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Crno bijeli svijet is the second album of the eminent Croatia

Croatia

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n and former Yugoslav

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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rock band

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Prljavo Kazalište

Prljavo kazalište

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from their New Wave music

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period.

Overview

This album was released by the Zagreb

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based Suzy

Suzy (record label)

-History:The company was established in the then Socialist Republic of Croatia in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1972.After the abandonment of the socialist system and the subsequent breakup of Yugoslavia, during the 1990s the company transformed to SUZY d.o.o....

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in 1980. The title of the album and the record sleeve

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holds a reference to the Two Tone movement and included the ska

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songs "Crno bijeli svijet" and the hit "Mi plešemo" (We dance). The lyrics "(...)smrt dječaka u Kabulu" (death of a small boy in Kabul

Kabul

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) in the reggae

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themed "Neka te ništa ne brine" refer to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. The song is also included in the soundtrack for the ex-Yugoslav New Wave music-related film Dečko koji obećava. The album is an important record from the Yugoslav New Wave

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era. A cover version of the main single Crno bijeli svijet is included in the tribute album

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Yugoton

Yugoton is a tribute album to the former Yugoslav rock scene released in Poland by ZIC ZAC Music Company and BMG Poland in 2001.It features cover versions of eminent ex-Yugoslav artists performed in Polish language by the cover band named Yugoton, composed of several notable Polish...

(ZIC ZAC Music Company and BMG

BMG

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Poland

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) named after the former Yugoslav record company Jugoton

Jugoton

Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...

. The album Yugoton features cover versions of popular ex-Yugoslav songs performed by Polish

Poles

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artists.

Track listing

Crno bijeli svijet (Black-white world) (3:11)
Moderna djevojka (Modern girl) (3:54)
Nove cipele (New shoes) (3:29)
Nedjeljom ujutro (Sunday morning) (4:22)
Neka te ništa ne brine (Don't you let anything worry you) (4:12)
Zagreb (3:06)
17 ti je godina tek (You're only seventeen) (3:19)
Neki moji prijatelji (Some of my friends) (2:57)
Sam (Alone) (4:05)
Mi plešemo (We're dancing) (4:31)

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