''5. april '81'' is the second live album by Yugoslav

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band

Bijelo Dugme Bijelo Dugme (trans. ''White Button'') was a Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock music, rock band, formed in Sarajevo, Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1974. Bijelo Dugme is widely co ...

, released in 1981. It was recorded in Kulušić club in

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on 5 April 1981. The album was put out in limited release of only 20,000 copies.

Background

The album was recorded on the last concert of the tour that followed the release of the album '' Doživjeti stotu''. The band was announced by journalist Dražen Vrdoljak (the announcement being featured on the album). The album's sound was in correspondence with the shift from

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towards new wave the band made with ''Doživjeti stotu''. The album featured a cover of

Indexi Indexi was a Bosnian and former Yugoslav rock band popular in Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died. Some of their most notable songs are "Svijet u kome živi ...

song "Sve ove godine" ("All These Years").

Album cover

The cover artwork depicted a three-picture presentation of a girl wearing an adult woman's robe and high heels. The girl photographed was daughter of actor Mladen Jeličić. Although the album cover saw no controversy in 1981, when ''5. april '81'' was re-released on CD by

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in 2003, the image was modified, leaving only the leftmost and rightmost photos, most likely because the girl's

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is visible in the middle photo.''5. april '81'' at Discogs
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Track listing

Personnel

Željko Bebek Želimir "Željko" Bebek (born 16 December 1945) is a Bosnian and Croatian vocalist and musician most notable for being the lead singer of former Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme from 1974 to 1984. He also has a successful career as a solo artist ...

– vocals *

Goran Bregović Goran Bregović (born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic-speaking countries in the Balkans, and is one of the few former Yugo ...

– guitar, producer, mixed by *

Zoran Redžić Zoran Redžić (born 29 January 1948) is a Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme. Born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, he is a younger brother of another Bosnian ...

– bass * Điđi Jankelić – drums *

Vlado Pravdić Vladimir "Vlado" Pravdić (born 6 December 1949) is a Bosnian musician most famous as the organist of the Yugoslav rock group Bijelo dugme from 1974 to 1976 and again from 1978 to 1987. Born in Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia as ...

– keyboard

Additional personnel

*Dražen Vrdoljak - introduction *Mladen Škalec - engineer *Hrvoje Hegedušić - engineer, mixed by

Legacy

In 1987, in ''YU legende uživo'' (''YU Legends Live''), a special publication by ''

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'' magazine, ''5. april '81'' was pronounced one of 12 best Yugoslav live albums. In ''YU legende uživo'', critic Petar Janjatović criticized the band's performance on the album, especially

's vocal performance, but also stated: In a 2000 text for ''

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'', critic Hrvoje Horvat stated:

References

External links

''5. april '81'' at Discogs
{{Bijelo dugme Bijelo Dugme live albums 1981 live albums Jugoton live albums