''Buvlja pijaca'' (trans. ''
Flea Market
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'') is the fourth studio album from
Serbia
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n and
former Yugoslav
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rock band
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Riblja Čorba
Riblja Čorba ( sr-Cyrl, Рибља Чорба, pronounced ; translation: lit. ''Fish Stew'') is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1978. The band was one of the most popular and most influential acts of the Yugoslav ...
, released in 1982.
The album is the second Riblja Čorba album produced by
John McCoy. It featured a softer sound than previous Riblja Čorba releases, as some of the songs featured
string
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*String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...
and
brass instruments
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and had elements of
acoustic rock
Acoustic music is music that solely or primarily uses instruments that produce sound through acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means. While all music was once acoustic, the retronym "acoustic music" appeared after the adven ...
.
The album was polled in 1998 as the 64th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book ''
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike'' (''YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music'').
Album cover
The album cover was designed by
Jugoslav Vlahović
Jugoslav Vlahović ( sr-cyr, Југослав Влаховић, born 1949) is a Serbian artist, illustrator, photographer and a former rock musician. Vlahović is known for his work on album covers. He is also known as a former member of the rock ...
, and is the only Riblja Čorba album cover which does not feature Riblja Čorba logo.
Track listing
Personnel
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Bora Đorđević
Borisav "Bora" Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Борисав, Бора Ђорђевић; born 1 November 1952), also known as Bora Čorba ( sr-cyr, Бора Чорба), is a Serbian singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known as the frontman of the ...
- vocals
*
Rajko Kojić
Radislav "Rajko" Kojić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радислав-Рајко Којић; 12 April 1956 – 11 April 1997) was a Serbian and former Yugoslav guitarist best known for his work with band Riblja Čorba.
Biography
Rajko Kojić was born o ...
- guitar
*
Momčilo Bajagić Momcilo or Momčilo (Cyrillic script: Момчило) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It is often found in Serbia and Montenegro. It may refer to:
*Momčilo Bajagić, Serbian rock musician
* Momčilo Bošković (born 1951), retired Serb ...
- guitar
*
Miša Aleksić
Miroslav "Miša" Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Миша Алексић, 16 August 1953 — 29 November 2020) was a Serbian musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.
Biog ...
- bass guitar
*
Miroslav Milatović Miroslav may refer to:
* Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name
* ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade
* Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic
S ...
- drums
Additional personnel
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Kornelije Kovač
Kornelije "Bata" Kovač ( sr-Cyrl, Корнелије "Бата" Ковач, ; hu, Kovács Kornél; 1 January 1942 – 13 September 2022) was a Serbian composer.
Early life
Born in Niš during World War II in the Nazi-occupied Serbia to a ...
- keyboard
*Rešad Jahja - cello
*Petar Jovanović - cello
*Miroljub Aranđelović - clarinet
*Miroslav Blažević - trumpet
*Asan Selimović - tuba
*Miomir Maksimčev - viola
*Petar Mladenović - viola
*Geza Balaž - violin
*Gordana Todorović - violin
*Miloš Lazarević - violin
*Miroljub Milošević - violin
*Stojan Grbić - violin
*Žarko Mićković - violin
*
John McCoy - producer
*Tony Taverner - recorded by
*Jovan Stojanović - engineer
Reception and legacy
The album brought a number of hit songs: ironical love songs "Draga ne budi peder", "U dva će čistači odneti đubre", "Dobro jutro", and political and satirical songs "Slušaj sine, obriši sline", "Kako je lepo biti glup" (inspired by Đorđević's service in
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...
), "Pravila, pravila", "Kad ti se na glavu sruši čitav svet" and "Ja ratujem sam". It was sold in more than 250,000 copies, which was less than expected, considering the number of previous albums' copies sold.
The songs "U dva će čistači odneti đubre", "Kad ti se na glavu sruši čitav svet", "Ja ratujem sam", "Pravila, pravila", "Kako je lepo biti glup" and "Dobro jutro" appeared in
Mića Milošević's 1982 movie ''
A Tight Spot
''A Tight Spot'' ( sr, Tesna koža) is a 1982 Yugoslavian comedy film directed by and written by along with . The film achieved enormous popularity throughout SFR Yugoslavia, spawning three sequels by the end of the decade.
The story centers aro ...
''.
In 1998, ''Buvlja pijaca'' was polled the 64th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book ''
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike'' (''YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music'').
In 2015 ''Buvlja pijaca'' album cover was ranked 57th on the list of 100 Greatest Album Covers of Yugoslav Rock published by
web magazine
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Balkanrock.
"100 najboljih omota YU rocka", Balkanrock.com
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References
''Buvlja pijaca'' at Discogs
* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006'', Janjatović Petar;
* ''Riblja čorba'', Jakovljević Mirko;
External links
''Buvlja pijaca'' at Discogs
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