Simple Man [Extra tracks, Import]

Klaus Nomi | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 12, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: RCA Victor Europe
• ASIN: B0000072LK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,869 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. From Beyond

2. After The Fall

3. Just One Look

4. Falling In Love Again

5. Icurok

6. Rubberband Lazar

7. Wayward Sisters

8. Ding Dong

9. Three Wishes

10. Simple Man

11. Death

12. Return

Editorial Reviews

Japanese limited LP sleeve replica edition re-creating the original cover art. The second album from the most unusual of German born singers who combined classical, kitsch, country, pop, standards.....and just plain fun into his act. Nomi appearance on the pop scene was something akin to having a being from another planet come to visit who had totally absorbed the whole of human culture and like the Beatles did to R&B, gave it right back to you in a refreshing new way. Just check out his rendition of "Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead"...you've never heard it like this before. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Synth-Popera, January 10, 2003

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Simple Man (Audio CD)

There's plenty of variety on Nomi's second album, providing ample exposure for his impressive vocal range. Just as on his debut, the material is an interesting mix of catchy pop, like Just One Look and Falling In Love Again (sung partly in German) and classical pieces like Death, Return and From Beyond, the somber opening number. My favorite tracks include Rubberband Lazer, an addictive pop song with weird country infusions and brilliant bursts of synth, and the theatrical Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead with its singalong chorus. Klaus Nomi was part of the late 70s/early 80s synth explosion, but his embrace of classical music was unique (although OMD came close on Architecture and Morality), as were the operatic vocal styles he explored. This music remains highly original and inspiring.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mature, January 14, 1999

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[e-mail] (Montreal, http://www.cam.org/~superwt/) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Simple Man (Audio CD)

Another must-get CD. The seeds in Klaus Nomi's debut album are grown in this second album "Simple Man". The most typical Nomi style "After The Fall", a combination of rock and opera, is a production after "Total Eclipse" in his debut album. "Just One Look", another "Lightning Strikes". "Falling In Love Again", a more playful version. "Death", this aria should be called "When I am laid in Earth", Nomi reached the notes heroically! After all, it's a mature of Klaus Nomi, it's more new wave than his first album. It's really a pity that Nomi can't poplarize his style before his death of AIDS in 1983.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A UNIQUE STAR'S INDESCRIBABLE 2ND ALBUM, July 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Simple Man (Audio CD)

Not everyone can hear past the campy-seeming alien persona NOMI was notorious for... to our ears, his work holds up better than most '80s offerings! We saw Klaus's 'debut' at Irving Plaza in Manhattan circa 1979, and knew a star was being born, as he transfixed the packed auditorium with his rendition of a beautiful rare operatic aria for soprano, NAILED by this ghostly Martian! & then he was signed to RCA (Europe), released 2 striking albums, but suddenly croaked from AIDS... There is a Tiny Tim/Eden Ahbez/Liberace facet to the Nomi oeuvre...but also a surprising soulfulness, artistic inventiveness, & range of material you could call daring! Thank God for the Nomi's of the Music World! RIP, Klaus! I hear a domestic compilation is at last in the works...