Ready for Romance

Ready for Romance
Studio album by
Released26 May 1986 (1986-05-26)
RecordedNovember 1985 – February 1986
StudioStudio 33 (Hamburg)
GenreEuro disco
Length37:16
LabelHansa
ProducerDieter Bohlen
Modern Talking chronology
Let's Talk About Love
(1985)
Ready for Romance
(1986)
In the Middle of Nowhere
(1986)
Singles from Ready for Romance
  1. "Brother Louie"
    Released: 27 January 1986
  2. "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)"
    Released: 28 April 1986

Ready for Romance is the third studio album by German duo Modern Talking, released on 26 May 1986 by Hansa Records. The album spent five consecutive weeks at the top of the German chart[1] and was eventually certified platinum by the Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) for shipments in excess of 710,000 copies in Germany.[2] It also topped the charts in Austria and Switzerland, while reaching the top 10 in Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden.[3][4][5] It peaked at number 76 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's only album to chart in the United Kingdom.[6]

Two singles were released from Ready for Romance, "Brother Louie" and "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)", both of which reached number one in Germany and charted within the top five in Austria, Sweden and Switzerland - Brother Louie also reached number 4 in the UK.[7][8]

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  6. ^ "Modern Talking". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Modern Talking – Brother Louie". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Modern Talking – Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love)". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 21 November 2009.