''Return of the Mother'' is the ninth solo (and eleventh overall) studio album by
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 ...
, released in 2000.
Track listing
Notes
*"Poetenclub" is a homage to the Austrian popstar
Falco who died two years before. In the song Nina Hagen sings over samples from interviews with Falco, thus creating a post-mortem duet.
*"Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt" and "Yes Sir" were previously sung by
Zarah Leander
Zarah Leander (; 15 March 1907 – 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany between 1936 and 1943, when she was contracted to work for the state-owned Universum Film AG (UFA). Although no exact record ...
. Nina Hagen also covered Zarah Leander's "Ich weiß es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen" on the album ''
Angstlos
''Fearless'' is the 4th studio album by German singer Nina Hagen. It was released in November 1983 by CBS Records. The German version of the album entitled ''Angstlos'' was also released. Produced by Giorgio Moroder and Keith Forsey, the album w ...
''.
*"Return of the Mother" is sung in English, "He Shiva Shankara" in Sanskrit, "Handgrenade" is an English version (with a different backing track) of "Höllenzug".
References
2000 albums
Nina Hagen albums
Albums produced by Reinhold Heil
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