Encore (Klaus Nomi album)

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Encore!
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Compilation album by
Released1983
Recorded1979–1983
Genre New wave, opera
Length42:53
Label RCA
Producer Ron Johnsen, Klaus Nomi
Klaus Nomi chronology
Simple Man
(1982)
Encore!
(1983)
Za Bakdaz
(2007)
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Encore! is a compilation album by German countertenor Klaus Nomi, released posthumously in 1983. Two previously unreleased songs were included on the album.

Nomi died earlier that year.

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Fanfare" (Instrumental)  0:40
2."The Cold Song" Klaus Nomi 4:03
3."Total Eclipse" (Live version) Urgh! A Music War 4:15
4."Can't Help Falling in Love"Previously Unreleased3:55
5."Simple Man"
  • Kristian Hoffman
Simple Man 4:17
6."Wasting My Time"
Klaus Nomi4:14
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
7."Wayward Sisters" (From Dido and Aeneas )
Simple Man1:43
8."Ding Dong"Simple Man3:03
9."You Don't Own Me"Klaus Nomi3:39
10."Der Nussbaum"Previously Unreleased3:03
11."Lightning Strikes"Klaus Nomi2:59
12."The Twist"Klaus Nomi3:10
13."Samson and Delilah (Aria)" (Live at Merlyn's, Madison, Wisconsin, 20 September 1980)Klaus Nomi3:52

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