Nina Hagen is the fourth solo (and sixth overall) studio album by German singer Nina Hagen. It was released on October 8, 1989, by Mercury Records.

Nina Hagen
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 8, 1989 (1989-10-08)
RecordedDecember 1988 – February 1989
Studio
Genre
Length64:52
LabelMercury
ProducerZeus B. Held
Nina Hagen chronology
Nina Hagen in Ekstasy
(1985)
Nina Hagen
(1989)
Street
(1991)
80s
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Hi-Fi News & Record ReviewA:1[2]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Move Over"Janis Joplin4:36
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

  • "Live on Mars" is sung in Sanskrit.
  • "Michail Michail" and "Ave Maria" are sung in German.

Personnel edit

  • Nina Hagen – vocals
  • Billy Liesegang – guitar; bass on "Dope Sucks"
  • Luís Jardim – drums, percussion; bass on "Love Heart Attack"
  • Zeus B. Held – keyboards
  • The Soultanas – background vocals
  • Lene Lovich – vocals on "Where's the Party"
  • Lemmy – vocals, distorted bass on "Where's the Party"
  • Kick Horns – brass on "Only Seventeen"
  • Mark Griffiths – bass, guitar on "Hold Me" and "Ave Maria"
  • Barry Fitzgerald – drums on "Super Freak Family" and "Dope Sucks"
  • Lawrence Cottle – bass on "Only Seventeen"
  • Alistair Gavin – piano on "Ave Maria"
  • Martin Ditcham – percussion on "Ave Maria"
  • The Bortobello Philharmonic, conducted by Richard Niles on "Ave Maria"
  • Jean-Paul Gaultier - art direction

References edit

  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.