Ostalo je cutanje
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Ostalo je ćutanje is the thirteenth studio album from Serbia
n and former Yugoslav
rock band
Riblja Čorba
.
Apart from its title, the album contains several more references to William Shakespeare
's Hamlet
: album features a track entitled "Nešto je trulo u državi Danskoj" ("Something's Rotten in the State of Denmark", the song itself referring to Serbia), and the album cover features the band's frontman Bora Đorđević holding a skull
.
Ostalo je ćutanje is the first album recorded with the band's first official keyboardist
Vladimir Barjaktarević. It is also the last album recorded with guitarist Zoran Ilić. "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi" features former female members of Đorđević's former band Suncokret
, Snežana Jandrlić, Biljana Krstić and Gorica Popović
, on vocals. The song is notable for being the only Riblja Čorba song which does not feature Bora Đorđević on lead vocals. "Gastabartejrska pesma" features a passage from "Užičko kolo
" played on accordion
by Legende member Dušan Suvajac. The track "Ljubomorko" is a cover of John Lennon
's song "Jealous Guy
".
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n and former Yugoslav
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
rock band
Rock Band
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Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...
.
Apart from its title, the album contains several more references to William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
's Hamlet
Hamlet
The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, or more simply Hamlet, is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601...
: album features a track entitled "Nešto je trulo u državi Danskoj" ("Something's Rotten in the State of Denmark", the song itself referring to Serbia), and the album cover features the band's frontman Bora Đorđević holding a skull
Human skull
The human skull is a bony structure, skeleton, that is in the human head and which supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain.In humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones...
.
Ostalo je ćutanje is the first album recorded with the band's first official keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
Vladimir Barjaktarević. It is also the last album recorded with guitarist Zoran Ilić. "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi" features former female members of Đorđević's former band Suncokret
Suncokret
Suncokret was a former Yugoslav acoustic rock band from Belgrade.-Band history:The band was formed in 1975 by former Zajedno member Bora Đorđević , a former U Cvetu Mladosti member Nenad Božić and female singers Snežana Jandrlić and Vesna Rakočević...
, Snežana Jandrlić, Biljana Krstić and Gorica Popović
Gorica Popović
Gorica Popović is a Serbian theatre, television and film actress.-Selected filmography:*The Fall of Italy *The Dark Side of the Sun *Battle of Kosovo -External links:...
, on vocals. The song is notable for being the only Riblja Čorba song which does not feature Bora Đorđević on lead vocals. "Gastabartejrska pesma" features a passage from "Užičko kolo
Kolo (dance)
Kolo , is a collective folk dance, danced primarily by people from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. It is performed amongst groups of people holding each other's having their hands around each other's waists...
" played on accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
by Legende member Dušan Suvajac. The track "Ljubomorko" is a cover of John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
's song "Jealous Guy
Jealous Guy
"Jealous Guy" is a song written and performed by John Lennon which first appeared on his 1971 album Imagine. It is one of the most commonly covered Lennon songs, with at least ninety-two recorded cover versions, the most notable being Roxy Music's version, which reached number one in several...
".
Track listing
All the songs were written by Bora Đorđević, except where noted.- "Džigi Bau Story (Priča o Džigi Bauu)" (M. AleksićMiša AleksicMiroslav "Miša" Aleksić is a Serbian musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...
, B. Đorđević) – 4:28 - "Ljubomorko" (J. LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, B. Đorđević) – 3:01 - "Nešto je trulo u Državi danskoj" (M. MatterMani MatterMani Matter was a popular Swiss singer-songwriter...
, B. Đorđević) – 3:47 - "Gnjilane" – 4:02
- "Majko" - 5:19
- "Gastarbajterska pesma" – 3:57
- "Deca cveća" (V. BožinovićVidoja BožinovicVidoja Božinović , also known as Džindžer , is a Serbian musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...
, B. Đorđević) – 5:20 - "Gluvi telefoni" – 3:22
- "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi" – 2:42
- "Ostalo je ćutanje" – 4:11
Personnel
- Bora Đorđević - vocals
- Vidoja BožinovićVidoja BožinovicVidoja Božinović , also known as Džindžer , is a Serbian musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...
- guitar - Zoran Ilić - guitar
- Miša AleksićMiša AleksicMiroslav "Miša" Aleksić is a Serbian musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Biography:...
- bass guitar, producer - Vicko MilatovićVicko MilatovicMiroslav "Vicko" Milatović is a Serbian musician best known as the drummer for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:...
- drums - Vladimir Barjaktarević - keyboards, producer, recorded by, programmed by
Additional personnel
- Marija Mihajlović - backing vocals
- Snežana Jandrlić - vocals (on "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi")
- Gorica PopovićGorica PopovićGorica Popović is a Serbian theatre, television and film actress.-Selected filmography:*The Fall of Italy *The Dark Side of the Sun *Battle of Kosovo -External links:...
- vocals (on "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi") - Biljana Krstić - vocals (on "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi")
- Dušan Suvajac - accordion (on "Džigi Bau Story (Priča o Džigi Bauu)" and "Gastarbajterska pesma")
- Neša Petrović - saxophone (on "Džigi Bau Story (Priča o Džigi Bauu)")
- Miodrag Alabanda - violin (on "Džigi Bau Story (Priča o Džigi Bauu)")
- Milan Popović - producer