Unbehagen

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Unbehagen is the second and last album by the Nina Hagen Band before the solo career of singer Nina Hagen. However, By the time of recording, relations between Hagen and the other band members had deteriorated over the course of the European tour for the first album and Hagen decided to leave the band in 1979, though she was still under contract to produce a second album. This LP, Unbehagen (which in German also means discomfort or unease but can be seen as a pun on the band name), was eventually produced with the band recording their tracks in Berlin and Hagen recording the vocals in Los Angeles. "Wenn ich ein Junge wär" was recorded live in April 1979 at the Saarbrücken Congress Hall.

Track listing

All lyrics composed by Nina Hagen; except "Wenn ich ein Junge wär"
Music as indicated

1. "African Reggae" (Bernhard Potschka, Reinhold Heil)
2. "Alptraum" (Herwig Mitteregger)
3. "Wir leben immer... Noch" ("Lucky Number") (Lene Lovich, Les Chappell)
4. "Wenn ich ein Junge wär" (Live-Version) (Heinz Buchholz, Günter Loose)
5. "Hermann hiess er" (Manfred Praeker)
6. "Auf'm Rummel" (Bernhard Potschka)
7. "Wau Wau" (Manfred Praeker, Bernhard Potschka, Herwig Mitteregger, Reinhold Heil)
8. "Fall in Love mit mir" (Manfred Praeker, Bernhard Potschka, Herwig Mitteregger, Reinhold Heil, Hagen)
9. "No Way" (instrumental) (Manfred Praeker, Bernhard Potschka, Herwig Mitteregger, Reinhold Heil)

Personnel

• Nina Hagen - vocals
• Manfred Praeker - bass
• Bernhard Potschka - guitar
• Herwig Mitteregger - drums, percussion
• Reinhold Heil - keyboards

References

• Unbehagen at Allmusic