Bongo girl

Bongo girl
Studio album by Nena
Publication (s)	September 28, 1992
Genre (s)	pop
Title (number)	14th
occupation	Singing: Nena Guitar: Frank Becking Bass, programming: Jürgen Dehmel Drums: Rolf Brendel
production	Nena, Jürgen Dehmel
Studio (s)	Recording: Spliff Studio, Berlin Mixing: Blue Wave Studio, St. Philip, Barbados
chronology Nena the Band (1991) Bongo girl And Everything Turns (1994)

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Bongo girl   DE 32 October 19, 1992 (13 weeks)

Bongo Girl is the studio album by Nena, released on September 28, 1992 on Epic Records .

background

Nena's second solo album after Wunder gescheh'n was produced for the first time by Nena himself with Jürgen Dehmel . The Nena musicians Rolf Brendel and Jürgen Dehmel were involved as musicians and in the compositions , as well as Frank Becking (The Stripes, Riff ). The lyrics, characterized by “confident optimism”, come almost exclusively from Nena herself. The music and text for the title You Don't Have to Cry come from her hairstylist and set designer at the time, the Berlin scene hairdresser Jonny Pazzo. The recordings were produced in the Berlin Spliff Studio, where several Nena albums had already been created. It was mixed in Barbados in Eddy Grant's Blue Wave Studio. It contains the two single releases Bongo Girl and Sometimes a day is a whole life . Due to the lack of commercial success, the record contract with Epic Records was not extended.

Nena about the album: “ The reggae on this record was made there [Barbados]. Eddy himself had a lot of fun with the piece. "

reception

Alan Severa has reviewed the album for Allmusic with three out of five stars and certifies it a clear feeling of summer vacation ("the distinct feeling of a summer holiday album"). He emphasizes the title track with its African singing and Latin American percussion, but also notes a lack of originality (“lacking in originality”) in the album.

Track list

#	title	length
1.	Sometimes a day is a whole life	4:02
2.	So what	3:09
3.	I can't anymore	3:44
4th	Do not worry	4:50
5.	Without end	3:21
6th	All too beautiful	2:56
7th	Whatever you do	3:59
8th.	Conversation	4:17
9.	Bongo girl	3:47
10.	You don't have to cry	4:09
11.	My king	4:05
12.	no more lies	4:13
13.	Far across the ocean	4:04
14th	Outro	1:47

Web links

• Datasheet for the album on the official website
• Bongo Girl at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bongo Girl by Nena. In: chartsurfer.de. Retrieved July 31, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Alan Severa: Bongo Girl - Nena: Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards. In: allmusic.com. rovi corp., accessed on August 2, 2012 . 
3. ↑ 80s hairstyles are trendy: Vokuhila and Mireille Mathieu. In: n-tv.de. March 26, 2004, accessed August 2, 2012 . 
4. ↑ http://www.nena.de/discografie/bongo-girl