Return of the Mother is the ninth solo (and eleventh overall) studio album by Nina Hagen, released on February 14, 2000.

Return of the Mother
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2000
Recorded1996–1999
Genre
Length45:06
LabelBIEM
ProducerNina Hagen, Ingo Krauss, Reinhold Heil
Nina Hagen chronology
Om Namah Shivay
(1999)
Return of the Mother
(2000)
Big Band Explosion
(2003)
Singles from Return of the Mother
  1. "Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt"
    Released: 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Return of the Mother"4:36
2."Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt"
  • Lothar Brühne
  • Bruno Balz
3:50
3."Schachmatt"
  • Hagen
5:06
4."Frequenzkontrolle"
4:55
5."Poetenclub"
5:02
6."Höllenzug"
  • Hagen
3:21
7."Schüttel mich"3:52
8."Yes Sir"
  • Ralph Benatzky
4:05
9."Handgrenade"
  • Hagen
4:32
10."He Shiva Shankara"
  • Hagen
5:47
Total length:45:06

Notes

  • "Poetenclub" is a homage to the Austrian popstar Falco who died two years before. In the song Nina Hagen sings over samples from interviews with Falco, thus creating a post-mortem duet.
  • "Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt" and "Yes Sir" were previously sung by Zarah Leander. Nina Hagen also covered Zarah Leander's "Ich weiß es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen" on the album Angstlos.
  • "Return of the Mother" is sung in English, "He Shiva Shankara" in Sanskrit, "Handgrenade" is an English version (with a different backing track) of "Höllenzug".

References

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  1. ^ Severa, Alan. "Return of the Mother - Nina Hagen | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 17 December 2011.