Kult was the first album

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 by Polish

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 punk rock

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 band Kult

Kult (band)

-History:Kult was formed in 1982 from Kazik Staszewski’s previous band, Novelty Poland.In July 1982 the band performed at its first concert at the Remont Club in Warsaw....

. It was recorded in September 1986 in Studio CCS and initially released in May 1987 on LP album

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 through Polton. In 1993 it was rereleased by S.P. Records on compact disc and music cassette

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. The second release included bonus tracks recorded in Studio Radia Łódź.

The then Communist government's Office for the Control of Publications and Performances  censored

Censorship

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 many of songs proposed for the album; about twenty out of forty songs were rejected. Unfortunately the ban

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 involved the band's most popular songs: "Polska", "Po co wolność" and "Totalna militaryzacja". The band members agreed that they wouldn't change the lyrics

Lyrics

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 of rejected songs and so the original 1987 release did not include them.

Reception

Track listing

Original album, released in 1987, included only tracks 1-11.

1. "Wspaniała nowina" (The Great News)
2. "Zabierz mu wszystko" (Take All That's His)
3. "Krew boga" (The Blood of God)
4. "Mędracy" (Waisemen)
5. "Religia wielkiego Babilonu" (The Religion of the Great Babylon)
6. "Posłuchaj, to do ciebie" (Listen, This Is to You)
7. "1932-Berlin"
8. "Konsument" (Consumer)
9. "Odnawianie restauracji" (Renovating the Restaurant)
10. "Udana transakcja" (Successful Transaction)
11. "O Ani" (About Anna)
12. "Dom wschodzącego słońca" (The House of the Rising Sun
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Credits

• Kazik Staszewski
  Kazik Staszewski
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   – lead vocalist, alto saxophone
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• Janusz Grudziński – lead guitar
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  , keyboards
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• Tadeusz Kisieliński – drumset
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• Ireneusz Wereński – bass guitar
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• Paweł Szanajca – saxophone
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• Wojciech Przybylski – sound engineer
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