Bongo Girl
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| Studio album by Nena | ||||
| Released | 28 September 1992 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, pop | |||
| Length | 52:20 | |||
| Language | German, English | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Jürgen Dehmel, Nena Kerner | |||
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Bongo Girl is the seventh studio album of German pop singer Nena, released by Epic Records on 28 September 1992. It returned to the pop rock style that made Nena famous, but with a more mature sound. Singles from this album are "Manchmal ist ein Tag ein ganzes Leben", "Conversation" and "Ohne Ende".
Bongo Girl was Nena's second solo album and, having been recorded in Berlin, was mixed at Eddy Grant’s Blue Wave studio in Barbados. It took its name from a nickname Nena acquired in Jamaica when taking to the stage at an open air reggae concert and spontaneously playing the bongos. Contributors to the album included the father of her two surviving children (Benedict Freitag) as well as two members of the former Nena band (including her former boyfriend, ) and Frank Becking from her pre-Nena group, The Stripes.
Bongo Girl marked, according to Allmusic, a "striking contrast" from its predecessor Wunder gescheh'n in that it was, "distinctly relaxed and upbeat ... very pleasingly carried through on Nena's melodic strength and the sense of fun that pervades the album". Reinforcing the change was Nena's new look – short hair and more feminine attire – which may have been influenced by Madonna then in her Erotica period, the parallel well illustrated by the fact that in the same month (October 1992) that the American appeared topless in the French edition of Max (as part of the publicity surrounding the release of her book Sex), Nena appeared naked (albeit with bodypaint) in the German edition of the magazine which coincided with the release of Bongo Girl.
Bongo Girl spent three months in the German charts, reaching a top position of number 32. Three singles were released from the album but only the first ("Manchmal ist ein Tag ein ganzes Leben") charted, peaking at #48. The promotional videos for the first two singles were both filmed in the Caribbean (Eddy Grant appearing briefly in the "Conversation" video). This overall record of modest success resulted in Nena's recording contract with Sony not being renewed, although Sony and Nena were reunited 22 years later when the company obtained the distribution rights to her 12th solo studio album, Oldschool.
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