Nina Hagen Band - Unbehagen (1979) - €4,99

Catharina "Nina" Hagen (born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rose to prominence during the punk and new wave movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Unbehagen is the second studio album by Nina Hagen Band released in 1979 by CBS Records.
It is the last album released by the band, before Nina Hagen decided to pursue a solo career. The band kept on performing under the name Spliff.
The album gained significant attention throughout Germany and abroad. However, relations between Hagen and the other band members deteriorated over the course of the subsequent European tour, and Hagen decided to leave the band in 1979.
The album 'Unbehagen' (which in German means discomfort or unease), was produced with the band recording their tracks in Berlin and Hagen recording the vocals in Los Angeles. The other band members went on as the band 'Spliff'. Meanwhile, Hagen's public persona was steadily creating media uproar and she became infamous for an appearance on an Austrian talk show called Club 2, in which she simulated masturbation. She also acted with Dutch rocker Herman Brood and singer Lene Lovich in the movie 'Cha Cha'.

The album produced three singles, "African Reggae", "Herrmann hiess er" and "Auf'm Rummel". "Herrmann hiess er" deals with a drug addiction and is believed to be about Hagen's ex-boyfriend Herman Brood. The accompanying music video was also released.
The album also contains a German cover version, "Wir leben immer... noch", of Lene Lovich's hit single "Lucky Number". The song "Wenn ich ein Junge wär" was recorded live in April 1979 at the Saarbrücken Congress Hall.


Side A
A1. African Reggae - 6:17
A2. Alptraum - 6:10
A3. Wir Leben Immer… Noch (Lucky Number) - 4:53
A4. Wenn Ich Ein Junge Wär (Live-Version) - 2:14

Side B
B1. Herrmann Hieß Er - 6:34
B2. Auf’m Rummel - 4:32
B3. Wau Wau - 2:07
B4. Fall In Love Mit Mir - 3:47
B5. No Way (Instrumental) - 1:05


Nina Hagen Band

• Nina Hagen – vocals
• Bernhard Potschka – guitar
• Reinhold Heil – keyboards; bass synthesiser on "No Way"
• Manfred Praeker – bass; rhythm guitar on "No Way"
• Herwig Mitteregger – drums, percussion

Technical

• Ruiz & Carlier - artwork, design
• Alain Bizos - photography

Notes
Released: 1979
Genre:  Punk Rock / Neue Deutsche Welle
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  CBS 84104
Prijs:  €4,99

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Front Damaged

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