Angeles metro, arises BERLIN.

Hitting hard, confusion unites us yet: "Will I Ever Understand You". Rocking to serious a beat, guitars warms the hall on "Like Flames" and on the back-alley vibe of "Trash". Proud arenarock shines on "When Love Goes To War" and the extra loud "Sex Me, Talk Me", while the mesmerizing soundwaves of "You Don't Know" paints a different ethereal picture.

May 1986's Top Gun voluminous blockbuster draw is under a spell. Hypnotized by the RIAA-certified Gold single "Take My Breath Away", a massive commercial milestone is unlocked. FM Chart dominant, the ballad as entered the 1980s lexicon and forever encompassed love, passion and flying-high fighter-jets.

Extra guitar appearances by Elliot Easton, David Gilmour, Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper's Kane Roberts added points to the rock-element. From newwave to poprock, BERLIN were America's new sensation.

The inclusion of "Take My Breath Away", written by outside composer Giorgio Moroder, may be an Academy Award winning hit ...yet it is one factor that eventually broke the band in 1987. Many versions of Terri Nunn's BERLIN would continue during the 90s ...until 2019's reunion Transcendance CD.

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Like Flames = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwXlj3zI_8c
Take My Breath Away = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx51eegLTY8
You Don't Know = video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6E4GOAI2t4
Count Three & Pray = full LP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGHtmG8pNZg&list=OLAK5uy_l5Wb2Y6bJZo8jaz5Asn1Adr7zbhVOQPrU
Interview in 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_nRYCDzu60
Live in Tokyo in 1987
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlWEpaisfsw
some girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQjIS0uzbmc

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#Poprock 85-89