Nina Hagen (album)

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Nina Hagen
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 23, 1989 (1989-08-23)
RecordedDecember 1988 – February 1989
Studio
Genre
Length64:52
Label Mercury
Producer Zeus B. Held
Nina Hagen chronology
In Ekstasy / In Ekstase
(1985)
Nina Hagen
(1989)
Street
(1991)
Singles from Nina Hagen
  1. "Hold Me"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Michail, Michail (Gorbachev Rap) / Hold Me"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Las Vegas"
    Released: 1989
  4. "Ave Maria"
    Released: 1989
  5. "Love Heart Attack"
    Released: 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Move Over" Janis Joplin 4:36
2."Super Freak Family"
  • Hagen
  • Billy Liesegang
4:18
3."Love Heart Attack"
  • Junger Junior
  • Dawson Miller
4:09
4."Hold Me"
  • Mahalia Jackson (cover)
  • Billy Liesegang
4:08
5."Las Vegas"2:52
6."Live on Mars"5:02
7."Dope Sucks"3:06
8."Only Seventeen"
  • Billy Liesegang
  • Dawson Miller
  • Zeus B. Held
  • Hagen
5:10
9."Where's the Party"
  • Hagen
  • Billy Liesegang
3:48
10."Michail, Michail (Gorbachev Rap)"5:07
11."Ave Maria"
5:26
Total length:47:15

Notes

Personnel

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References

  1. Proefrock, Stacia. "Nina Hagen – Nina Hagen | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
  2. "Review: Nina Hagen — Nina Hagen" (PDF). Hi-Fi News & Record Review (magazine). Vol. 34, no. 12. Croydon: Link House Magazines Ltd. December 1989. p. 145. ISSN   0142-6230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021 via World Radio History.