Tváre pred zrkadlom

"Tváre pred zrkadlom" ("Faces in Front of the Mirror") is a song by Slovak singer-songwriter Marika Gombitová, released on OPUS in 1989.[1][2] The composition wrote Gombitová in collaboration with Kamil Peteraj.[3]

"Tváre pred zrkadlom"
Single by Marika Gombitová
B-side"Ave Mária"
Released1989
Format
  • 7" single
  • 45 RPM
Recorded1989
Genre
Length3:29
LabelOPUS (#9143 0739)
Songwriter(s)
  • Marika Gombitová
  • Gabo Dušík
  • Kamil Peteraj
Producer(s)
  • Peter Smolinský
Marika Gombitová singles chronology
"Nenápadná"
(1986)		 "Tváre pred zrkadlom"
(1989)		 "Paradiso"
(1994)
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"Tváre pred zrkadlom"
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B-side of the single promoted a song called "Ave Mária", composed by Gabo Dušík, for a change.[3] Its live version was featured only on VA compilation Nežná revolúcia (1990), also released by OPUS.[4][5]

Both tracks were available in common on CD as bonus tracks on a 2004 re-issue of her studio album Kam idú ľudia?[6][7] (originally from 1990).[8]

Official releases and formats
SK 7" Single, #9143 0739[3]
  1. "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Studio version)
  2. "Ave Mária" (Studio version)
SK CD album, #91 2214[7]
  • "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Studio version)
  • "Ave Mária" (Studio version)
SK Double LP, #9017 2240/41[4]
  • "Ave Mária" (Live version)
SK CD album, #91 2410[9]
  • "Ave Mária" (Studio version)
SK CD album, #None[10]
  • "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

Charts

Peak positions
Chart (1990) Peak
position
Slovak Singles Chart[11] 2[A]
Notes
  • A ^ On the music charts, B-side "Ave Maria" was more successful, scoring as the second most selling SP in Slovakia (following "Sľúbili sme si lásku" by Ivan Hoffman, while preceding "Pravda víťazí" by Tublatanka).[11]

Credits and personnel

See also

References
General
  • Graclík, Miroslav; Nekvapil, Václav (2008). Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Lifestory of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: XYZ. p. 446. ISBN 978-80-7388-115-3. OCLC 294939865. Retrieved 2011-03-21.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Lehotský, Oskar (April 23, 2008a). Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Marika Gombitová (PDF). Comenius University, Faculty of Arts (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2011-04-07.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Lehotský, Oskar (April 23, 2008b). Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus (PDF). Comenius University, Faculty of Arts (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Retrieved 2011-04-07.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Specific
  1. Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, p. 397.
  2. For Marika Gombitová's discography, see Lehotský 2008a, pp. 54–56..
  3. Gombitová, Marika (1989). "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Liner Notes) (7-inch Single). CSSR: OPUS Records. 9143 0739.
  4. VA (1990). Nežná revolúcia (Liner Notes) (Double Vinyl Album) (in Slovak). CSFR: OPUS Records. 9017 2240/41.
  5. Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, pp. 193, 402.
  6. Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, p. 410.
  7. Gombitová, Marika (2004). Kam idú ľudia? Komplet 8 (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). SR: OPUS Records. 91 2214.
  8. Gombitová, Marika (1990). Kam idú ľudia? (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). CSFR: OPUS Records. 9353 2214.
  9. Gombitová, Marika (1993). Polnočné otázky: 16 Naj 1984–1993 (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). SR: OPUS Records. 91 2410.
  10. Gombitová, Marika (1993). Top 16: Diskotéka Ženského magazínu (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). SR: OPUS Records, Ženský magazín.
  11. Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, p. 197.
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