Nena (album)
| Nena | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 14 January 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Studio | Spliff Studio, West Berlin | |||
| Genre | Neue Deutsche Welle, pop rock, new wave | |||
| Length | 41:23 | |||
| Language | German | |||
| Label | CBS | |||
| Producer | Reinhold Heil, Manfred Praeker | |||
| Nena chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Nena | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
Nena is the first album by German pop rock band Nena and the second studio album of its singer, Gabriele "Nena" Kerner. Released on 14 January 1983, it is part of the music genre called Neue Deutsche Welle (meaning "New German Wave") in German music.
The album was a great success in West Germany and the second single "99 Luftballons" reached No. 1 in the music charts worldwide including Australia, Austria, Canada, the Irish Singles Chart, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom Singles Chart. The single is considered a "one-hit wonder" by many in the US, despite the fact that the band's other singles repeatedly topped European charts. It was produced by Manfred Praeker and Reinhold Heil of the German band Spliff.
The album has been initially released as a vinyl LP, cassette and CD.
The first single from the album, "Nur geträumt", was released a year earlier, in 1982. "99 Luftballons" was the second single, released in 1983. The third and final single was "Leuchtturm", released in 1983, a few months after "99 Luftballons".