The Stripes

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The Stripes
Origin	Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Genres	Pop
Years active	1979 (1979)-1982 (1982)
Labels	CBS Schallplatten GmbH
Associated acts	Nena, Nena (band)

Past members	Gabriele Susanne "Nena" Kerner Rolf Brendel Rainer Kitzmann Frank Röhler

The Stripes was a German pop music ensemble founded in Hagen, Germany,^[1] by Rainer Kitzman, who played guitar. The lead singer was Gabriele Susanne Kerner, before she became known as Nena Kerner, who would later form the band Nena. Another future member of the band Nena, Rolf Brendel, played the drums. Frank Röhler played bass. The band was known for singing exclusively in English. They released four singles and one studio album, after which they split up. Their song "Ecstasy" was a minor hit.

Discography

The Stripes

Studio album by The Stripes
Released	1980
Recorded	April–July 1980
Length	45:58
Language	English
Label	CBS Schallplatten GmbH
Producer	Andy Kirnberger

Singles from The Stripes
"Ecstasy" Released: 1979 "Strangers" Released: 1980 "Tell Me Your Name" Released: 1980 "Don't You Think That I'm a Lady?" Released: 1981

Studio album

The Stripes was the band's only album and the first studio album of its singer, Gabriele "Nena" Kerner. it was initially released as a vinyl record. It was released on CD in 1997^[2] and re-released in 2004 with bonus tracks which were previously exclusive to some singles.^[3]

Track listing

Side A contains tracks 1-6 and side B contains tracks 7-13.

LP, CD^[4]
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Strangers"	3:06
2.	"Tell Me Your Name"	3:15
3.	"Observer"	2:32
4.	"Don't You Think That I'm a Lady?"	3:16
5.	"Leaving the Suburbs"	3:55
6.	"I'm Not..."	3:00
7.	"Tres Chichi"	2:31
8.	"You Must Be Good For Something"	2:49
9.	"On The Telephone"	3:13
10.	"Weekend Love"	2:17
11.	"Kicks In Berlin"	3:18
12.	"01:59"	2:01
13.	"Radio In Stereo"	2:09

2004 CD re-release bonus tracks^[3]
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Ecstasy"	2:42
15.	"Normal Types"	2:51
16.	"Lose Control"	3:03

Notes

Track 8 is a cover of Hall & Oates's song.

Credits

Gabriele Kerner - vocals
Rainer Kitzmann - guitar
Rolf Brendel - drums and percussion
Frank Röhler - Bass
Andy Kirnberger - keyboard, assorted guitars, singing harmony and producer
Manfred Nauner - Recording engineer at Tonstudio Hiltplotstein
Nigel Jobson - English vocals on "Don't You Think That I'm A Lady?" and "On The Telephone"; recording and mixing engineer at Hotline Studios, Frankfurt
Udo Arndt - mixing engineer at Audio Tonstudio, Berlin

Singles

All singles were released as 7" vinyl records at 45 RPM under the CBS label.^[5] "Ecstasy", its B-side "Normal Types" and the B-side on "Strangers", "Lose Control", were included as bonus tracks on the re-release of the studio album.

Title	Year	B-sides
"Ecstasy"	1979	"Normal Types"
"Strangers"	1980	"Lose Control"
"Tell Me Your Name"	1980	"Weekend Love"
"Don't You Think That I'm a Lady?"	1981	"On the Telephone

References

↑ "Artist overview: The Stripes". Discogs. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
↑ "Stripes, The - The Stripes". Discogs. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
↑ 3.0 3.1 "Stripes, The - The Stripes". Discogs. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
↑ "Stripes, The - The Stripes". Discogs. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
↑ See singles' links:
- "The Stripes discography". Discogs. Retrieved June 24, 2013.

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