release date: Oct. 29, 2001
format: cd
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,52]
producer: Florian Sitzmann
label: Eastwest Records - nationality: Germany
Track highlights: 1. "Chokmah" - 2. "Heute hab' ich die Sonne mit dem Mond verwechselt" - 3. "Carpe Diem" - 9. "Silbermond" - 12. "Leuchtturm" - 14. "Carpe Diem (Söhne Mannheims Dancehall-Mix) [incl. hidden track]"
6th studio album as soloist by Nena is her first major stylistic change into electropop. The album follows a live album, and an album with music for children, thus making Wenn alles richtig ist, dann stimmt was nich (1998) her last "real" studio album.
Chokmah was met by mixed reviews - according to wikipedia, mostly positive. Internationally, Nena's popularity may not have grown much after she went solo, but in Germany this album seems like a stepping stone to greater fame. The album peaked as number #18 in Germany, which was a clear improvement to her previous solos as well as to the final album Eisbrecher (1986) with the band, which 'only made it to number #45.
Although, I don't find the album entirely great, as it contains both highs and lows, I find it quite refreshing, and it's undoubtedly one of her albums that I have played the most.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5 stars ]
