{{Short description|1986 studio album by Modern Talking}} {{Infobox album | name = Ready for Romance | type = studio | artist = [[Modern Talking]] | cover = Readyforromancealbum.jpg | alt = | released = {{start date|1986|5|26|df=yes}} | recorded = November 1985 – February 1986 | studio = Studio 33 (Hamburg) | genre = [[Eurodisco]] | length = {{duration|m=37|s=16}} | label = [[Hansa Records|Hansa]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Dieter Bohlen]]|[[Luis Rodríguez (producer)|Luis Rodríguez]]}} | prev_title = [[Let's Talk About Love (Modern Talking album)|Let's Talk About Love]] | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = [[In the Middle of Nowhere]] | next_year = 1986 | misc = {{Singles | name = Ready for Romance | type = studio | single1 = [[Brother Louie (Modern Talking song)|Brother Louie]] | single1date = 27 January 1986 | single2 = [[Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)]] | single2date = 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<ref name="GER"/> and was eventually certified platinum by the [[Bundesverband Musikindustrie]] (BVMI) for shipments in excess of 710,000 copies in Germany.<ref name="BVMI"/> It also topped the charts in Austria and Switzerland, while reaching the top 10 in Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden.<ref name="AUT"/><ref name="FIN"/><ref name="SPA"/> It peaked at number 76 on the [[UK Albums Chart]], becoming the band's only album to chart in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/22589/modern-talking/ |title=Modern Talking |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>
Two singles were released from ''Ready for Romance'', "[[Brother Louie (Modern Talking song)|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, their highest charting single there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Modern+Talking&titel=Brother+Louie&cat=s |title=Modern Talking – Brother Louie |website=swisscharts.com |access-date=21 November 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Modern+Talking&titel=Atlantis+Is+Calling+%28S%2EO%2ES%2E+For+Love%29&cat=s |title=Modern Talking – Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. For Love) |website=swisscharts.com |access-date=21 November 2009}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = [[Dieter Bohlen]] | headline = Side one | title1 = [[Brother Louie (Modern Talking song)|Brother Louie]] | length1 = 3:41 | title2 = Just We Two (Mona Lisa) | length2 = 3:54 | title3 = Lady Lai | length3 = 4:55 | title4 = Doctor for My Heart | length4 = 3:16 | title5 = Save Me – Don't Break Me | length5 = 3:45 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title6 = [[Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)]] | length6 = 3:48 | title7 = Keep Love Alive | length7 = 3:25 | title8 = Hey You | length8 = 3:20 | title9 = Angie's Heart | length9 = 3:37 | title10 = Only Love Can Break My Heart | length10 = 3:35 | total_length = 37:16 }}
===UK edition=== {{Track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = Brother Louie | length1 = 3:41 | title2 = Just We Two (Mona Lisa) | length2 = 3:54 | title3 = Lady Lai | length3 = 4:55 | title4 = Doctor for My Heart | length4 = 3:16 | title5 = Save Me – Don't Break Me | length5 = 3:45 | title6 = [[Cheri, Cheri Lady]] | length6 = 3:45 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side two | title7 = Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love) | length7 = 3:48 | title8 = Keep Love Alive | length8 = 3:25 | title9 = Hey You | length9 = 3:20 | title10 = Angie's Heart | length10 = 3:37 | title11 = Only Love Can Break My Heart | length11 = 3:35 | title12 = [[You're My Heart, You're My Soul]] | length12 = 5:36 | total_length = 46:37 }}
==Personnel== * [[Dieter Bohlen]] – guitar, production, arrangements, songwriter * [[Thomas Anders]] – lead vocals * [[Rolf Köhler]] – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited) * [[Michael Scholz]] – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited) * [[Detlef Wiedeke]] – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited) * Birger Corleis – backing vocals, falsetto choir (uncredited) * [[Luis Rodríguez (producer)|Luis Rodriguez]] – co-producer, arrangements * [[Ralf Stemmann]] - piano, keyboards, arrangements * Manfred Vormstein – art direction, design, cover photo * Matthias Kortemeier – design * Didi Zill – artists photo
==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Weekly chart performance for ''Ready for Romance'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1986) ! scope="col"| Peak<br/>position |- {{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Modern Talking|album=Ready for Romance|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2018|refname="AUT"}} |- {{album chart|Netherlands|7|artist=Modern Talking|album=Ready for Romance|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2018}} |- ! scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Music & Media]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=European Hot 100 Albums |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=3 |issue=29 |date=26 July 1986 |oclc=29800226}}</ref> | 11 |- ! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts|Suomen virallinen lista]])<ref name="FIN">{{cite book |last=Pennanen |first=Timo |section=Modern Talking |url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf |title=Sisältää hitin – Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 |language=fi |edition=2nd |location=Helsinki |publisher=[[Otava (publisher)|Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava]] |year=2021 |page=173 |isbn=978-952-7460-01-6}}</ref> | 3 |- ! scope="row"| French Albums ([[Institut français d'opinion publique|IFOP]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infodisc.fr/Album_Liste_Selection2.php?Lettre=F |title=Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste |website=InfoDisc |language=fr |access-date=5 August 2018}} ''Select "MODERN TALKING" from the drop-down menu and click "OK".''</ref> | 19 |- {{album chart|Germany|1|id=401|artist=Modern Talking|album=Ready for Romance|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2018|refname="GER"}} |- ! scope="row"| Icelandic Albums ([[Tónlist]])<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timarit.is/page/2518102?lang=en |title=Ísland (LP-plötur) |newspaper=[[DV (newspaper)|DV]] |language=is |date=18 July 1986 |page=43 |issn=1021-8254 |via=[[Timarit.is]]}}</ref> | 6 |- {{album chart|Norway|5|artist=Modern Talking|album=Ready for Romance|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2018}} |- ! scope="row"| Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref name="SPA">{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |date=September 2005 |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=[[Sociedad General de Autores y Editores|Fundación Autor/SGAE]] |isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref> | 4 |- {{album chart|Sweden|6|artist=Modern Talking|album=Ready for Romance|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2018}} |- {{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Modern Talking|album=Ready for Romance|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2018}} |- {{album chart|UK2|76|date=19861005|rowheader=true|access-date=5 August 2018}} |} {{col-2}}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Year-end chart performance for ''Ready for Romance'' ! scope="col"| Chart (1986) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=1986 |title=Jahreshitparade Alben 1986 |website=austriancharts.at |language=de |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> | 8 |- ! scope="row"| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1986&cat=a |title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 1986 |publisher=[[Dutch Charts]] |language=nl |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> | 45 |- ! scope="row"| European Albums (''Music & Media'')<ref>{{cite magazine |title=European Hot 100 Albums – Hot 100 of the Year 1986 |magazine=[[Music & Media]] |volume=3 |issue=51/52 |date=27 December 1986 |page=35 |oclc=29800226}}</ref> | 32 |- ! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1986 |title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts – 1986 |publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]] |language=de |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref> | 13 |- ! scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1986/alben |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1986 |website=hitparade.ch |language=de |access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref> | 20 |} {{col-end}}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications for ''Ready for Romance''}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1986|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine |title=European Gold & Platinum Awards 1986 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=51/52 |date=27 December 1986 |page=34 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1986|certref=<ref>{{cite magazine |title=European Gold & Platinum Awards 1986 |magazine=Music & Media |volume=3 |issue=51/52 |date=27 December 1986 |page=33 |oclc=29800226}}</ref>|certyear=1986}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=Modern Talking|title=Ready for Romance|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1986|refname="BVMI"}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Hong Kong|artist=Modern Talking|title=Ready for Romance|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1988|access-date=30 November 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Modern Talking|title=Ready for Romance|award=Platinum|type=album|relyear=1986|certyear=1987|certref=<ref>{{cite book |last=Salaverrie |first=Fernando |url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/x263f6daopkswo8/Spanish+certifications+for+1979-1990.pdf |title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 |language=es |edition=1st |location=Madrid |publisher=Fundación Autor/SGAE |date=September 2005 |page=922 |isbn=84-8048-639-2 |access-date=5 August 2018}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Bottom}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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