The Ultimate Collection is a double compilation album by Serbian

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...

 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

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 YU grupa

YU grupa

YU grupa is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. One of the pioneers in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans, YU grupa is considered the longest-lasting rock band to come from Serbia....

.

The album was released in 2009 by Croatia Records

Croatia Records

Croatia Records is the largest major record label in Croatia, based in Dubrava in Zagreb.-Summary:Croatia Records d.d. is a joint stock company currently led by the Chairman of the Board of directors Želimir Babogredac, a notable sound engineer...

, a successor company for 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...

, which was YU grupa's record label during the 1972 – 1977 period, and the album features songs from the albums and 7" singles YU grupa released through Jugoton during this period.

Disc One

1. "Mali medved" (D. Jelić
   Dragi Jelić
   Dragi Jelić is a Serbian rock musician, best known as a singer and guitarist for the band YU grupa, which he formed in 1970 with his brother Zika Jelić. During the 1960s, alongside his brother Žika, he was a member of the beat band Džentlmeni.-References:...
   
   ) – 5:40
2. "Bio jednom jedan pas" (M. Kostić) – 3:10
3. "U tami disko kluba" (D. Jelić, Z. Modli
   Zoran Modli
   Zoran Modli is a Serbian journalist, radio disc jockey and aviator. He was one of the most popular Yugoslav radio personalities, running one of the most notable radio shows of the early 1980s in Yugoslavia, Ventilator 202...
   
   ) – 4:11
4. "Kosovski božuri" (M. Kostić) – 4:43
5. "Šta će meni vatra" (D. Jelić, B. Marušić) – 4:38
6. "Trka" (D. Jelić, D. Nedimović) – 4:39
7. "Noć je moja" (D. Jelić, B. Marušić) – 5:44
8. "Čovek i marsovac" (D. Jelić, D. Nedimović) – 3:33
9. "Čudna šuma" (D. Jelić, D. Nedimović) – 3:34
10. "Devojko mala, podigni glavu" (D. Jelić, D. Nedimović) – 3:48
11. "Crni leptir" (D. Jelić) – 3:52
12. "More" (D. Jelić, D. Nedimović) – 5:43
13. "Drveni most" (D. Jelić) – 4:39
14. "Kako to" (D. Jelić, B, Marušić) – 4:38
15. "Ništa nema novo" (D. Jelić, B, Marušić) – 6:44
16. "More no. 2" (D. Jelić, B, Marušić) – 8:10

Disc Two

1. "Sama" (M. Kostić, V. Marjanović) – 4:11
2. "Živi pesak" (M. Kostić, P. Ćućuz) – 4:55
3. "Možda ti, možda ja" (D. Jelić, M. Tucaković
   Marina Tucaković
   Marina Tucaković is a Serbian songwriter who has composed several hit albums in former Yugoslavia. She is a known collaborator with Ceca, Lepa Brena, Jelena Karleusa among others...
   
   ) – 4:17
4. "Oprosti ljubavi" (D. Jelić, M. Tucaković) – 3:59
5. "Čovek kao ja" (D. Jelić, M. Tucaković, R. Đelmaš) – 3:37
6. "Ja moram dalje" (D. Jelić, M. Tucaković, R. Đelmaš) – 3:01
7. "Kad" (D. Jelić, M. Tucaković, Ž. Jelić) – 3:31
8. "Tačno u podne" (D. Jelić, Z. Modli) – 3:15
9. "3 do 6" (D. Jelić, M. Tucaković) – 3:27
10. "Među zvezdama" (D. Jelić) – 2:53
11. "Majko, žedan sam" (M. Kostić, M. Tucaković) – 3:51
12. "Budi sa mnom" (N. Maculja, D. Jelić) – 3:35
13. "Ne znam ni sam šta da ti dam" (D. Jelić) – 3:48
14. "Opasno (Opasno te volim)" (M. Kostić, M. Tucaković) – 4:12
15. "Razlog više da postojim" (M. Kostić, M. Tucaković) – 3:33
16. "Galebov let" (D. Jelić, Z. Modli) – 4:43
17. "Ideš mi na nerve" (M. Kostić, D. Jelić, M. Tucaković) – 3:50
18. "Identitet" (M. Kostić, M. Tucaković) – 3:50

Credits

• Dragi Jelić
  Dragi Jelić
  Dragi Jelić is a Serbian rock musician, best known as a singer and guitarist for the band YU grupa, which he formed in 1970 with his brother Zika Jelić. During the 1960s, alongside his brother Žika, he was a member of the beat band Džentlmeni.-References:...
  
   – guitar, vocals
• Žika Jelić – bass guitar, vocals
• Bata Kostić – guitar
• Nedžat Maculja – guitar
• Miodrag Okrugić – organ
• Velibor Bogdanović – drums
• Ratislav Đelmaš – drums
• Dragan Micić – drums