Za Bakdaz

Za Bakdaz

Infobox Album
Name = Za Bakdaz
Type = studio
Artist = Klaus Nomi


Released = December 2007
Recorded = Original sessions 1979-1983; completed between 1984-2006 at the home studio of Page Wood and George Elliott.
Genre = New Wave, Opera
Length =
Label = Heliocentric
Producer = Klaus Nomi, George Elliott, Page Wood
Reviews =
*PopMatters Rating-10|8 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/53490/klaus-nomi-za-bakdaz/ link]
Last album = "In Concert"
(1986)
This album = "Za Bakdaz"
(2008)
Next album =

"Za Bakdaz" a collection of songs German countertenor Klaus Nomi was working on up until his death in 1983, released posthumously in 2007. The large majority of the tracks have never before seen a studio release. Some of those involved with the project hint that the album was nowhere near completed at the time of Klaus' passing.Fact|date=July 2008

Nomi died of complications from AIDS, a disease poorly understood at that time.cite journal|title=Klaus Nomi|first=Rupert|last=Smith|work=Attitude|volume=Vol. 1|issue=3|month=July|year=1994|location=London, England|url=http://pagesperso-orange.fr/klaus.nomi/biography.html|quote=The doctors discovered that Nomi's immune system had collapsed, and also found a rare form of skin cancer, Kaposi's Sarcoma, breaking out on his body. The condition was not yet known as AIDS.]

Track listing

#"High Wire" - 2:04
#"Valentine's Day" - 2:49
#"Enchante" - 4:31
#"Overture" - 2:42
#"Cre Spoda" - 3:03
#"Metronomi" - 2:44
#"Intermezzzo" -1:16
#"Za Bakdaz (live)" - 3:09
#"Perna-A-Gyre" - 2:56
#"Finale" - 2:33
#"Rubber Band Lazer" - 2:21
#"Silent Night" - 1:38

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