Nena (album)

Nena
Studio album by Nena
Released	January 14, 1983
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop rock, Neue Deutsche Welle, New Wave
Label	CBS
Nena chronology
Nena (1983) ? (1984)

Nena is the debut album of German pop-rock band Nena. It was released in 1983 and brought the breakthrough in the German pop music. It was part of the music genre called Neue Deutsche Welle (meaning "New German Wave") movement in the German music.

The album was a great success in West Germany and the single "99 Luftballons" reached successful No. 1 in the music charts worldwide including Australia, Austria, Canada, Ireland, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom).

The first single from the album was "Nur geträumt" released a year earlier, in 1982. "99 Luftballons" was the 2nd single, released in 1983. The 3rd and final single was "Leuchtturm", released in 1983, a few months after "99 Luftballons".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Kino" ("Cinema")		2:39
2.	"Indianer" ("Indian")		3:14
3.	"Vollmond" ("Full moon")		3:00
4.	"Nur geträumt" ("Only dreaming")		3:37
5.	"Tanz auf dem Vulkan" ("Dance on the volcano")		3:15
6.	"99 Luftballons" ("99 Red Ballons", literally: "99 air ballons")		3:49
7.	"Zaubertrick" ("Magic trick")		4:14
8.	"Einmal ist keinmal" ("Once is not once")		2:42
9.	"Leuchtturm" ("Lighthouse", literally: "Light tower")		3:14
10.	"Ich bleib' im Bett" ("I stay in bed")		2:40
11.	"Noch einmal" ("Once again")		3:55
12.	"Satellitenstadt" ("Satellite town")		4:32

External links

Nena at Allmusic