''Nina Hagen'' is the fourth solo (and sixth overall) studio album by German singer

Nina Hagen 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 subculture, punk and New wave music, new wave movements in the late 1970s a ...

. It was released on October 8, 1989, by

Mercury Records Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...

Track listing

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 Luís Alberto Figueira Gonçalves Jardim (born 4 July 1950) is a Portuguese percussionist, born in the Madeira Island, best known for his work with producer Trevor Horn. Family Jardim is a cousin of Alberto João Jardim (former president of the ...

– drums, percussion; bass on "Love Heart Attack" *

Zeus B. Held Zeus B. Held is a German music producer and musician, known for his work in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He was involved with several artists of the krautrock, disco, and new wave era, such as Birth Control, Rockets, Gina X Performance, Dea ...

– keyboards *The Soultanas – background vocals *

Lene Lovich Lene Lovich (; born Lili-Marlene Premilovich; March 30, 1949) is an English-American singer, songwriter and musician. She first gained attention in 1979 with the release of her hit single "Lucky Number", which peaked at number 3 on the UK Single ...

– vocals on "Where's the Party" *

Lemmy Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy Kilmister or simply Lemmy, was an English musician. He was the founder, lead singer, bassist and primary songwriter of the rock band Motörhead, of which he wa ...

– 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 Martin Ditcham is an English drummer, percussionist and songwriter. Ditcham is a prolific session musician, working with artists such as Henry Cow, Status Quo, Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Roger Daltrey, Sade, Mary Black, Nik Kershaw, Chris ...

– percussion on "Ave Maria" *The Bortobello Philharmonic, conducted by

Richard Niles Richard Niles is an American composer, arranger, record producer, guitarist, broadcaster, and journalist. Biography Early years Niles was born May 28, 1951, in Hollywood. He is the son of Tony Romano, a composer, singer, and guitarist who writ ...

on "Ave Maria" *

Jean-Paul Gaultier Jean Paul Gaultier (; born 24 April 1952) is a French haute couture and Ready-to-wear, prêt-à-porter fashion designer. He is described as an "enfant terrible" of the fashion industry and is known for his unconventional designs with motifs inc ...

- art direction

References

{{Authority control 1989 albums Nina Hagen albums Mercury Records albums