Kozmetika (album)

Kozmetika
Studio album by Kozmetika
Released 1983 (1983)
Recorded 1979-1982
Jovanova St. 56, Jevremova St. 45, and MS studio, Belgrade
Genre New wave, synthpop, electronic
Length 34:24
Label ZKP RTLJ
Producer Kozmetika

Kozmetika (trans. Cosmetics) is the only album by the eponymous Yugoslav new wave band. It was released in 1983.

The album Kozmetika was polled in 1998 as the 98th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Kozmetika.

Side A

No.TitleLength
1."Utisci" (Impressions)4:17
2."Jedne noći na terasi na moru" (A Night on a Seaside Terrace)3:43
3."Kundalini"1:06
4."Ona hoće sve da zna" (She Wants to Know Everything)4:15
5."Belzebub" (Beelzebub)2:30
6."12-erac"0:46

Side B

No.TitleLength
1."Zanatlija" (Craftsman)2:54
2."Ne da/ne nego i/ili" (Not Yes/No, but And/Or)4:34
3."Bluz kontrolora letenja" (An Air Traffic Controller's Blues)2:37
4."Gaja"7:37

Personnel

  • Vladimir Jovanović - vocals, guitar, synthesizer
  • Marko Pešić - vocals, synthesizer, mixed by
  • Slobodan Konjović - vocals, bass guitar, vocoder effects, recorded by, mixed by
  • Mihajlo Mihajlovski - rhythm machine

Guest musicians and additional personnel

  • Nebojša Krstić - vocals (on track A1), backing vocals (on track A4)
  • Dragana Šarić - vocals (on track B2)
  • Goran Vejvoda - guitar (on tracks: A1, A4, A5, A6, B4), electric piano (on track A5)
  • Zlatko Manojlović - guitar (on track A4)
  • Goran Bregović - guitar (on track B2)
  • Raša Đelmaš - drums (on tracks: A1, A2, A5)
  • Bora Pavićević - drums (on tracks: A4, B1, B2), congas, pescussion (on track B4)
  • Zoran Radetić - electric piano (on track A4)
  • Žarko Kalmić - synthesizer (on trackS: B1, B2)
  • Vuk Vujačić - saxophone (on tracks: A2, A5)
  • Đorđe Ilijin - flute (on track B5)
  • Srđan Šaper - backing vocals (on track A4)
  • Biljana Trifunović - voice (on track B2)
  • Vlada Nikodijević - vocoder effects (on track B4)
  • Boban Petrović - engineer
  • Rade Ercegovac - engineer
  • Jugoslav Jovanović - design

Legacy

Kozmetika was polled in 1998 as the 98th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).[2]

In 2006 the song "Utisci" was ranked #99 the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs List.[3] The song has also been used as the theme song for the Olja Bećković political talk show Utisak nedelje broadcast on RTV Studio B and later on B92.[4] For the 20th anniversary of the talk show the Viva Vox Choir from Belgrade covered "Utisci" and the version has become the new theme song for the show.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press. p. 59.
  2. ↑ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press. p. 59.
  3. ↑ The List on the B92 official website Archived 2007-03-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ "Retro: Kozmetika - Kozmetika (ZKP RTVLJ, 1983.)". plastelin.com. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
  5. ↑ "Viva Vox Choir - Utisaka Puna Glava". YouTube. 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
  • Kozmetika at Discogs
  • EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
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