Nina Hagen (album)

Nina Hagen
Studio album by Nina Hagen
Released	August 23, 1989 (1989-08-23)
Recorded	December 1988 – February 1989
Studio	Voice Versa Studios Eastcote Studios Sarm West Studios, London
Genre	Rock dance-pop
Length	64:52
Label	Mercury
Producer	Zeus B. Held
Nina Hagen chronology
In Ekstasy / In Ekstase (1985) Nina Hagen (1989) Street (1991)
Singles from Nina Hagen
"Hold Me" Released: 1989 "Michail, Michail (Gorbachev Rap) / Hold Me" Released: 1989 "Las Vegas" Released: 1989 "Ave Maria" Released: 1989 "Love Heart Attack" Released: 1990

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Hi-Fi News & Record Review	A:1

Nina Hagen is the fourth solo (and sixth overall) studio album by German singer Nina Hagen. It was released on August 23, 1989, by Mercury Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Move Over"	Janis Joplin	4:36
2.	"Super Freak Family"	Hagen Billy Liesegang	4:18
3.	"Love Heart Attack"	Junger Junior Dawson Miller	4:09
4.	"Hold Me"	Mahalia Jackson (cover) Billy Liesegang	4:08
5.	"Las Vegas"	Doc Pomus Mort Shuman	2:52
6.	"Live on Mars"	Hagen Zeus B. Held	5:02
7.	"Dope Sucks"	Herman Brood	3:06
8.	"Only Seventeen"	Billy Liesegang Dawson Miller Zeus B. Held Hagen	5:10
9.	"Where's the Party"	Hagen Billy Liesegang	3:48
10.	"Michail, Michail (Gorbachev Rap)"	Wolf Biermann	5:07
11.	"Ave Maria"	Franz Schubert Arranged by Hagen, Zeus B. Held	5:26
Total length:			47:15

Notes

• "Live on Mars" is sung in Sanskrit.
• "Michail Michail" and "Ave Maria" are sung in German.

Personnel

• Nina Hagen – vocals
• Billy Liesegang – guitar; bass on "Dope Sucks"
• Luís Jardim – drums, percussion; bass on "Love Heart Attack"
• Zeus B. Held – keyboards
• The Soultanas – background vocals
• Lene Lovich – vocals on "Where's the Party"
• Lemmy – vocals, distorted bass on "Where's the Party"
• Kick Horns – brass on "Only Seventeen"
• Mark Griffiths – bass, guitar on "Hold Me" and "Ave Maria"
• Barry Fitzgerald – drums on "Super Freak Family" and "Dope Sucks"
• Lawrence Cottle – bass on "Only Seventeen"
• Alistair Gavin – piano on "Ave Maria"
• Martin Ditcham – percussion on "Ave Maria"
• The Bortobello Philharmonic, conducted by Richard Niles on "Ave Maria"
• Jean-Paul Gaultier – art direction