Kivi veereb
Encyclopedia
Kivi veereb is the third album by Estonian
rock
band Ruja
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Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Ruja
Ruja
Ruja was one of the foremost Estonian rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s. The name of the band comes from a neologism "ruja", for science fiction, though there are people who believe that "ruja" is actually made up of the first letters of the band's important members...
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A-side
- "Veerev kivi" (Rolling stone) (Jaanus Nõgisto/Vladislav Koržets) - 5:46
- "Murtud lilled" (Broken flowerFlowerA flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...
s) (Igor Garšnek/Hando Runnel) - 3:31 - "Lootuse laul" (Song of hopeHopeHope is the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one's life. It is the "feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best" or the act of "look[ing] forward to with desire and reasonable confidence" or...
) (S P Gulliver/Urmas Alender) - 4:34 - "Kahe näoga Janus" (Two-faced Janus) (Garšnek/Alender) - 3:07
- "Isamaa pale" (Face of the fatherlandFatherlandFatherland is the nation of one's "fathers", "forefathers" or "patriarchs". It can be viewed as a nationalist concept, insofar as it relates to nations...
) (Garšnek/Runnel) - 2:06
B-side
- "Meeste laul" (Men's song) (Nõgisto) - 3:40
- "Pime sõda" (Blind warWarWar is a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict carried on between states, nations, or other parties typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political...
) (Garšnek/Alender) - 2:56 - "Oled sa järv" (Are you a lakeLakeA lake is a body of relatively still fresh or salt water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land. Lakes are inland and not part of the ocean and therefore are distinct from lagoons, and are larger and deeper than ponds. Lakes can be contrasted with rivers or streams,...
) (Garšnek/Alender) - 4:28 - "Ahtumine" (Narrowing) (Nõgisto/Doris Kareva/Alender/Artur AlliksaarArtur Alliksaar- Biography :Alliksaar attended an elementary school in Tartu in 1931. In 1937 he was accepted to Hugo Treffner Gymnasium, after which he worked at railways like his father for a short period of time in 1942. In that same year he started to study law in the University of Tartu.1943–1944 he served...
) - 3:32 - "Valgusemaastikud" (Lightscapes) (Nõgisto/Kareva) - 2:17
Personnel
- Urmas AlenderUrmas AlenderUrmas Alender was an Estonian singer and musician who is possibly best recalled as the vocalist of such popular Estonian bands as Ruja and Propeller....
(vocals) - Indrek Patte (vocals)
- Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar, piano, backing vocals, percussion)
- Igor Garšnek (keyboards, drums)
- Vladislav Petšnikov (a.k.a. S P Gulliver) (bass, backing vocals, percussion)
- Rein Joasoo (drums)
- Arvo Urb (drums)