As little as Nina Hagen may be associated with spiritual music, her 2009 album “Personal Jesus” provided a deep insight into the German singer’s ability to deliver emotions of different caliber to feelings dredged by her punk roots and admired by her many international followers. And as it turns out, that platter wasn’t a one-off, because March 27th will see the release of “Highway To Heaven” whose title can suggest a couple of rock anthems, which are not on t there, and whose contents find the chanteuse inhabit perennials from the repertoires of Mahalia Jackson, Sister Rosetta Tharpe and other gospel artists as well as country performers like Kitty Wells.
This record’s title refers not only to Nina’s take on “There’s A Highway To Heaven” but also to a German version of “Everybody Wanna Go To Heaven” that serves as the album’s penultimate track. Helping Hagen out on the offering are a few of her friends, including the great Nana Mouskouri, so there’s a lot to look forward to.
Highway To Heaven
1. Everybody’s Gonna Have A Wonderful Time Up There
2. Never Grow Old (feat. Nana Mouskouri)
3. Walk With Me Jesus
4. Trouble Of The World
5. Somebody Prayed For Me
6. Needed Time
7. Hand It Over (feat. Daniel Welbat)
8. Let’s Be Happy
9. There’s A Highway To Heaven (feat. Gitte Hænning)
10. Everything’s Gonna Be Alright
11. Dust On The Bible
12. Dry Bones
13. Alle Wollen In Den Himmel
14. Gospel Ship
