Showing posts with label 99 Luftballons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 99 Luftballons. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Nena - 99 Luftballons

Today (April 8th) marks the thirtieth anniversary of 99 Luftballons, a compilation album from the German rock band Nena. Drawing from the band's first two releases (1983's Nena which I reviewed here and ? (Fragezeichen) from earlier in 1984, this album split evenly with tracks in English and German. It spent fourteen weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 27.