99 Luftballons

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Gabriela "Nena" Kerner's American debut combines tracks from her first two European releases, including everyone's favorite antinuclear dance-pop single in both English and German. Likable as "99 Red Balloons" and "99 Luftballons" were, their international success was not to be repeated, even though tracks like "Kino" and "Just a Dream" have a similar just-this-side-of-kitsch appeal. "Leuchtturm" and "Uner Kannt Durch's Marchenland" are also strong, but the clumsy "Let Me Be Your Pirate" makes you wish Nena had stuck to her native tongue. Then again, it was that bilingual approach that allowed her to transcend her stateside status as a one-hit wonder--if only through a technicality. --Bill Forman

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99 Luftballons

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track one
Nina is ageless!
I LUUUUUUv 99 luftballons!
Review of 99 Luftballons
99 red balloons: True 80's classic.

99 Luftballons
Nena
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000025ZI
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

99 Red Balloons
Hangin' On You
Just A Dream
Let Me Be Your Pirate
Kino
Das Land Der Elefanten
Leuchtturm
Rette Mich
Uner Kannt Durch's Marchenland
99 Luftballons

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Gabriela "Nena" Kerner's American debut combines tracks from her first two European releases, including everyone's favorite antinuclear dance-pop single in both English and German. Likable as "99 Red Balloons" and "99 Luftballons" were, their international success was not to be repeated, even though tracks like "Kino" and "Just a Dream" have a similar just-this-side-of-kitsch appeal. "Leuchtturm" and "Uner Kannt Durch's Marchenland" are also strong, but the clumsy "Let Me Be Your Pirate" makes you wish Nena had stuck to her native tongue. Then again, it was that bilingual approach that allowed her to transcend her stateside status as a one-hit wonder--if only through a technicality. --Bill Forman

Customer Reviews:

track one.......2006-04-26

Track one [99 red balloons] was redone and it's an awful redo..the first time i heard it I thought I got a bad disc...it's almost like it skips in teh middle and some mix genious added a 'slow motion effect' to the guitars in the middle of the track and a bunch of crap right after Nena finishes her solo at the beginning...don't buy it..the german version of the song is good but damn..they ruined the English one.

Nina is ageless!.......2006-03-10

I think this is a wonderful cd for young and old to enjoy. It's great to dance to or just to relax to! It's a cd I can listen to with my teenage daughter and she loves it too!

I LUUUUUUv 99 luftballons!.......2005-11-05

99 luftballons rox my sox! 99 red balloons just can't compare, altho it is good too! the rest of the songs are pretty good, altho that one about the pirate sux. w/e. u should buy this cd just so u can hear the original version of 99 luftballons! ok, well, i'd luuuuuuuuv to stay and chat sum more, but unfortunately I can't. sry!

Review of 99 Luftballons.......2005-08-13

Great CD for fans of Nena. Has both the English and German versions of 99 Luftballons. The rest of the album contains some songs in English and some songs in German as well.
Amazon.com had the album and got it to me in a very reasonable period of time. Other music outlets (stores, online, etc.) didn't carry the album.

99 red balloons: True 80's classic........2005-06-30

Nena is considered a one hit wonder from the eighties and most people don't have a taste for foriegn music. I, however, have a taste for 80's music and European Pop. I was about five years old when I heard the song : 99 luft balloons and now it is my favorite song. I love the complexity of the german language and how the song actually had history in it. This pleased me especially since I like learning about the Cold War. I really enjoyed Nena-99 Luft Balloons.