Encore (Klaus Nomi album)

Encore!
Compilation album by Klaus Nomi
Released 1983
Recorded 1979-1983
Genre New wave
Length 42:53
Label RCA
Producer Ron Johnsen, Klaus Nomi
Klaus Nomi chronology
Simple Man
(1982)Simple Man1982
Encore!
(1983)
Za Bakdaz
(2007)Za Bakdaz2007
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Allmusic[1]

Encore! is the third album by German countertenor Klaus Nomi, released posthumously in 1983. It is partly a compilation of previous works, with some new work added.

Nomi died of complications from AIDS earlier that year. The disease was poorly understood at that time.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Fanfare" – 0:40
  2. "The Cold Song" – 4:03
  3. "Total Eclipse" (Live Version) – 4:15
  4. "Can't Help Falling in Love" – 3:55
  5. "Simple Man" – 4:17
  6. "Wasting My Time" – 4:14
  7. "Wayward Sisters (From "Dido & Aeneas")" – 1:43
  8. "Ding Dong" – 3:03
  9. "You Don't Own Me" – 3:39
  10. "Der Nussbaum" – 3:03
  11. "Lightning Strikes" – 2:59
  12. "The Twist" – 3:10
  13. "Samson and Deliah (Aria)" – 3:52

"Fanfare" is an instrumental track. "Total Eclipse (live version)", "Can't Help Falling in Love" and "Der Nussbaum" are previously unreleased.

References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. Smith, Rupert (July 1994). "Klaus Nomi". Attitude. London, England. 1 (3). The doctors discovered that Nomi's immune system had collapsed, and also found a rare form of skin cancer, Kaposi's Sarcoma, breaking out on his body. The condition was not yet known as AIDS.
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