13 August 2017

Nena "Du bist gut" (2012)

Du bist gut
release date: Nov. 2, 2012
format: 2 cd (Deluxe Edition)
[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,06]
producer: Derek von Krogh
label: Laugh + Peas - nationality: Germany

Track highlights: 1. "Das ist nicht alles" - 2. "Schmetterling" - 3. "Lied Nummer eins" - 5. "Freiheit" - 8. "Wo ist mein Zuhause" - 15. "Du bist gut"

11th studio album (not counting her many releases with music for children) by Nena following three years after Made in Germany (Oct. 2009). Disc 1 contains a total of 15 tracks with a running time surpassing 71 minutes - this is also released as the standard album. Disc 2 contains 8 live recordings of some of her most familiar songs, four of which are new studio live recordings and four recordings from a live concert in Berlin.
Nationally, the album made it as high as to number #2 on the albums chart list but critics didn't meet it with a warm welcome, in fact, the album is regarded as one of her weaker solo albums, and critics mostly found that it failed to showcase anything new from an artist who was caught on repeat. I admit that it sums up much of her previous work, and the best thing here is Disc 2 and especially the Berlin live recordings.
The front cover art is credited Nena's daughter Larissa Kerner and her son Sakias features on vocals on a few tracks.