Zmaj od Noćaja is the seventh studio album from Serbia

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 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 Bajaga i Instruktori

Bajaga i Instruktori

Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...

, released in 2001. The name of the album refers to the name of a street in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

. The street itself was named after Stojan Čupić

Stojan Cupic

Stojan Čupić , also known as "Zmaj od Noćaja" , was a Serbian voivod, one of the most important leaders of the First Serbian Uprising. He was born in Piva in Herzegovina and his original surname was Dobrilović. He later moved to Salaš Noćajski in Mačva, where he was adopted by Strahinja Čupić, and...

, also known as Zmaj od Noćaja (Dragon

Dragon

A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...

 of Noćaj

Nocaj

Noćaj is a village in northern Serbia. It is located in the Sremska Mitrovica municipality, in the Srem District, Vojvodina province. The population of Noćaj numbering 2,120 people , and most of its inhabitants are ethnic Serbs .-Geography:Geographically, Noćaj is situated in the northern part of...

), a hero from the First Serbian Uprising

First Serbian Uprising

The First Serbian Uprising was the first stage of the Serbian Revolution , the successful wars of independence that lasted for 9 years and approximately 9 months , during which Serbia perceived itself as an independent state for the first time after more than three centuries of Ottoman rule and...

.

Zmaj od Noćaja featured a bonus CD entitled I ja sam Zvezdaš (I'm a Red Star

Red Star Belgrade

Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

 Fan, Too), which featured three versions of the song "Zvezda", dedicated to the football club Red Star Belgrade.

The album featured a cover of The Clash

The Clash

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

 song "Should I Stay or Should I Go

Should I Stay or Should I Go

"Should I Stay or Should I Go" is a song by the English punk rock band The Clash, from their album Combat Rock. It was written in 1981 and featured Mick Jones on lead vocals. It became the band's only number-one single on the UK Singles Chart, a decade after it was originally released. In November...

", entitled "Da li da odem ili ne".

Track listing

1. "Lepa Janja, ribareva kći" – 3:39
2. "Da li da odem ili ne" – 3:00
3. "Gospod brine" – 5:48
4. "Tehno blues" – 4:16
5. "Zmaj od Noćaja" - 5:40
6. "Najslađa devojka" – 3:30
7. "Model 1960 - Es.Ef.Er.Jot" – 3:59
8. "Ala" – 3:40
9. "Perla" – 3:42
10. "Extasy pazi!!!" – 3:07
11. "Plavo" – 3:26

I ja sam zvezdaš bonus CD

1. "Zvezda" - 4:12
2. "Zvezda (Stadionska verzija)" - 4:18
3. "Zvezda (Matrica)" - 4:12

Personnel

• Momčilo Bajagić
  Momcilo Bajagic
  Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
  
   - vocals, guitar
• Žika Milenković - vocals, guitar
• Miroslav Cvetković - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Saša Lokner - keyboards, arranged by
• Ljubiša Opačić - guitar, backing vocals, programming, arranged by
• Čeda Macura - drums, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Marijana Popović - vocals
• Ivan Ilić - trombone
• Jovan Ilić - harmonica
• Magnifico - voice (on track "Extasy pazi!!!")
• Shatzi - voice (on track "Extasy pazi!!!")
• Saša Habić - producer, arranged by, guitar, keyboards
• Zoran Vukčević - engineer

External links

• Zmaj od Noćaja at Discogs