Bijelo dugme (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Bijelo dugme (Kosovka djevojka)
Type = Studio album
Artist = Bijelo dugme


Released = December 1984
Recorded = Studio I, RTV Sarajevo; Studio IV, RTV Zagreb; Studio RTV Skopje; Studio Akvarijus, BelgradeLiner notes on the album's inner record sleeve (Diskoton, #LP 8155).]
Genre = Rock Folk rock
Length = 39:07
Label = Diskoton
Producer = Goran Bregović
Reviews =
Last album = "Uspavanka za Radmilu M."
(1983)
This album = "Bijelo dugme (Kosovka djevojka)"
(1984)
Next album = "Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo"
(1987) |

"Bijelo dugme" (unofficially known as "Kosovka djevojka") is the seventh studio album released by Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme. Due to Bijelo Dugme's usage of the famous painting by Uroš Predić for the albums cover the most widely used name for the album is Kosovka djevojka ("Kosovo Maiden"), despite it official being a self titled album.

"Kosovska djevojka" is widely considered to have been one of Bijelo dugme's best albumsFact|date=October 2008 notable for its intense lyrics and rich melodies. It had a fare more focused approach then the bands previous two studio albums "Doživjeti stotu" and "Uspavanka za Radmilu M." which were critically and commercially weak, "Kosovka djevojka" marks the return of folk music elements most prominent on "Lipe cvatu, sve je isto k'o i lani" and oriental on "Za Esmu".

The album produced by Goran Bregović was recorded at several locations with Mufid Kosović and Milka Gerasimova as sound engineers.Bora Čorba of the Serbian rock band Riblja Čorba had a guest appearance in the song "Pediculis pubis", having co-written it with Goran Bregović. Other guest appearances included, the Croatian folk group Ladarice, the Macedonian gajda (bagpipe) player Pece Atanasovski and the folk instruments orchestra of the Radio- Television Skopje and Sonja Beran- Leskovšek who played the harp.Liner notes on the album's inner record sleeve (Diskoton, #LP 8155).]

It was the groups first album since the departure of former front man Željko Bebek who was replaced by Mladen "Tifa" Vojičić. Despite his talents Tifa's stint as Bijelo Dugme's lead singer would be a short one, due to personality clashes, lack of professionalism and drug and alcohol abuse causeing friction between Tifa and the other band members particularly Goran Bregović who would go on to fire Tifa in October, 1985.

Track listing

#"Hej, slaveni" (Samuel Tomášik) ["Hej Sloveni" was Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia's official anthem.]
#"Padaju zvijezde" (Bregović)
#"Meni se ne spava" (Bregović)
#"Za Esmu" (Bregović)
#"Jer kad ostariš"´ (Bregović)
#"Lipe cvatu, sve je isto k'o i lani" (Bregović)
#"Pediculis pubis" (Bora Đorđević/Bregović)
#"Aiaio radi radio" (Bregović)
#"Lažeš" (Bregović)
#"Da te bogdo ne volim" (Bregović)

Line-up

*Goran Bregović - guitar
*Mladen Vojičić Tifa - vocals
*Zoran Redžić - bass
*Ipe Ivandić - drums
*Vlado Pravdić - keyboard

Guest appearances:Liner notes on the album's inner record sleeve (Diskoton, #LP 8155).]
*Folk group Ladarice, Zagreb (backing vocals)
*Pece Atanasovski (gajda)
*Orkestar na narodni instrumenti of Radio- Televison Skopje (Macedonian folk instruments)
*Bora Đorđević
*Sonja Beran - Leskovšek (harp)

Footnotes