Nie wierzcie elektrykom
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Nie wierzcie elektrykom (Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...

 Don't trust the electricians) is the second studio album of the punk rock band Big Cyc
Big Cyc
Big Cyc is a Polish rock band formed in 1988.The band is well known in Poland for their controversial behaviour. The cover of their first album, Z partyjnym pozdrowieniem , was an image of Vladimir Lenin with a Mohawk hairstyle...

, released in 1991. The title is a pun on "Don't trust the politicians" an it alludes to Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa is a Polish politician, trade-union organizer, and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity , the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland between 1990 and 95.Wałęsa was an electrician...

's profession. The president of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 was also depicted on the cover in a rather iconoclastic way, dressed in a jacket
Jacket
A jacket is a hip- or waist-length garment for the upper body. A jacket typically has sleeves, and fastens in the front. A jacket is generally lighter, tighter-fitting, and less insulating than a coat, which is outerwear...

 with a Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

 badge (as opposed to Virgin Mary badge, actually worn by Wałęsa).
The album emulated a radio show, the songs being separated by nonsense dialogues of two "hosts", Skiba and Paweł "Konjo" Konnak.

Track listing

  1. "Marian, wierny kibic" (Marian, a faithful football fan)
  2. "Chrześcijańscy kanibale" (Christian cannibals)
  3. "Oszukani partyzanci" (Deceived partisans)
  4. "Nie ma tu nikogo" (There's nobody here)
  5. "Polacy" (The Poles)
  6. "Biały miś" (White Bear)
  7. "Kanar?" (Ticket Controller)
  8. "Ruskie idą" (The Russians are coming)
  9. "Nie wierzcie elektrykom" (Don't trust the electricians)
  10. "Karel rege" (Karel Reggae)

Credits

  • Dżej Dżej – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , lead vocals
  • Dżery – drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

    , vocals
  • Piękny Roman – lead guitar
    Lead guitar
    Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

    , vocals
  • Skiba
    Krzysztof Skiba
    Krzysztof Skiba is a Polish musician, song writer, satirist, essayist and actor. In 1983 cofounder of anarchy organization Ruch Społeczeństwa Alternatywnego . In 1988 cofunded a rock band Big Cyc...

     – vocals, lyrics, 'radio host'


Guest starring:
  • Marek Piekarczyk - vocals on Biały miś
  • Paweł "Konjo" Konnak - 'radio host'
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