Cover Me (album)

Cover Me
Studio album by Nena
Publication (s)	September 28, 2007
Label (s)	WSM Warner Music
Genre (s)	Pop rock
Title (number)	31
running time	132 minutes
production	Derek from Krogh Philipp Palm Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen Nena
chronology Will you go with me (2005) Cover Me Made in Germany (2009)
Single releases August 10, 2007 Open your eyes September 21, 2007 I will love you December 7, 2007 My way is my way

Cover Me is Nena's 15th studio album, released on September 28, 2007, and is also the name of the associated tour. With the exception of Open Your Eyes , the double album only contains cover versions by other artists, some of which have also been translated into German. A wide range of international artists such as Marlene Dietrich and the Rolling Stones are covered .

content

Cover Me mainly consists of cover versions of 31 selected classics, but also more current English and German-language pieces.

The double album includes reinterpretations of songs by different artists and bands such as Bob Dylan , Neil Young , Peter Gabriel , The Cure , Pink Floyd , Moby , Air as well as Udo Lindenberg , Ulla Meinecke , DAF , Rammstein , Die Fantastischen Vier or Klee as well as the already mentioned Rolling Stones and Marlene Dietrich.

Nena commented on the song selection as follows:

“They are all songs that move something in me. There is an intense relationship with every piece. Some give me strength, others are important memories. Still others confront me with my thinking patterns. Some of these songs make me cry, others make me laugh. Some of the songs have been with me for over 30 years. They "cover" me in all situations. We just had a lot of fun getting inspired by these songs and interpreting them in our own way. With a lot of respect and love we approached all of these wonderful and important songs and gave them a NENA dress. "

- Nena :

While the German tracks were produced by Derek von Krogh , Philipp Palm and Nena himself, the English-language tracks were produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen , the former composer and keyboard player of the Nena formation . Nena was composer, lyricist and co-producer only on the first single, Mach die Augen , which also served as the title song of the Pro7 climate protection campaign CO2NTRA - Protecting the climate with Galileo .

Receptions

Thomas Winkler wrote in Spiegel Online : “She confidently combines the rhetoric of hit songs with the aesthetics of rock and translates the outdated heart-pain romanticism into the flowery language of modern New Age activists. This modernized emotional fuss fits in the back seat of a motorcycle as well as in the belly dance studio, wherever people look for support and orientation. ”Daniela Reichert considers the album to be only halfway audible and commented critically in laut.de :“ Nena shows how difficult it can be to cover demanding songs or classics. What she's doing here is just plain cruel. Two things stand out in particular: a lack of creativity, which sounds almost too nice for the loveless arrangements of the songs, and a merciless overestimation of one's own vocal abilities. "

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Cover Me   DE 6th 10/15/2007 (6 weeks)   AT 18th 10/12/2007 (5 weeks)   CH 22nd 10/14/2007 (5 weeks)

Singles

Open your eyes   DE 16 08/27/2007 (9 weeks)   AT 34 08/24/2007 (8 weeks)   CH 57 09/09/2007 (1 week) I will love you   DE 34 10/08/2007 (7 weeks)   AT 34 10/12/2007 (3 weeks)

CD 1:

1. Open your eyes - 3:25
2. Ice Age - 2:54
3. The sheriff - 5:15
4. My way is my way - 4:39
5. Heroes - 4:23
6. I will love you - 2:46
7. Remmidemmi - 4:26
8. For all who - 3:20
9. Winter Summer - 3:45
10. Astronaut - 5:31
11. One song - 4:42
12. Nice from behind - 2:50
13. We're building a new city - 2:19
14. In the deep dark corridors of the past - 5:13
15. Your children's children - 3:52
16. For you, I'll do almost anything - 3:24
17. The year 2000 - 4:06

CD 2:

1. The Last Time - 3:47
2. It's All over Now Baby Blue - 3:14 am
3. She's a Rainbow - 3:13
4. Fade into You - 5:04
5. Friday I'm in Love - 2:41
6. Starman - 3:47
7. Blowin 'in the Wind - 4:02
8. Slipping Away - 3:58
9. Sexy Boy - 4:32
10. Big Yellow Taxi - 2:34
11. Children of the Revolution - 3:30
12. After the Goldrush - 6:31
13. Us and Them - 7:03
14. Darkness - 6:26

Web links

• Datasheet for the album on the official website
• Review on laut.de

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1. ↑ Nena on her homepage Nena.de ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 4, 2010  
2. ↑ elektrolurch.com , accessed March 4, 2010
3. ↑ I don't feel you, you don't feel me ... Aha? In: Spiegel Online , September 24, 2007
4. ↑ Reception on laut.de
5. ↑ ^{a b} Sources Chart placements: DE (Singles) ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / DE (albums) ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. / AT / CH , accessed on February 28, 2010