14 Friendly Abductions: Best of

Nina Hagen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 2, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 2, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002ABN
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,179 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Zarah

2. New York, New York

3. Smack Jack

4. TV-Glotzer (White Punks on Dope)

5. Spirit in the Sky

6. African Reggae

7. Universal Radio [Universal Dance Mix]

8. My Sensation

9. Iki Maska

10. Wir Leben Immer Noch (Lucky Number)

11. Cosma Shiva

12. Zarah [Dance Mix]

13. Zarah [Dub]

14. My Way

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Warning: U.S. versions!, September 7, 2000

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Robert Hallas (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 14 Friendly Abductions: Best of (Audio CD)

This is, of course, great compilation. Nevertheless, I feel i must warn you that many of the tracks on the CD are U.S. versions of songs that are even better (MUCH better, actually) when Nina sings them in German. And I don't even think you have to understand the German lyrics in order to appreciate the difference. I can only interpret fragments of them, and for me the difference between the U.S. and German versions of, for example, New York, New York, is HUGE.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars COSMA INFINITE NINA, March 11, 2006

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J. A. Freakin' Freestyle (CHICAGO, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 14 Friendly Abductions: Best of (Audio CD)

A great listen if you're in the mood for punk rock, high energetic music. And Nina truly delivers! I enjoy this when I just want to get down and get damn crazy in my apartment. My personal favorites are "Zarah";starts off with a slow cabaret style vocal ala MARLENE DIETRICH, but really a tribute to 1930's german singer ZARAH LENDER, which progresses into GIORGIO MORODER'S frenetic dance beats;"COSMA SHIVA" which has a nice groove, yet ethereal and outworldly sounding. Cosma Shiva by the way is the name of her daughter. Other tracks that are noteworthy are AFRICAN REGGAE, SPIRIT IN THE SKY, WHITE PUNKS ON DOPE(don't know the german title off hand), UNIVERSAL RADIO and NEW YORK,NEW YORK.

Julius-Allan

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goth Diva, July 11, 2003

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Reno (Europe (I'm not gonna say where)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 14 Friendly Abductions: Best of (Audio CD)

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.