Sto let odinochestva
| Sto let odinochestva | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by Egor i Opizdenevshie | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 18 December 1989, January 1991-July 1992 | |||
| Studio | GrOb Studios, Omsk | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, post-punk, experimental rock, noise rock, garage rock | |||
| Length | 77:18 | |||
| Label |
GrOb/Zolotaja Dolina (original LP issue) BSA (original CD issue) XOP/Moroz (1999 CD reissue) Misteria Zvuka (2007 CD reissue) Wyrgorod (2014 CD reissue) | |||
| Producer | Egor Letov | |||
| Egor i Opizdenevshie chronology | ||||
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Sto let odinochestva (Russian: Сто лет одиночества, meaning 100 Years of Solitude) is the second and final album by Russian psychedelic rock band Egor i Opizdenevshie. It was released in 1993 by Zolotaja Dolina.
The track "Ophelia" was considered by Egor Letov to be his favourite song. In 2008, after Letov died, his brother Sergei said that the song was written about Yanka Dyagileva. The track "Peredozirovka" was written in 1991 after the death of the younger Letov's cat, who had lived for 11 years. Cats are a very big motif throughout Letov's work. "Tuman" was previously featured in 1990 on Kommunizm's 14th and final album Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika. Reversed and instrumental versions of the track appear on their 13th album Trinadtsat, also released in 1990.
Shortly after the album's release, the band started work on a third album, but they halted work on it shortly after, changing their name to Grazhdanskaya Oborona and beginning to play live. The album would not be released until 2001.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Свобода" | Егор Летов | 2:57 |
| 2. | "Евангелие" | Егор Летов | 2:56 |
| 3. | "Глина научит" | Егор Летов | 4:39 |
| 4. | "Дрызг и брызг" | Егор Летов, Кузьма Рябинов | 1:56 |
| 5. | "Вечная весна" | Егор Летов, Игорь Жевтун, Кузьма Рябинов | 6:08 |
| 6. | "Привыкать" | Егор Летов | 3:34 |
| 7. | "Зерно на мельницу" | Егор Летов | 2:47 |
| 8. | "Пуля виноватого найдёт" | Егор Летов | 2:59 |
| 9. | "Зря вы это всё" | Егор Летов, Кузьма Рябинов | 7:45 |
| 10. | "Офелия" | Егор Летов | 4:47 |
| 11. | "Передозировка" | Егор Летов | 2:12 |
| 12. | "Простор открыт" | Егор Летов | 4:29 |
| 13. | "Будьте здоровы (живите богато)" | Егор Летов, Кузьма Рябинов | 2:18 |
| 14. | "Как-то утром на рассвете" | Егор Летов, Кузьма Рябинов | 0:12 |
| 15. | "Tuman" | Александр Колкер, Ким Рыжов | 3:11 |
| 16. | "В начале было слово" | Егор Летов, Кузьма Рябинов, Александр Рожков | 3:20 |
| 17. | "Семь шагов за горизонт (Часть 1)" | Егор Летов | 5:23 |
| 18. | "Семь шагов за горизонт (Часть 2)" | Егор Летов, Кузьма Рябинов | 2:55 |
| 19. | "Следы на снегу" | Егор Летов | 2:21 |
| 20. | "Поживём-увидим" | Егор Летов | 1:43 |
| 21. | "Сто лет одиночества" | Егор Летов | 2:20 |
| 22. | "Об отшествии преподобнаго в пустыню от славы человеческия" | Егор Летов, Кузьма Рябинов | 4:49 |
Legacy
In 1995, the album won the "Bronzovy volchok" award for best cover art. Letov was not present at the ceremony.
When Misteria Zvuka reissued the album in 2007, Letov decided to replace some tracks with versions he thought sounded better. The versions as originally released were included as bonus tracks on Pryg-skok. These versions were also carried over to the 2014 reissue on Wyrgorod.