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Released | August 23, 1989 | |||
Recorded | December 1988 – February 1989 | |||
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Length | 64:52 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Zeus B. Held | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Hi-Fi News & Record Review | A:1 [2] |
Nina Hagen is the fourth solo (and sixth overall) studio album by German singer Nina Hagen. It was released on August 23, 1989, by Mercury Records.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Move Over" | Janis Joplin | 4:36 |
2. | "Super Freak Family" |
| 4:18 |
3. | "Love Heart Attack" |
| 4:09 |
4. | "Hold Me" |
| 4:08 |
5. | "Las Vegas" | 2:52 | |
6. | "Live on Mars" |
| 5:02 |
7. | "Dope Sucks" | 3:06 | |
8. | "Only Seventeen" |
| 5:10 |
9. | "Where's the Party" |
| 3:48 |
10. | "Michail, Michail (Gorbachev Rap)" | 5:07 | |
11. | "Ave Maria" |
| 5:26 |
Total length: | 47:15 |
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