Friday, May 7, 2010

Nina Hagen




Catharina Hagen was born on March 11, 1955 in East Berlin, Germany. Her parents are scriptwriter Hans Hagen (also knows as Hans Oliva) and actress and singer Eva Maria Hagen. Her paternal grandparents were Jewish and died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Her parents divorced when she was two years old and she got to see her father quite infrequently. At age four, she started studying ballet, and was considered an opera prodigy at age nine. The story about how she got started in opera lessons says that one day little Nina accompanied her mother for rehearsals for a play. Little Nina approached a woman and asked her about opera and the woman told Nina to just open her mouth as if she were yawning and let out a note. When little Nina did as told, everyone came out surprised and noticed that the amazing note that came out was from a 9 year old girl. By the time she was 13, she was already an opera singer. Around the time Nina was 11, she managed to find God and include Him in her life, despite the fact that her parents were atheists. From that time on, Nina became deeply spiritual and religious and this would reflect in her later work. Also, around this time, her mother remarried and her new husband was protest singer/songwriter, Wolf Biermann. Biermann's political views influenced Nina. Because of this Hagen was dishonorably expelled from the Free German Youth organization at age 12, and became active in political protests against the East German government, including the protest for the former USSR's invasion to former Czechoslovakia. At age 16, Hagen left school and later joined the cover band Fritzens Dampferband (Fritzen's Steamboat Band), together with Achim Mentzel and others. She added songs by Janis Joplin and Tina Turner to the "allowable" setlists during shows. From 1972-1973, Hagen enrolled in the crash-course performance program at The Central Studio for Light Music in East Berlin. Following graduation, Nina formed her band Automobil. This band would be among East Germany's most famous bands, and their most famous song was Du Hast den Farbfilm Vergessen ("You Forgot the Color Film"), released in 1974. Music in East Germany wasn't easy to be recorded because at the time there was a Censhorship Bureau, controlled by the government, which revised every single song that was gonna hit the airwaves to see if its content was adequate, if the music was adequate and didn't show any signs of slamming the government. However, her musical career in East Germany was cut short when she and her mother left East Germany in 1976, following the expulsion of her stepfather. The circumstances surrounding the family's emigration were exceptional: Biermann was granted permission to perform a televised concert in Cologne, but denied permission to re-cross the border to his home country. During a period when bureaucracy was the norm, and families divided by the Berlin Wall had not seen one another in decades, Hagen submitted an application to leave the country. In it, she claimed to be Biermann's biological daughter, and threatened to become the next Wolf Biermann if not allowed to rejoin her father. Just four days later her request was granted, and she settled in Hamburg, where she was signed to a CBS-affiliated record label. Her label advised her to acclimate herself to Western culture through travel, and she arrived in London during the height of the punk rock movement. Hagen was quickly taken up by a circle that included The Slits and the Sex Pistols; Johnny Rotten was a particular admirer. During this travel, was when her famous nickname, The Mother of Punk was born. When she surrounded herself with other fellow punks, since she was the oldest and was seen as some sort of mother figure, that's when the others called her The Mother of Punk. This is a nickname that remains with Nina up to this day. Back in Germany by mid-1977, Hagen formed the Nina Hagen Band in West Berlin's Kreuzberg district. In 1978 they released their self-titled debut album, which included the single "TV-Glotzer" (a cover of "White Punks on Dope" by The Tubes, though with entirely different German lyrics), and Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo, about West Berlin's then-notorious Berlin Zoologischer Garten station. The album also included a version of "Rangehn" (approximately, "Go On"), a song she had previously recorded in East Germany, but with different music. According to reviewer Fritz Rumler:

"… she thrusts herself into the music, aggressively, directly, furiously, roars in the most beautiful opera alto, then, through shrieks and squeals, precipitates into luminous soprano heights, she parodies, satirises, and howls on stage like a dervish."

The album gained significant attention throughout Germany and abroad, both for its hard rock sound and for Hagen's theatrical vocals, far different from the straightforward singing of her East German recordings. However, relations between Hagen and the other band members deteriorated over the course of the subsequent European tour, 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), was eventually produced with the band recording their tracks in Berlin and Hagen recording the vocals in Los Angeles, California. It included the single "African Reggae" and a cover of Lene Lovich's "Lucky Number". The other band members sans Hagen, soon developed a successful independent musical career as Spliff.Meanwhile, Hagen's public persona was steadily creating media uproar. She became infamous for an appearance on an Austrian evening talk show called Club 2, on 9th August 1979, on the topic of youth culture, when she demonstrated (while clothed, but explicitly) various female masturbation positions and became embroiled in a heated argument with another panelist. The talk show host had to step down following this controversy. She also acted with Dutch rocker Herman Brood and singer Lene Lovich in the 1979 film Cha Cha. Hagen's discomfort with Nina Hagen Band and a strong desire to pursue a solo career were reflected in the band's cancellation of an European tour in 1980. Later that year, Nina found out she was pregnant, broke up with father-to-be Ferdinand Karmelk and moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter, Cosma Shiva, was born on May 17, 1981 in Santa Monica, California. When Nina was 4 months pregnant with Cosma, she experienced a UFO sightseeing. She has narrated this in several interviews and this would be a recurrent theme in her work. During this time, Nina cut off all her hair for spiritual cleansing motives and started incorporating Hinduist beliefs into her life. The rest of 1981, Nina spent her time recording what would be her debut album both as a solo artist and as an emerging artist in the U.S. In May 1982, the finished product was released and was called NunSexMonkRock. When the album was released, it caused several reactions. Radio stations didn't know how to classify the music of this album, music critics were shocked and didn't understand the album, and the audience while some where shocked and scared others were intrigued and curious about this unknown German artist. Nina then went on touring this album with the No Problem Orchestra. In 1983, Nina released the German album Angstlos (in 1984 she would release the English version for it, Fearless) and supported the album with a minor European tour. By this time, Hagen's public appeareances were becoming stranger and frequently included discussions of God, UFOs, her social and political beliefs, animal rights and vivisection, and claims of alien sightings. The English version of Angstlos, Fearless, generated two major club hits in America, "Zarah" (a cover of the Zarah Leander (#45 USA) song "Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen") and the disco/punk/opera song, "New York New York" (#9 USA, Dance charts). From 1984 to 1985, she dated Anthony Kiedis, the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Her 1985 album Nina Hagen In Ekstasy fared less well, but did generate club hits with "Universal Radio" (#39 USA) and a cover of "Spirit In The Sky" and also featured a 1979 recording of her hardcore punk take on Frank Sinatra's My Way, which had been one of her signature live tunes in previous years. Her contract with CBS over, she released the Punk Wedding EP independently in 1987, a celebration of her marriage to a 17-year-old-punk nicknamed 'Iroquois'. It followed an independent 1986 one-off single with Lene Lovich, the anthemic Don't Kill The Animals. In 1989, Hagen released the album Nina Hagen which was backed up by another German tour. In 1989 she had a relationship with Frank Chevallier from France, with whom she has a son, Otis Chevallier-Hagen, born in 1990.

In the 1990s, Hagen lived in Paris with her daughter Cosma Shiva and son Otis. In 1991 she toured Europe in support of her new album Street. In 1992 Hagen became the host of a TV show on RTLplus. Also in the same year (1992) she collaborated with Adamski on the European smash and minor uk hit single "Get Your Body". The following year, she released Revolution Ballroom.In 1994 Laramy Smith recorded Nina at Ferber Studios in Paris, for the "Somebody Help Me" project, a song to aid the homeless worldwide. In 1994, NIna starred in the acclaimed San Francisco Goethe Institut's "The Seven Addictions and Five Professions of Anita Berber," playing the singer version of "Anita" alongside dancer Jennifer Pieren who portrayed the other "professions" of "Anita." 1995 brought the German-language album FreuD Euch appeared, recorded in English as Beehappy in 1996. Nina returned to San Francisco to star in another San Francisco Goethe Institut show, "Hannusen, Hitler's Jewish Clarvoyant." Hagen also collaborated with electronic music composer Christopher Franke, along with Rick Jude on "Alchemy of Love", the theme song for the film Tenchi Muyo! in Love. In May of 1996, She married David Lynn, who is fifteen years younger, but was divorced him in the beginning of 2000. In 1997 she collaborated with German hip hop musician Thomas D. In 1998, Hagen became the host of a weekly science fiction show on the British Sci-Fi Channel, in addition to embarking on another tour of Germany. In 1999, she released the devotional album Om Namah Shivay, which was distributed exclusively online and included an unadulterated musical version of the Hare Krishna mantra (in real life she believes that the Hindu incarnation of God known as Krishna was 'the king of Jerusalem'. Krishna is sometimes referred to as "Christ"). She also provided vocals to "Witness" and "Bereit" on KMFDM's Adios. Also in 1998 she recorded the official club anthem (Eisern Union !) for FC Union Berlin and four versions were issued on a CD single by G.I.B Music and Distribution GmbH. In 1999, she played the role of Celia Peachum in The Threepenny Opera by Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht, alongside Max Raabe.

In 2000, her song Schön ist die Welt became the official song of Expo 2000. Another cover of a Zarah Leander song "Der Wind hat mir ein Lied erzählt" was a minor hit the same year. The album The Return of the Mother was released in February 2001, accompanied by another German tour. In 2001 she collaborated with Rosenstolz and Marc Almond on the single Total eclipse/Die schwarze Witwe that reached #22 in Germany. On 14th of October 2002 Nina hit Moscow by coming there with her concert, while interviews with the eccentric singer were aired on many TV-channels. Hagen dubbed the voice of Sally in the German release of Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and she has also done voice work on the movie Hot Dogs by Michael Schoemann. Hagen has been featured on songs by other bands, for instance on Oomph!'s song "Fieber".In 2003, she did a cover of Rammstein's "Seemann" with Apocalyptica. Later albums include Big Band Explosion, in which she sang numerous swing covers with her then husband, Danish singer and performer, Lucas Alexander. This was followed by Heiß, a greatest hits album. Her most recent album, Journey to The Snow Queen, is more of an audio book—she reads the Snow Queen fairy tale with Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker in the background. In 2005 Nina Hagen headlined the Drop Dead Festival in New York City. Hagen has been an active protester against the war in Iraq. In 2006 she was a part of the Popstars team. She is a vegetarian. In August 2009 she was baptized in the Protestant Reformed church of Schüttorf. On October 21th after 7 years passed she visited Moscow again. It has now been revealed that her new album will consist of gospel music and it will be named Personal Jesus. Stay tuned for more details.

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Nina Hagen Band (1978)

Nina Hagen Band was the first studio album for Nina Hagen's project at the moment, Nina Hagen Band. It was released in 1978. Nina and her band co-wrote most of the songs and produced the album. The album consists of hard rock sound with punk elements. This album includes their famous cover of The Tubes' White Punks on Dope, which Nina Hagen Band retitled as TV Glotzer (White Punks on Dope) and was sung entirely in German. TV Glotzer was the only single released from this album.

Tracklist:

1-) TV Glotzer (White Punks on Dope). (TV Gawker).
2-) Rangehn.
3-) Unbeschreiblich Weiblich (Indescribably Feminine).
4-) Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo (At the Train Station Zoo).
5-) Naturträne (Tears of Nature).
6-) Superboy.
7-) Heiß (Hot).
8-) Fisch im Wasser (Fish in Water).
9-) Auf'm Friedhof (At the Cemetery).
10-) Der Spinner (The Lunatic).
11-) Pank.

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Unbehagen (1979)

Unbehagen was the second and last album of the Nina Hagen Band before Nina's abandonment of the band for her solo career. It was released on 1979. Unbehagen means "discomfort" in German but it can be seen as a pun on the band's name. The only single released from this album was African Reggae. Wenn Ich Ein Junge Wär was recorded live in April 1979 at the Saarbrücken Congress Hall. This album also includes their cover of Nina's friend and fellow singer Lene Lovich's My Lucky Number with the track Wir Leben Immer Noch.

Tracklist:

1-) African Reggae.
2-) Alptraum (Nightmare).
3-) Wir Leben Immer… Noch (My Lucky Number) (We're Still Alive).
4-) Wenn Ich Ein Junge Wär (If I Was a Boy).
5-) Herrmann Hiess Er (Herrmann Was His Name).
6-) Auf'm Rummel (Down at the Carnival).
7-) Wau Wau (Bow-Wow).
8-) Fall in Love Mit Mir (Fall in Love with Me).
9-) No Way (Instrumental).

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NunSexMonkRock (1982)

Nina's first solo album and third in total, NunSexMonkRock was released in May 1982 through CBS Records. This debut album helped Nina become well known in the States and due to the sound of this album, radio stations didn't know which musical genre this album belonged to, the music critics were confused and the audience while shocked they were also intrigued by Nina Hagen.Lyrically, the album tackles meditation, science vs. religion war, masturbation, UFO's, even her ode to her daughter, track Cosma Shiva, the effects of a potential atomic war, among other topics. Nina toured this album along with the No Problems Orchestra in 1982. NunSexMonkRock was rereleased in 1991 with 4 bonus tracks which were: TV Glotzer, Superboy, African Reggae and Wir Leben Immer Noch. The only single taken from this album was Smack Jack, her anti-drug anthem. The uploaded file will be the one with the original tracklist.

Tracklist:

1-) Antiworld.
2-) Smack Jack.
3-) Taitschi-Tarot.
4-) Dread Love.
5-) Future Is Now.
6-) Born in Xixax.
7-) Iki Maska.
8-) Dr. Art.
9-) Cosma Shiva.
10-) UFO.

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Detroit '82 (1982) (***NEW***)

This is an unofficial live album in support of her NunSexMonkRock tour. This recording is taken from her date at Clutch Cargo's in Detroit, Michigan on July 31, 1982. Hits like Smack Jack and African Reggae appear here as well as cover songs like Boney M's Rivers of Babylon and her signature live cover version of Habanera, among many others.

Tracklist:

1-) Habanera.

2-) Dread Love.

3-) Antiworld.

4-) Alright Tonight.

5-) Future Is Now.

6-) Alptraum.

7-) Queen of Audio Video.

8-) Revolution.

9-) Taitschi-Tarot.

10-) Born In Xixax.

11-) James Brown.

12-) Glory Glory Hallelujah.

13-) UFO.

14-) Cosma Shiva.

15-) Rivers of Babylon.

16-) African Reggae.

17-) Smack Jack.

18-) Satisfaction.

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Angstlos (1983) / Fearless (1984)

Angstlos is Nina Hagen's second solo release. It was released in late 1983. The record company asked Nina to tone down for her upcoming album, due to the reactions that her previous release NunSexMonkRock caused. Nina enlisted the help of famed producer and songwriter, Giorgio Moroder, who had just produced the soundtrack for the Flashdance film, so it's no surprise if this album reminds you of Flashdance…What a Feeling but with Nina's vocals, hehe. The singles released from this album were her signature hit New York New York (#9 U.S. Dance charts) and her ode to Swedish singer Zarah Leander, Zarah, which included a snippet of Zarah Leander's song Ich Weiss Es Wird Einmal Ein Wunder Geschehn. In 1984, the English version of this record, Fearless, was released. This album includes a collaboration with then unknown and quite young Red Hot Chili Peppers, with the song What It Is. Nina dated frontman Anthony Kiedis during this time. Nina Hagen supported this album with her Intergalactic World Tour in 1984. Fearless was rereleased in 2007 by Columbia Records.

Angstlos Tracklist:

1-) New York, New York.
2-) Was Es Ist.
3-) Lorelei.
4-) Zarah.
5-) Frühling in Paris.
6-) I Love Paul.
7-) My Sensation.
8-) Newsflash.
9-) The Change.

Fearless Tracklist:

1-) New York, New York.
2-) My Sensation.
3-) Flying Saucers.
4-) I Love Paul.
5-) The Change.
6-) Silent Love.
7-) What It Is.
8-) TV Snooze.
9-) Springtime in Paris.
10-) Zarah.

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Nina Hagen in Ekstase / Nina Hagen in Ekstasy (1985)

Nina's third studio album, Nina Hagen in Ekstase (the German version) and its sister album in English, Nina Hagen in Ekstasy, were released in 1985. Both albums were recorded in Ibiza, Spain, at Nina's home. The only single released from this album was Universal Radio, which made it to #39 in the U.S. Dance charts. During this time, Nina toured the album, including a very famous appearance at Rock in Rio, which gathered 250, 000 people seeing Nina. This is the reason why Nina became famous in Brazil, from that day on. This album includes a collaboration with famous rapper Afrika Bambaataa and also a cover version of Norman Greenbaum's old hippie hit, Spirit in the Sky. Also, Nina's cover of Paul Anka's and most famously, Frank Sinatra's My Way finally saw the light of day, since it was recorded in 1979 in pure punk fashion but it had never been released on any albums because it didn't fit with her other albums, until this one. Also, this album includes the track Vater Unser and The Lord's Prayer in the English version, which is a mixture of the famous prayer The Lord's Prayer ("In the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit………") with Aram Khachaturian's Sabre Dance with glam pop music.

Nina Hagen in Ekstase tracklist (German version/Versión en Alemán):

1-) Universelles Radio.
2-) Die UFOS Sind Da.
3-) Russischer Reggae.
4-) My Way.
5-) 1985 Ekstasy Drive.
6-) Prima Nina In Ekstase.
7-) Gott Im Himmel (Spirit in the Sky).
8-) Atomic Flash Deluxe.
9-) Vater Unser.
10-) Gott Im Himmel (Spirit in the Sky) (Reprise).

Nina Hagen in Ekstasy tracklist (English version/Versión en Inglés):

1-) Universal Radio.
2-) Gods of Aquarius.
3-) Russian Reggae.
4-) My Way.
5-) 1985 Ekstasy Drive.
6-) Prima Nina in Ekstasy.
7-) Spirit in the Sky.
8-) Atomic Flash Deluxe.
9-) The Lord's Prayer.
10-) Gott Im Himmel (Reprise).
11-) Universal Radio (Dance Mix).

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Nina Hagen Live at Montreux (1985)

Nina Hagen Live at Montreux is an unofficial release of Nina Hagen's 1985 presentation at the prestigious Montreux festival held every year at Montreux, Switzerland. This presentation happened in time to promote her In Ekstase/In Ekstasy albums. This includes some tracks from those albums plus some of her old hits with the Nina Hagen Band and her signature hit, New York New York and a reworked version of Georges Bizet's Habanera from the Carmen opera, and more.

Tracklist:

1-) Naturträne.
2-) Die UFOS Sind Da.
3-) Habanera.
4-) Universal Radio.
5-) TV Glotzer (White Punks on Dope).
6-) New York, New York.
7-) 1985 Ekstasy Drive.
8-) Russian Reggae.
9-) Prima Nina in Ekstasy.
10-) African Reggae.
11-) Rangehn.
12-) Spirit in the Sky.
13-) Zarah.
14-) The Lord's Prayer.
15-) Herrmann Hiess Er.
16-) My Way.
17-) Wenn Ich Ein Junge Wär.

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Nina Hagen (1989)

Nina Hagen is Nina's self-titled release from 1989. This album includes collaborations with Mötorhead's singer Lemmy and her friend Lene Lovich. Some of its tracks include her cover version of Schubert's Ave Maria with German lyrics written by Nina herself, a cover of her hero Janis Joplin's Move Over and a cover of one of her other heroes, David Bowie's Life on Mars, among other tracks.

Tracklist:

1-) Move Over.
2-) Super Freak Family.
3-) Love Heart Attack.
4-) Hold Me.
5-) Las Vegas.
6-) Live on Mars.
7-) Dope Sucks.
8-) Only Seventeen.
9-) Where's the Party.
10-) Michail Michail (Gorbachev Rap).
11-) Ave Maria.

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Street (1991)

Nina Hagen's Street was released in 1991. It's her first material since she became a mom with her son Otis, born in 1990. This album flirts with both early 90's rap and hip/hop music. The singles released from this album were: Blumen für die Damen, In My World and Berlin (Is Dufte!).


Tracklist:

1-) Blumen für die Damen (ft. M.C. Shawn) (Flowers for the Women).
2-) Divine Love, Sex & Romance.
3-) Ruler of my Heart.
4-) Love-Hi.
5-) Keep It Live (ft. Nati Williams and Adamski).
6-) Berlin (Is Dufte!) (Berlin (Is Great!))
7-) In My World.
8-) Gretchen.
9-) Erfurt & Gera.
10-) All 4 Franckie (ft. Adamski)
11-) Nina IV President (ft. M.C. Shawn)
12-) Good Vibrations (CD release bonus).

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Revolution Ballroom (1993)

Revolution Ballroom is Nina Hagen's studio album released in 1993.

Tracklist:

1-) So Bad.
2-) Revolution Ballroom.
3-) Right on Time.
4-) Pollution Pirates.
5-) King of Hearts.
6-) L'Amore.
7-) Pillow Talk.
8-) Berlin.
9-) I'm Going to Live the Life.
10-) Gypsy Love.
11-) Omhaidakhandi.

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FreuD Euch (1995)/BeeHappy (1996)

Freud Euch is Nina Hagen's studio album, released on January 1, 1995. This album is very punk. However, it includes reggae music such as in the case of the track Tiere (Animals). Speaking of Tiere, it's worthy of mention to say that Tiere has a strong message in which Hagen denounces mistreatment of animals and how we should let them live. Nina is a strong PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) activist. BeeHappy is the English version of FreuD Euch, released on January 1, 1996.

FreuD Euch Tracklist:

1-) (Another Junkie) Einfach Nina.
2-) Lass Mich in Ruhe!
3-) Stacheldraht.
4-) Tiere.
5-) Zero Zero U.F.O.
6-) Gloria Halleluja Amen.
7-) Geburt.
8-) Sonntagmorgen.
9-) Abgehaun.
10-) Freiheitslied.
11-) Wende.
12-) Kunst.
13-) Riesenschritt.
14-) Sternmädchen.
15-) Elefantengott Jai Ganesh.

BeeHappy tracklist:

1-) Runaway.
2-) Giant Step.
3-) Born to Die in Berlin.
4-) Sunday Morning.
5-) Shiva.
6-) Barbed Wire.
7-) Ska Thing.
8-) The Art.
9-) Zero Zero U.F.O.
10-) Freedom Fighter.
11-) I Am Nina (Junkie).
12-) Star Girl.
13-) Leave Me Alone.
14-) Tiere.

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Om Namah Shivay (1999)

Om Namah Shivay is Nina Hagen's studio album, released on October 29, 1999. This record is totally different to anything Hagen had ever done because Nina here performs mantras (religious songs from India). The CD release includes 2 CDs. The first one which is a 13-track CD and the second one which consists of live audio performances of some of Om Namah Shivay's tracks, under the name of Indische Nächte Live. It also includes a bonus movie. As stated by Nina herself on the CD's liner notes, the album is dedicated to God and to all human beings and animals and Mother Nature and to all of God's creation, in all universes! Nina also says on the CD's liner notes that half of the price of this CD (50%) goes directly to the Chernobyl Children's Hospital #14 in Kiev, Ukraine; to the Baba Haidhakan charitable research Hospital in Chilanda, India; to the Elisabeth Hospiz in Lohmar-Deesem, Germany and to the Fundraising towards the Tibetan children, who have to cross the many mountains towards freedom and she lists several more addresses where the CD buyer could donate more money, including the Children of the Streets in Brazil Project.

Tracklist:

1-) Shanti Invocation, Ganesha Mantra and Om with Didgeridoo.
2-) From Durga Saptashati (700 Names in Praise of Mother Durga).
3-) Shri Siddha Siddeshvari Mata Haidakandeshvariji Aarati.
4-) Mrityunajaya Mantra.
5-) Jai Mata Kali, Jai Mata Durge!
6-) Hare Krishna Hare Rama!
7-) He Shiva Shankara.
8-) Om Namah Shivay
9-) Gayatri Mantra!
10-) Oh Mata Haidhakandeshvari!
11-) Sankirtana!
12-) Hara Hara Amarnatha Gange.
13-) Shanti Mantra.

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Return of the Mother (2000)

Return of the Mother is Nina Hagen's studio album, released on March 28, 2000. This album includes some cover versions such as Zarah Leander's Der Wind Hat Mir Ein Lied Erzählt, Yes Sir and also includes the previously released, He Shiva Shankara. The only single released from here was Der Wind Hat Mir Ein Lied Erzählt.

Tracklist:

1-) Return of the Mother.
2-) Der Wind Hat Mir Ein Lied Erzählt (The Wind Told Me a Song).
3-) Schachmatt. (Checkmate).
4-) Frequenzkontrolle. (Frequency Control)
5-) Poetenclub. (Poets Club).
6-) Höllenzug. (Hell's Train).
7-) Schüttel Mich. (Shake Me).
8-) Yes Sir.
9-) Handgrenade.
10-) He Shiva Shankara.

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Big Band Explosion (2003)

Big Band Explosion is Nina Hagen's studio album released on December 9, 2003. It features the Leipzig Big Band.

Tracklist:
1-) Let Me Entertain You.
2-) Sugar Blues.
3-) I Want to Be Happy.
4-) The Lady Loves Me (duet with Lucas Alexander).
5-) Rhythm & Romance.
6-) Rainbow. (Somewhere Over the Rainbow Big Band Explosion Version)
7-) If You Ever Should Leave.
8-) Fever.
9-) Love & Kisses.
10-) All Over Nothing at All.
11-) Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (duet with Lucas Alexander).
12-) Starlit Hour.

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Irgendwo auf der Welt (2006)

Irgendwo auf der Welt is Nina Hagen's studio album released on April 24, 2006. Nina Hagen here performs 20's, 30's, and 40's songs both in German and in English, supported by the Capital Dance Orchestra.

Tracklist:

1-) Irgendwo auf der Welt. (Anywhere in the World)
2-) Deep in a Dream.
3-) Serenade in Blue.
4-) Flat Foot Floogie.
5-) Yes, Sir.
6-) An Einem Tag im Frühling. (One Day in Spring).
7-) Halli, Hallo.
8-) Summertime.
9-) Somewhere over the Rainbow. (Irgenwo auf der Welt Version)
10-) But Not for Me.
11-) And the Angels Sing.
12-) Der Wind Hat Mir Ein Lied Erzählt. (The Wind Told Me a Song).
13-) Roter Mohn. (Red Poppy).
14-) Day in Day out.
15-) Bei Mir Bist Du Scheen. (For Me You're Beautiful)
16-) Happiness.
17-) Für Mich Soll's Rote Rosen Regnen. (For Me to Rain's Red Roses).

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Personal Jesus (2010)

Personal Jesus is Nina Hagen's studio album, released on July 16, 2010 in Europe and on July 27, 2010 in the U.S. The album consists of mainly gospel music but also blues and a bit of rock. Nina Hagen herself has explained that through this album she wants to explain her personal story and experience with Jesus. This album includes her cover version of Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus.

Tracklist:

1-) God's Radar.

2-) I'll Live Again.

3-) Personal Jesus.

4-) Nobody's Fault but Mine.

5-) Down at the Cross.

6-) Just a Little Talk with Jesus.

7-) Mean Old World.

8-) Help Me.

9-) Take Jesus with You.

10-) On the Battlefield.

11-) Run On.

12-) All You Fascists Bound to Lose.

13-) Sometimes I Ring up Heaven.

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Monday, May 3, 2010

Blondie/Debbie Harry





Blondie is an American rock band formed by singer Debbie Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. In the early 1970's, Chris Stein moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Inspired by the music scene called New York Dolls, he decided to form his own band, too. He joined The Stilletos in 1973 as their guitarist and started a romantic relationship with former Playboy bunny and waitress Debbie Harry. Harry had been a member of the folk rock band The Wind in the Willows, in the late 60's. In 1974, Stein left the band and decided to form a new one with Debbie Harry. They formed the band along with drummer Billy O'Connor, bassist Fred Smith, and sisters Tish and Eileen Bellomo as backing vocalists. By 1975, due to some personnel turnover, Harry and Stein were joined by drummer Clem Burke, keyboardist Jimmy Destri, and bass player Gary Valentine. Originally billed as Angel and the Snake, they changed their name to Blondie, as that was the way Harry was called by truck drivers who passed by and shouted at her: "Hey, Blondie!" Later, the band members found out that Blondi was the name of Adolf Hitler's dog. Blondie became regulars at popular New York clubs such as Max's Kansas City and CBGB. They got their first record deal in early 1976 with Private Stock Records and released their debut single X-Offender on June 17, 1976. Their debut album, the eponymously titled Blondie was released in December of that same year. In September 1977, Blondie ended the contract with Private Stock Records and decided to sign to Chrysalis Records. The first album was rereleased under the new label in October 1977. Rolling Stone's review of the album pointed out the eclectic nature of the band and compared Blondie with the likes of Phil Spector and The Who. Debbie Harry's presence, looks, and voice were also highly praised by this time. The band's first commercial success happened in Australia in 1977, when the Australian TV host Molly Meldrum, in his show Countdown, mistakenly played their video of "In the Flesh" (which was the b-side for X-Offender) and that got them noticed in Australia and eventually In the Flesh became a success over there. Up to this day, the band still thanks Molly Meldrum for helping them with their big break by playing the wrong song. It's a mystery to this day if Meldrum did this accidentally or on purpose, favoring a song that wasn't so loud and aggressive and that didn't belong to any punk sensibilities. The single and album each reached the Top 5 in Australia in October 1977, and a subsequent double A-side release of X-Offender and Rip Her to Shreds was popular. A successful Australian tour followed in December, though it was stained by an incident in Brisbane when disappointed fans almost rioted due to Harry cancelling the show because she was ill. In February 1978 , Blondie released their second album, Plastic Letters. The album was recorded as a four-piece band because Gary Valentine had left the band earlier. Singles Denis and (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence Dear became a Top 5 and Top 10 hits respectively in the U.K. By that time, Valentine was replaced by Frank Infante (guitar, bass guitar) and shortly after that Nigel Harrison joined the band, turning Blondie into a six-piece band. In late 1978, the band released their third studio album, Parallel Lines, making it into their most successful effort, selling 20 million copies worldwide. The band released as first singles Picture This and Hanging on the Telephone but it was their third single the disco-influenced Heart of Glass that got them their first U.S. hit which eventually topped the charts. The song was a rework of a rock and reggae influenced song that they had written during their early years. Clem Burke later said that the revamped version was influenced by Kraftwerk and the BeeGees' Stayin' Alive. Burke tried to copy the drum beat of the latter. He and Stein gave Jimmy Destri much of the credit for the final result, noting that Destri's love for technology had led him to introduce synthesizers and rework the keyboard sections. However, for some people the band was selling out and becoming more commercial and the band was heavily criticized for that. In June 1979, Blondie was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, with photos taken by celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz. Their fourth album Eat to the Beat was released in October of that same year and was well-received by critics though the singles spawned from it didn't achieve the same level of success than the ones from Parallel Lines. In 1980, Blondie released their next single, which was the theme for the movie American Gigolo, starring Richard Gere. This single was produced by Italian songwriter and producer Giorgio Moroder, who had been responsible for Donna Summer's biggest hits. The song eventually became the band's best-selling single and hit #1 in both U.S. and U.K. and was Billboard's magazine single of the year in 1980. In November of that same year the band released their fifth studio album, Autoamerican. Two more #1 singles were released from here, the reggae-styled The Tide is High and the rap-flavored Rapture, which was one of the earliest songs containing elements of rap vocals to reach #1 in the U.S. Rapture would be the only Blondie single to achieve higher position in the U.S. charts than in the U.K. charts. Autoamerican was a departure from their new wave and rock style and was not well-received by critics. In 1981, the band took a brief break. That year, both Debbie Harry and Jimmy Destri released solo albums. Stein helped out with Harry's Koo Koo album, her first solo album and Burke with Destri's album, Heart on the Wall. Frank Infante sued the band regarding a lack of involvement during the Autoamerican sessions; it was settled out of court, and Infante remained in the band (though Harry has said Infante was not on their next album). In October of that same year, Blondie released their first greatest hits compilation, The Best of Blondie. The band reconvened in 1982 and released their sixth studio album, The Hunter. In contrast to their earlier commercial and critical successes, The Hunter received from lukewark to negative reviews of their new material and failed to hit the U.S. Top 20. Nevertheless, the album spawned two moderate hit singles: Island of Lost Souls and War Child. Tensions arose within the band due to commercial decline and constant press focus on Debbie Harry to the exclusion of the other band members. Also, the band hit a breaking point when Stein was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness called pemphigus. Blondie band members received a letter to tell them not to rely on any money from the bank, as there was only $25,000 left in their account. Their managers had completely wiped them out, and as a result of this and of drug use, mismanagement, tension in the band, and Chris Stein's worsening illness, Blondie cancelled their tour plans early and announced their break-up in August 1982. Stein and Harry (at the time a couple) stayed together, and retreated from the public spotlight for a few years, with the exception of minor hit singles Rush Rush (1983, from the film Scarface), and Feel the Spin (1985). Harry was forced to sell the couple's five-story mansion to pay off debts that the band had run up, Stein owed in excess of $1 million , and drug use was becoming an increasing concern for both Harry and Stein. Debbie decided to call the relationship off and moved downtown. In a 2006 interview, Harry confessed that she was having some sort of a nervous breakdown due to all the stress. After Stein recovered from his illness, Harry resumed her solo career with a new album, Rockbird (1986), with active participation of Stein. Meanwhile, Burke became a highly demanded drummer (and played for a time with the Eurythmics), and Destri also maintained an active career as a producer and session musician.
During the 80's and 90's, Blondie's work began to be recognized by the younger generations. Chrysalis/EMI Records released several compilations and collections of remixed versions of some of its biggest hits. Harry continued with her successful solo career after the band broke up, which helped keep the band in the public eye. In 1990, she reunited with Stein and Burke for a summer tour of mid-sized venues, as part of an "Escape from New York" package with Jerry Harrison, The Tom Tom Club and The Ramones. Blondie reunited and recorded some material in 1996, but did not tour together until May 31, 1997, when they played the HFStival at R.F.K. Stadium in Washington, D.C. In 1996, Stein and Harry began the process of reuniting Blondie and contacted original members Burke, Destri, and Valentine, who had by this time moved to London and become a full-time writer under his real name Gary Lachman; his New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation (2002) is a memoir of his years within the band. Former band members Nigel Harrison and Frank Infante did not participate in this reunion, and they unsuccessfully sued to prevent the reunion under the name Blondie. In 1997, the band reformed as the original five-piece band, including Valentine on bass, and in 1998 and 1999 , an international tour took place. A new album, No Exit, was released in February 1999 and was described by Jimmy Destri as "15 songs about nothing." The band was now officially as a four-piece band consisting of Harry, Stein, Burke and Destri. Valentine did not play on the album, though he co-wrote two tracks. No Exit reached #3 on the U.K. charts, and the first single Maria, which Destri had written thinking about his high school days , became Blondie's sixth U.K. number one single exactly 20 years after their first chart-topper Heart of Glass , giving the band the distinction of being the only American act to reach #1 in the U.K. singles charts in the 1970's, 1980's and 1990's. Debbie stole Cher's crown as the oldest woman in rock to have a #1 hit. She was 53 at the time. The reformed band released the follow-up album The Curse of Blondie in October 2003. This album proved to be Blondie's lowest-charting album since their debut album in 1976, although the single Good Boys managed to reach #12 in the U.K. charts. In 2004, Jimmy Destri retired from touring, leaving only Harry, Stein, and Burke (from the original line-up) appearing at live shows, though Destri did continue working with them in the studio. In March 2006, Blondie, following an introductory speech by Shirley Manson of Garbage, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Seven members were invited to the ceremony , which led to an on-stage spat between the existent group and their former bandmates Nigel Harrison and Frank Infante , who asked during the live broadcast of the ceremony to be allowed to perform with the band, a request refused by Harry. On May 22 of that same year, Blondie was inducted into the Rock Wall of Fame at Guitar Center on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard . New inductees are voted on by previous Rock Walk inductees. On June 5, 2008, Blondie started a world tour to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of Parallel Lines with a concert at Ram's Head Live in Baltimore, Maryland. The tour continued in places like Israel, Scandinavia, U.K., and Russia up to August 2, 2008 at Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway. Clem Burke and Paul Carbonara have revealed that a new album was on the making and that will sound as "a real Blondie record." In 2009, Blondie accompanied rock singer Pat Benatar for the Call Me Invincible Tour. In December 2009, Blondie released a new song to coincide with the Christmas holidays, called We Three Kings. Later, Paul Carbonara amicably split from the band as he wanted to try new things and the band new album cover and album title have been revealed. "Panic of Girls is set to be released in September, 2010. A pioneer band who mixed new wave and punk with retro rock & roll, a band who were fearless in trying new music genres and getting it right, a sexy and beautiful yet smart frontwoman of a band, a significant amount of legacy for the rock world, a band who suffered highs and lows and subsequently arising from them, that's the A+ quality band Blondie in a few phrases.
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Blondie (1976)


Blondie is the band's first studio album, released through Private Stock Records in December, 1976. The album was later reissued in early 1977 through Chrysalis Records, their new record company at the time. In this album along with Plastic Letters, their punk sensibilities are more noticeable. The album was first digitally remastered in 1994 and it was again reissued and remastered in 2001 along with 5 bonus tracks, including the earliest version of what would later become Heart of Glass. The album charted at #14 in Australia and #75 in the U.K. (received a Gold disc there) The singles spawned from here were: X-Offender (originally called Sex Offender and the title had to be changed as it was found too explicit), In the Flesh (#2 Australia), and Rip Her to Shreds (#81 Australia).

Tracklist:

1-) X-Offender.
2-) Little Girl Lies.
3-) In the Flesh.
4-) Look Good in Blue.
5-) In the Sun.
6-) A Shark in Jets Clothing.
7-) Man Overboard.
8-) Rip Her to Shreds.
9-) Rifle Range.
10-) Kung Fu Girls.
11-) The Attack of the Giant Ants.

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Plastic Letters (1978)


Plastic Letters is Blondie's second studio album, released in February, 1978 on Chrysalis Records. It was the second and final Blondie album to be produced by Richard Gottehrer. During this time, Gary Valentine left the band, necessitating Chris Stein to play bass as well as guitar. The album peaked at #10 in the U.K. album chart and has been certified Platinum by BPI. Plastic Letters was first reissued in 1994 with two bonus tracks and in 2001 was again reissued and remastered with 2 more bonus tracks. The singles spawned from this album were their cover of Randy & The Rainbows 1963 hit Denise, which Blondie changed to Denis (#2 U.K., #12 Australia) and also (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear (#10 U.K.)

Tracklist:

1-) Fan Mail.
2-) Denis.
3-) Bermuda Triangle Blues (Flight 45).
4-) Youth Nabbed as Sniper
5-) Contact in Red Square.
6-) (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear.
7-) I'm on E.
8-) I Didn't Have the Nerve to Say No.
9-) Love at the Pier.
10-) No Imagination.
11-) Kidnapper.
12-) Detroit 442.
13-) Cautious Lip.

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Parallel Lines (1978)


Parallel Lines is Blondie's third studio album released in September, 1978 on Chrysalis Records. It's considered as their most popular and best selling effort and was the first album produced by Mike Chapman.
Parallel Lines is ranked at #140 on Rolling Stone's 500 greatest albums of all time, the #18th Greatest Album of All-Time by NME Magazine and the #7th Greatest American Album of All-Time by Blender Magazine. Parallel Lines has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Six of the twelve tracks were issued as singles and they are the following: Picture This (#12 U.K.), I'm Gonna Love You Too, Hanging on the Telephone (#5 U.K.), the disco-flavored and signature hit Heart of Glass (#1 U.S., #1 U.K.), Sunday Girl (#1 U.K.), and One Way or Another (#24 U.S.). The album was reissued first in 1994 and then in 2001 with bonus tracks and in 2008 was again reissued to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album's release. The album received a platinum disc in both the U.S. and in the U.K.

Tracklist:

1-) Hanging on the Telephone.
2-) One Way or Another.
3-) Picture This.
4-) Fade Away and Radiate.
5-) Pretty Baby.
6-) I Know but I Don't Know.
7-) 11:59.
8-) Will Anything Happen?
9-) Sunday Girl.
10-) Heart of Glass.
11-) I'm Gonna Love You Too.
12-) Just Go Away.

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Eat to the Beat (1979)


Eat to the Beat is Blondie's third studio album and was released in October 1979 on Chrysalis Records. The album reached #1 in the U.K. album charts and #17 in the U.S. The album includes a diverse range of styles as pop, punk, reggae, and funk as well as a lullaby. A "video album" was released on home video cassette in parallel with the record, featuring a promotional video for each song. Eat to the Beat was digitally remastered and reissued for the first time in 1994 and again in 2001 with four bonus tracks. In 2007 was again remastered without the four bonus tracks. Included instead was a DVD of the long-since deleted video album. This was the first time that the Eat to the Beat video album had been available on the DVD format. The singles spawned from this album were: Dreaming (#27 U.S., #2 U.K.), Union City Blue (#13 U.K.), The Hardest Part released only in the U.S. (#84 U.S.), and Atomic (#39 U.S., #1 U.K.). Slow-Motion was planned as the fourth U.K. single and was even remixed but due to the sudden success of Call Me, plans for this release were aborted. This album received a platinum disc in both the U.S. and in the U.K.

Tracklist:

1-) Dreaming.
2-) The Hardest Part.
3-) Union City Blue.
4-) Shayla.
5-) Eat to the Beat.
6-) Accidents Never Happen.
7-) Die Young Stay Pretty.
8-) Slow Motion.
9-) Atomic.
10-) Sound-A-Sleep.
11-) Victor.
12-) Living in the Real World.

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Autoamerican (1980)


Autoamerican is Blondie's fifth studio album, released on November 29, 1980. The album reached #3 in the U.K. and #7 in the U.S. The album proved a radical departure for the band, with opening track "Europa" setting the pace. The track was a instrumental overture featuring orchestral arrangements and ending with Debbie Harry reciting a poem about the importance of the car in American society. Besides pop and rock tracks, the band explored a wide range of other musical genres; Here's Looking at You and Faces show jazz and blues influences, the reggae hit The Tide is High, was a cover of The Paragons 1965 Jamaican ska hit, whereas Rapture combined funk, rock, jazz, and even saw them embracing the then budding genre of rap. The closing track Follow Me was a cover of a torch song from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's 1960 Broadway musical Camelot, based on the King Arthur legend. The album was first reissued in 1994, which included extended special disco mix versions of Rapture and Live It Up. The album was then remastered in 2001, again featuring the extended version of Rapture along with the extended version of their #1 hit Call Me and The Tide Is High's B-side, Suzy and Jeffrey. The singles spawned from this album were: The Tide Is High (#1 U.S., #1 U.K.) and Rapture (#1 U.S., #5 U.K.). Autoamerican received platinum disc in both the U.S. and U.K.

Tracklist:

1-) Europa.
2-) Live It Up.
3-) Here's Looking at You.
4-) The Tide Is High.
5-) Angels on the Balcony.
6-) Go Through It.
7-) Do the Dark.
8-) Rapture.
9-) Faces.
10-) T-Birds.
11-) Walk Like Me.
12-) Follow Me.

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The Hunter (1982)

The Hunter is Blondie's sixth and last studio album on June 5, 1982 on Chrysalis Records. The album was released two months before Blondie announced the separation of the band. The song For Your Eyes Only shares the name with the James Bond film from 1981. Blondie had written this song for the movie but the producers of the film favored a version that Bill Conti and Michael Leeson wrote and asked Blondie to sing that one instead. Blondie declined, and the Conti/Leeson song was passed on to Sheena Easton, which eventually became a smash hit and the Blondie version ended up appearing only in their Hunter album. Tracks on the album include Jimmy Destri's Motown-esque Danceway and Dragonfly, which comments on the ongoing space race between U.S. and USSR. The Beast, musically a sequel to Rapture, deals with Harry's experiences of becoming a public figure. English Boys is a melancholic tribute to The Beatles. War Child references military conflicts in Cambodia and the Middle East. The album concludes with the poignant cover version of Smokey Robinson, The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game, originally recorded by The Marvelettes in 1967. The album was reissued first in 1994 and then in 2001, both times of the 12'' version of War Child as the only bonus track.
The singles spawned from this album were: the sometimes considered as The Tide Is High part deux Island of Lost Souls (#11 U.K., #37 U.K.) and War Child (#39 U.K.)

Tracklist:

1-) Orchid Club.
2-) Island of Lost Souls.
3-) Dragonfly.
4-) For Your Eyes Only.
5-) The Beast.
6-) War Child.
7-) Little Caesar.
8-) Danceway.
9-) (Can I) Find The Right Words (To Say)
10-) English Boys.
11-) The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game.

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No Exit (1999)

No Exit is Blondie's seventh studio album and the first one since their reunion. It was released on February 23, 1999. The album reached # 3 in the UK charts, shortly after the first single Maria became Blondie's sixth UK no.1 single. As was customary for a Blondie album, it dabbled in many genres, including Pop, Reggae, and Hip-Hop. Mike Chapman, who had produced all but the first two of Blondie's albums, produced some of the early demos for the album but final production of the album fell to Craig Leon. A cover version of The Shangri-Las 1965 hit "Out in the Streets" was also included on this album. It was originally recorded by the band in 1975 while they were trying to get a record deal. The demo version was first issued on EMI's 1994 anthology The Platinum Collection and was later included on the 2001 remaster of the album Blondie. The album spawned two UK singles, the aforementioned # 1 hit "Maria", and "Nothing Is Real But The Girl" which peaked at # 26 in the UK. A third single was released in the US, the title track "No Exit", which was a fusion of Classical, Hip-Hop and Rock, and featured raps by Mobb Deep, Coolio, U-God & Inspectah Deck. The singles released from this album were: Maria (#1 U.K., #82 U.S.), Nothing Is Real But the Girl (#26 U.K.), and No Exit.

Tracklist:

1-) Screaming Skin.
2-) Forgive and Forget.
3-) Maria.
4-) No Exit.
5-) Double Take.
6-) Nothing Is Real But the Girl.
7-) Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room.
8-) Night Wind Sent.
9-) Under the Gun (for Jeffrey Lee Pierce).
10-) Out in the Streets.
11-) Happy Dog (for Caggy).
12-) Dream's Lost on Me.
13-) Divine.
14-) Dig Up the Conjo.

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Live (2000) (***NEW***)

Live (or Livid as it was released in the U.K.) is Blondie's live album released on April 25, 2000. The album was recorded after their successful 1999 comeback album No Exit and includes all their best-known songs, including "Atomic", "The Tide Is High", "Call Me" and "Heart of Glass", as well as the 1999 UK #1 "Maria". The venues appearing in this album are: Town Hall, New York, New York (02/10/1999), Lyceum Ballroom, London, England (11/22/1998), House Of Blues, Las Vegas, Nevada (03/10/1999), Glastonbury Festival, England (06/25/1999) and Riviera Theater, Chicago, Illinois (08/14/1999). This album was also released on DVD format.

Tracklist:

1-) Dreaming.
2-) Hanging on the Telephone.
3-) Screaming Skin.
4-) Atomic.
5-) Forgive and Forget.
6-) The Tide Is High.
7-) Shayla.
8-) Sunday Girl.
9-) Maria.
10-) Call Me.
11-) Under the Gun.
12-) Rapture.
13-) Rip Her to Shreds.
14-) X-Offender.
15-) No Exit.
16-) Heart of Glass.
17-) One Way or Another (Snoops Theme Song).

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The Curse of Blondie (2003)

The Curse of Blondie is Blondie's eighth studio album, released on October 13, 2003. It peaked at #36 in the U.K. The band departed from bankrupt Beyond Records and signed with Sony Music. The Curse of Blondie had the working title Phasm 8, which was also the name of the tour they were doing before the release, and was again produced by Craig Leon, who had also produced their previous hit album No Exit. It was 4 years in the making as the only demo tapes of the album had disappeared from luggage at a UK airport, and so had to be re-recorded. The album incorporates a rock-inspired arrangement style more reminiscent of Blondie's earliest recordings. Rhythms played include mostly rock ("Golden Rod," "Last One In The World," "End To End" and others) and then dance pop ("Good Boys," "Undone"). Other incursions are Japanese traditional music ("Magic (Asadoya Yunta)"), reggae ("Background Melody (The Only One)"), jazz ("Desire Brings Me Back," "Songs Of Love (For Richard)") and rap ("Shakedown"). The track "Hello Joe" is an homage to Joey Ramone, and includes a reference to "Blitzkrieg Bop" ("hey ho, hola Joe instead of hey ho, let's go). It gained mixed reviews, some called it a good or very good album, and others said it was a downfall for the band. It performed poor in sales, with 40.000 copies shipped in the USA. The only single released from the album was "Good Boys", which peaked at # 12 in the UK and was a dance hit in the USA. Promo singles of "Undone" were sent to radio, but no official release was made.

Tracklist:

1-) Shakedown.
2-) Good Boys.
3-) Undone.
4-) Golden Rod.
5-) Rules for Living.
6-) Background Melody (The Only One).
7-) Magic (Asadoya Yunta).
8-) End to End.
9-) Hello Joe.
10-) The Tingler.
11-) Last One in the World.
12-) Diamond Bridge.
13-) Desire Brings Me Back.
14-) Songs of Love.

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At the BBC (2010) (***NEW***)

Blondie at the BBC is an official live album taken from their famous 1979 New Year's Eve which took place in Glasgow, Scotland. Many bootleg recordings from this concert have surfaced but this is the first time that the full concert has been released. This concert took place in support of their then latest album, Eat to the Beat.

Tracklisting:

1-) Intro/Denis.
2-) The Hardest Part.
3-) Die Young, Stay Pretty.
4-) Accidents Never Happen.
5-) Victor.
6-) Living in the Real World.
7-) Seven Rooms of Gloom.
8-) Eat to the Beat.
9-) X Offender.
10-) Dreaming.
11-) Slow Motion.
12-) Shayla.
13-) Union City Blue.
14-) Atomic/(Eat to the Beat).
15-) Picture This.
16-) Pretty Baby.
17-) Heart of Glass.
18-) Hanging on the Telephone.
19-) (Sunday Girl Bagpipes).
20-) Sunday Girl.
21-) I Feel Good.
22-) One Way or Another.

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Panic of Girls (2011) (***NEW***)

Panic of Girls is Blondie's ninth studio album, released on May 30, 2011. The album was originally due for release in 2010, but difficulties with record companies delayed the release. In an interview in the British Telegraph newspaper on March 24, 2011, Debbie Harry revealed that the band will be releasing the album themselves (i.e. without a record company) as part of a special "Collector's Pack" in conjunction with Future Publishing. The album name came from the lyrics of a demo track recorded for the album: "The End Of The World", which ultimately did not appear on it's final track list. The former names of the album were: Songs From The Red Coat and Panic Of Truth. Finally the album name was eventually changed into Panic Of Girls. One single has already been released, which is Mother.

Tracklisting:

1-) D-Day.
2-) What I Heard.
3-) Mother.
4-) The End, The End.
5-) Girlie Girlie.
6-) Love Doesn't Frighten Me.
7-) Words in My Mouth.
8-) Sunday Smile.
9-) Wipe Off My Sweat.
10-) Le Bleu.
11-) China Shoes.

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Call Me Blondie

Call Me Blondie is a self-made compilation which contains Blondie's and Debbie Harry's non-album tracks, including their smash hit Call Me, some early demos such as Once I Had a Love (the demo of Heart of Glass), We Three Kings, the Christmas carol, among many others.

Tracklist:

1-) Out in the Streets.
2-) The Thin Line.
3-) Platinum Blonde.
4-) Poets Problem.
5-) Scenery.
6-) Once I Had a Love (The Disco Song).
7-) Call Me (edit version).
8-) Suzy & Jeffrey.
9-) Rush Rush.
10-) Feel the Spin.
11-) Well Did You Evah? (with Iggy Pop).
12-) Summertime Blues.
13-) More Than This.
14-) We Three Kings.
15-) Call Me (long version).

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Debbie Harry

Deborah Ann Harry was born in July 1, 1945 in Miami, Florida. She is the daughter of Catherine and Richard Harry, gift shop proprietors in Hawthorne, New Jersey, who adopted Harry when she was 3 years old. According to Harry's website, her birth parents' names on her original birth certificate are Scottish: Mackenzie and Trimble. Debbie has said that her former name before she was adopted was Angela Trimble. She has never traced the roots of her birth parents, but she's stated that she would do so in the future. She attended Hawthorne High School, where she graduated in 1963. Then, she graduated from Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey with an Associate of Arts degree in 1965. Before starting her singing career she moved to the Big Apple in the late 60's and worked as a secretary at BBC Radio's office for one year. Later, she was a waitress at Max's Kansas City club and worked at Dunkin' Donuts, after which she was a dancer in Union City, New Jersey, and later became a Playboy bunny. She began her singing career in the folk rock band The Wind in the Willows. Harry then joined a girl-group trio, The Stilletos, in the early 70's. The Stilleto's back up band included her then boyfriend, guitarist, and later collaborator, Chris Stein. Harry and Stein then formed the band Blondie in the mid 70's, until the band's disbandment in 1982. Debbie Harry contributed the band and helped put it in the spotlight thanks to her two-tone bottle blonde hair, which established her as a punk icon. Also, Blondie was associated with the revolution of the video era, being one of the first acts in music history to shoot videos for their singles. Furthermore, Debbie was a continued regular at the chic now extinct club Studio 54 and was associated with Andy Warhol. Harry's stage persona of cool sexuality and streetwise style became so closely associated with the band's name that many came to believe the singer's name to be Blondie. While leading Blondie, Harry and Stein became life partners as well as musical partners, although they never married; Harry has no children. After Blondie's separation, Harry took her time off to take care of Chris, as he was fighting for his life of a strange life-threatening disease called pemphigus. Although she was away from the public eye during that time, that didn't stop Harry to release two non-album singles: Rush Rush (for 1983's Scarface movie, #105 in U.S.) and Feel the Spin (for 1985' Krush Groove film).Harry then revived her solo career in the mid 80's and in the 90's Harry and Stein broke up, although they remain good friends up to this day. As for her solo career, Harry has released five albums. Her debut, Koo Koo was released on August 8, 1981, to mixed reviews by music critics. On November 29, 1986, Harry released her second solo album, Rockbird, with the help of Chris Stein as he did with her album Koo Koo. Then on October 28, 1989, Harry reverted her name to Deborah Harry and released her third studio album Def, Dumb & Blonde which featured collaborations with British New Wave band, Thompson Twins. In July 1991, she played with INXS at the Wembley Stadium. Also in that year, Chrysalis Records released a best of compilation called The Complete Picture: The Very Best of Deborah Harry and Blondie, which contained Blondie hits and some of her solo hits. The album also included her duet with Iggy Pop, their cover of Cole Porter's Well, Did You Evah! from the Red + Hot Blue AIDS charity album released at the end of 1990. In 1992, Harry collaborated with German heavy metal band Die Haut on the track Don't Cross My Mind and released the song Prelude to a Kiss for the soundtrack of the film of the same name. Then in August 1993, Harry released her fourth solo album, Debravation. Controversy surrounded the video for her second single of that album (her first single was I Can See Clearly) Strike Me Pink, which featured a man drowning in a water tank, resulting in it being banned. In November 1993, Harry toured the U.K. with Chris Stein, Peter Min, Greta Brinkman, and James Murphy. The Debravation Tour setlist featured some rarities like the previously unreleased Close Your Eyes (from 1989) and Ordinary Bummer (from the Stein-produced Iggy Pop album, Zombie Birdhouse). Between 1994 and 1998, Debbie teamed up with New York avant-garde jazz ensemble The Jazz Passengers. She was a permanent member of the troupe, touring North America and Europe. She was also featured as a vocalist on their 1994 album In Love singing the track Dog in Sand. She also covered with them the Blondie hit The Tide Is High on their 1997 album Individually Twisted. Later, on September 15, 2007, Harry released her fifth and so far last studio album, Necessary Evil. This album includes a hip hop track called Dirty & Deep, in which she spoke out against rapper Lil Kim's incarceration. In this same year, she joined Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour for the Human Rights Campaign. Harry is a strong advocate for gay rights and same-sex marriage. Though she has stated that she is heterosexual, Harry has said that she's had intimate relationships with both men and women. Musically speaking, Harry has had further collaborations other than the ones mentioned before. She's collaborated with Talking Heads, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, ex-police guitarist Andy Summers, Fall Out Boy, among others. Harry has also pursued a career as an actress. In 1983, she appeared on Broadway with Andy Kaufman in the wrestling play Teaneck Tanzi (a retitled version of the British play, Trafford Tanzi, in which actress and singer Toyah Willcox starred also in 1983). The show opened and closed on the same night. Later, Harry appeared in a number of independent and underground films , made her major motion picture debut in David Cronenberg's film Videodrome. She also acted in 1988's Hairspray as villainous Velma Von Tussle, among other films. She has also guest-starred in TV series such as The Muppet Show, Mad TV, Absolutely Fabulous, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Saturday Night Live, and Wiseguy. Also, Harry was one of the faces of MAC Cosmetics' Viva Glam VI Campaign. The campaign donates every cent of the selling price of their iconic lipstick shades to the MAC AIDS Fund, which helps people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide. On April 25, 2010, Harry sang on the TV Land Awards program performing Call Me and One Way or Another. A punk icon, a woman who opened doors for following female artists and taught them how to be sexy and playful but smart and in charge at the same time, a former Playboy bunny, a distinctive voice, a living legend, a strong supporter of gay rights, an amazing talent. Those are a few phrases that apply and only fit to Debbie Harry.
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Koo Koo (1981)

Debbie Harry's first solo album, Koo Koo, was released on August 8, 1981. Harry released this album, while her band Blondie was taking a break and she decided to try her luck as a solo artist. The album cover featuring Harry with metal skewers going through her face (created by Swiss artist H.R. Giger) seemed disturbing for many people at the time. The album was produced by Nile Rodgers, who for the rest of the 80's would become a very in-demand producer for the likes of Madonna, Duran Duran, Sheena Easton, David Bowie, among others, and also by Bernard Edwards of the 70's group Chic. The album was in threat to be overshadowed by the power visuals of Debbie's image displayed on her album cover. The album features an early fusion of funk, rock and soul that would become the trademark of Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers. The album reached #6 in the U.K. charts with a Silver disc certification and #25 in the U.S, with a gold disc certification. The singles spawned from this album were: Backfired (#43 U.S., #32 U.K.), The Jam Was Moving (#82 U.K.), Chrome, which was only released in Peru. Now I Know You Know, had a promo video to accompany it. The videos for Backfired and Now I Know You Know are very distinctive. The one for Backfired shows a dark-haired Harry dancing against a superimposed backdrop of Giger's distinctive artwork while the one for Now I Know You Know features Debbie in a long black wig, bodypainted as a skeleton coming out of a mummy's coffin. The album was reissued in 1994 by EMI with two bonus tracks and the following year was again reissued by Razor & Tie but this time with only one bonus track.



Tracklist:

1-) Jump Jump.
2-) The Jam Was Moving.
3-) Chrome.
4-) Surrender.
5-) Inner City Spillover.
6-) Backfired.
7-) Now I Know You Know.
8-) Under Arrest.
9-) Military Rap.
10-) Oasis.

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Rockbird (1986)

Debbie Harry's second studio album, Rockbird, was released on November 29, 1986. It was Debbie's first solo album since Blondie's separation. It was produced by Seth Justman, a key member of the J. Geils Band. There were five variations of the album artwork with the lettering either green, orange, purple, pink or yellow. The album peaked at #31 in the U.K., eventually receiving a gold disc certification by the BPI. It charted at #97 in the U.S. The singles spawned from this album were: French Kissin' in the U.S.A. (#8 U.K., #57 U.S.), which was her only Top 10 single in the U.K.; In Love with Love (#45 U.K.), and Free to Fall (#46 U.K.).



Tracklist:

1-) I Want You.
2-) French Kissin' in the U.S.A.
3-) Buckle Up.
4-) In Love with Love.
5-) You Got Me in Trouble.
6-) Free to Fall.
7-) Rockbird.
8-) Secret Life.
9-) Beyond the Limit.

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Def, Dumb & Blonde (1989)

Debbie's Harry third studio album, Def Dumb & Blonde, was released on October 28, 1989. It is Debbie's first solo album in which was released under Deborah Harry instead of Debbie Harry as she had always done. She used a variety of producers, including Mike Chapman, who had previously produced Blondie's albums from Parallel Lines up to The Hunter. Also, Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie from Thompson Twins produced the album. The album charted at #123 in the U.S., and #12 in the U.K, receiving a Silver certification by the BPI. The singles released from here were: I Want That Man (#13 U.K.), Kiss It Better, Brite Side (#59 U.K.), Sweet and Low (#57 U.K.), and Maybe for Sure (#89 U.K.). The file uploaded here will be the CD version of this record. Missing Persons' drummer Terry Bozzio played drums in this album.



LP Tracklist:

1-) I Want That Man.
2-) Lovelight.
3-) Kiss It Better.
4-) Maybe for Sure.
5-) Calmarie.
6-) Get Your Way.
7-) Sweet and Low.
8-) He Is So.
9-) Brite Side.
10-) Bugeye.
11-) End of the Run.

CD Tracklist:

1-) I Want That Man.
2-) Lovelight.
3-) Kiss It Better.
4-) Bike Boy.
5-) Get Your Way.
6-) Maybe for Sure.
7-) I'll Never Fall in Love.
8-) Calmarie.
9-) Sweet and Low.
10-) He Is So.
11-) Bugeye.
12-) Comic Books.
13-) Forced to Live.
14-) Brite Side.
15-) End of the Run.

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Debravation (1993)

Debravation is Deborah Harry's fourth studio album, released in August, 1993. The album reached #24 in the U.K. It was also the final album Harry made whilst signed to the Chrysalis label, thus ending a successful partnership that began with Blondie and had endured for over 15 years. The first single from the album was the dance track "I Can See Clearly", which reached no.23 in the UK. The second single, ballad "Strike Me Pink", had a controversial promotional video that was banned for being too disturbing - it featured a man in a glass tank filled with water, as Harry sits and watches him drown. The U.S. version of the album contained two additional tracks. "My Last Date (With You)" includes instrumental backing from R.E.M. (signed to Warner Bros. Records, a sister label to Sire and Reprise). Debravation was re-issued in 2005 by label Wounded Bird Records. The singles released from this album were: I Can See Clearly (#23 U.K.) and Strike Me Pink (#46 U.K.). NOTE: The U.S. bonus tracks ARE in the uploaded file. :)



Tracklist:

1-) I Can See Clearly.
2-) Stability.
3-) Strike Me Pink.
4-) Rain.
5-) Communion.
6-) Lip Service.
7-) Mood Ring.
8-) Keep on Going.
9-) Dancing Down the Moon.
10-) Standing in My Way.
11-) The Fugitive.
12-) Dog Star Girl.
13-) My Last Date (With You) (U.S. bonus track).
14-) Teardrops (U.S. bonus track).

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Necessary Evil (2007)


Necessary Evil, is the fifth solo album by the American singer Deborah Harry. Released in September 2007, it is Harry's first solo album in 14 years. The album contains 14 tracks (17 tracks in some territories), including the first single "Two Times Blue", released on the iTunes Store June 6, 2007. Harry promoted the album on Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour 2007, performing a number of songs from the album. Upon its release in the UK, it debuted at number 86. In the US, it debuted at #37 on the independent chart. In several interviews, Harry said the album was recorded slowly. At first, the project was just a handful of songs from over a few years that she'd never intended to grow into a full album. However, before she knew it, she was working with a production team and found herself on the Eleven Seven Music label. The initial release date was set for the end of summer, but it was continuously pushed back until its release in autumn. On January 18, 2008, an official music video for "If I Had You" was released[4] and on Harry's official blog, she stated the song was the planned second single. The singles spawned from this album were: Two Times Blue and If I Had You.

Tracklist:

1-) Two Times Blue.

2-) School for Scandal.

3-) If I Had You.

4-) Deep End.

5-) Love with a Vengeance.

6-) Necessary Evil.

7-) Charm Redux.

8-) You're Too Hot.

9-) Dirty and Deep.

10-) What Is Love.

11-) Whiteout.

12-) Needless to Say.

13-) Heat of the Moment.

14-) Charm Alarm.

15-) Jen Jen.

16-) Naked Eye.

17-) Paradise.

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