release date: Nov. 24, 1986
format: cd (2010 reissue)
[album rate: 3 / 5] [2,95]
producer: Nena, Klaus Voormann
label: Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music - nationality: Germany
Track highlights: 1. "Engel der Nacht" (tv performance) - 2. "Mondsong" - 4. "Schön wär es doch"
4th and final original studio album by the band Nena. Despite making it to number #2 on the national albums chart list, the previous album Feuer und Flamme was seen as a considerable step back for the band in Germany (the two first albums both topped the national album charts), as the band's concerts to promote the album didn't fare that well. Perhaps the German public wanted more change?
Eisbrecher is styled as a bolder mainstream pop / rock album without much of the Neue Deutsche Welle attitude, and on a stronger negative side it comes out as Nena's closest attempt to make their Pat Benatar album. It 'only' reached number #43 on the national albums chart list and the band Nena broke up the following year. Lead vocalist and songwriter Gabriele Susanne 'Nena' Kerner then initiated a solo career keeping to the band name.
This is not really the band's worst effort but it doesn't point to a new golden style and mostly just feels quite anonymous. Compared to the band's previous two albums, I actually like the production sound on this better, but it really doesn't contain evident great or memorable compositions.
[ allmusic.com 3 / 5 stars ]
