Bitanga i princeza
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Bitanga i princeza is the fourth studio album released by Yugoslav
rock band
Bijelo dugme
.
It is highly regarded as the band's most mature effort and is considered by both fans and critics alike to be one of Bijelo dugme’s finest works. It is considered by many to have been the bands final progressive
/hard rock
influenced album before Bijelo dugme re-invented themselves for the 1980s, by taking on board a more New Wave
sound that started sweeping the former Yugoslavia at the time.
In addition to containing shorter, more softer songs in comparison to their previous works, Bitanga i princeza also features the seven and a half minute "Sve će to mila moja prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš", a haunting ballad that went on to become one of Bijelo dugme's signature songs.
The album was polled in 1998 as the 10th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music). In 2006 the song "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" was ranked #14 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs List.
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Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme
Bijelo dugme was a highly influential former Yugoslav rock band, based in Sarajevo. Active between 1974 and 1989, it is widely considered to have been the most popular band ever to exist in former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav rock...
.
It is highly regarded as the band's most mature effort and is considered by both fans and critics alike to be one of Bijelo dugme’s finest works. It is considered by many to have been the bands final progressive
Progressive rock
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/hard rock
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influenced album before Bijelo dugme re-invented themselves for the 1980s, by taking on board a more New Wave
New Wave music
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sound that started sweeping the former Yugoslavia at the time.
In addition to containing shorter, more softer songs in comparison to their previous works, Bitanga i princeza also features the seven and a half minute "Sve će to mila moja prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš", a haunting ballad that went on to become one of Bijelo dugme's signature songs.
The album was polled in 1998 as the 10th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike is a book by Duško Antonić and Danilo Štrbac...
(YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music). In 2006 the song "Sve će to, mila moja, prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" was ranked #14 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs List.
Track listing
- "Bitanga i princeza" (Bregović) – 3:46
- "Ala je glupo zaboravit' njen broj" (Bregović) – 3:53
- "Ipak, poželim neko pismo" (Bregović) – 4:29
- "Kad zaboraviš juli" (Bregović) – 4:29
- "Na zadnjem sjedištu moga auta" (Bregović) – 3:56
- "A koliko si ih imala do sad" (Bregović) – 4:18
- "Sve će to mila moja prekriti ruzmarin, snjegovi i šaš" (Bregović) – 7:49
Personnel
- Goran BregovićGoran BregovicGoran Bregović is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Balkans. He currently splits his time between Paris and Belgrade, where he settled down during the Yugoslav Wars.Bregović has composed for such varied artists as Iggy Pop and Cesária Évora...
- guitar - Željko BebekŽeljko BebekŽelimir "Željko" Bebek is a popular Bosnian Croat singer most notable for being the lead vocalist of Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1984....
- vocals - Zoran RedžićZoran RedžicZoran Redžić is a Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme....
- bass - Điđi Jankelić - drums
- Vlado PravdićVlado PravdicVlado Pravdić is a Bosnian musician most famous as the organist of the Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1987....
- keyboard