Goth Diva

Nina Hagen.
This compilation covers her career from 78-85.
Her ferious debut back in 1978, made Nina a major star in Germany and nothern Europe.
Her first english lp, Nunsexmonkrock was released in 82'and the American critics reeled in horror. They couldn't take her honest opinion about how the world was evolving back then.
She continued to be successful, she scored a top ten dance hit with, New York New York and got a number #1 dance hit with, Universal Radio. Nina uses every aspects of communicating, she screams, joddles, talks and she even sings.
If you're looking for something different and unique, then pick up this album, hate or love her, it's doesn't make a difference, because she will get your full attention.

I... I can't begin to describe this disc...

Let's get this out of the way first thing -- this CD is atrociously bad. My friend suggested that I pick it up, which I did, and, well, I'm completely flabbergasted. And [angry] that i wasted [money] at a used music store. It's stupid, disposable German new-wave pop. I can't fathom why everyone keeps referring to this woman as a punk pioneer. If she ever was, this album provides no clues. My advice is to download the song "New York New York" for the humor value (come on, "New York is der hahttest place for a honeymoon in a hodel ryeum"?) and stay the hell away from the rest of her work forever.

Mother of Punk's Greatest

This is one of the most outgoing best-of CDs ever. Usually they are simply a few of the band's most radio-friendly songs stuck onto a CD, barely using half of the 80 alloted minutes. Nina Hagen is different.



This CD features a diverse arrangement of tracks spanning the artist's career. It is also not completely limited to english versions, and features a substancial amount of the original German recordings.



Many people may be appauled by Nina's unique sound. For one, she dosen't sing all the time. Besides singing, her vocals also include talking and even vocal noises. As her long time friend Lene Lovich has said, "Sometimes you can't express an emotion with words. This is when small vocally expressed sounds come in." Nina is truly an original artist.



The only imporvement I can think of would to invent a CD that can hold an extra 5 minutes of music, just for Nina's duet with Lene Lovich, "Don't Kill The Animals".