Nena (album)
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Publication |
4th January 1983 |
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Label (s) | CBS | ||||||
Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
40:43 min. |
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Nena is the first studio album by the German pop group Nena and is also the name of the accompanying tour. The album, released in January 1983, contained the hit 99 Luftballons , which entered the US charts at the end of 1983 and was the first German-language title to reach number two there in March 1984.
background
The album was recorded in the Spliff Studio , the studio of the Spliff formation , in Berlin. The two spliff musicians Manfred Praeker and Reinhold Heil were hired as producers , Heil also produced the following two Nena albums ,? (Question mark) and fire and flame . The cover was photographed by Jim Rakete , who was also the band's manager .
There were three singles released, namely the 1982 pre-released Nur Traum , and 1983 99 Luftballons und Leuchtturm .
reception
99 Luftballons entered the US singles charts in December 1983 and reached number 2 on the hit list on March 3, 1984. Nena was awarded a gold record and a platinum record in 1983 . In Germany, the album was number one in the charts, where it could hold for nine weeks. Even 99 balloons reached the top position in the German charts, only dreamed of and lighthouse two square.
tour
→ See main article “Nena” tour
Track list
# | title | Author (s) | Producer (s) | length |
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1 | movie theater | Rolf Brendel | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 2:39 |
2 | Indians | Carlo Karges | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 3:14 |
3 | Full moon | Carlo Karges | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 3:00 |
4th | Just a dream | Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Nena Kerner, Rolf Brendel | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 3:37 |
5 | dance on the volcano | Nena Kerner, Carlo Karges, Jürgen Dehmel | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 3:15 |
6th | 99 balloons | Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Carlo Karges | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 3:49 |
7th | Magic trick | Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Rolf Brendel | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 4:14 |
8th | Once is never | Manne Praeker | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 2:42 |
9 | lighthouse | Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Nena Kerner | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 3:14 |
10 | I stay in bed | Carlo Karges | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 2:40 |
11 | Once again | Carlo Karges | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 3:55 |
12 | Satellite city | Carlo Karges, Jürgen Dehmel | Reinhold Heil, Manne Praeker | 4:32 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ release date
- ^ Billboard.com
- ↑ Database of the Federal Association of the German Phono Industry
- ↑ a b officialcharts.de Charts.de
Web links
- Datasheet for the album on the official website