Simple Man (Klaus Nomi album)

Simple Man
Studio album by
Released23 November 1982
RecordedTrack 4 recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York. (No information provided for all other tracks)
Genre
Length41:02
LabelRCA
Producer
  • Ron Johnsen
  • Klaus Nomi
Klaus Nomi chronology
Klaus Nomi
(1981)
Simple Man
(1982)
Encore
(1983)
Singles from Simple Man
  1. "Simple Man"
    Released: 1982
  2. "Ding Dong"
    Released: 1982
  3. "Just One Look"
    Released: 1983 (Canada)
  4. "ICUROK"
    Released: 1983 (Canada)

Simple Man is the second album by German countertenor Klaus Nomi, released on 23 November 1982 by RCA. It was also the last album of original material to be released during Nomi's lifetime.

The album consists of a mix of opera and pop music, songs by Renaissance composer John Dowland and excerpts from Baroque composer Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas juxtaposed with "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" from The Wizard of Oz and Marlene Dietrich's "Falling in Love Again".