''Idée Fixe'' is an album by Czesław Niemen's band Aerolit released in 1978 on two

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and one

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discs. It was remastered in 2003 as a two CD album. The two long play discs are highly conceptual and deal with Cyprian Kamil Norwid's poems, philosophy, and worldview. The extended play disc contains fragments of the

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for Juliusz Słowacki's ''Sen srebrny Salomei''.

Track listing

All music by Czesław Niemen. Tracks 1, 4 (Side A), 6 (Side B), 9-10 (Side C) and 11-12 (Side D) are all instrumental. Tracks 2, 3 (Side A), 5 and 7 (Side B), 8 (Side C) and 13 (Side D) feature lyrics by Cyprian Kamil Norwid.

Side 1

# "QSS (Sygnały)" - 3:07 # "Larwa" - 7:20 # "Moja piosenka" - 6:44 # "W poszukiwaniu źródła" - 2:35

Side 2

# "Chłodna ironia przemijających pejzaży" - 12:51 # "Straceńcy" - 1:24 # "Laur dojrzały" - 5:19

Side 3

# "Idącej kupić talerz pani M." - 5:09 # "Białe góry" - 11:30 # "Legenda scytyjska" - 3:23

Side 4

# "QSS II" - 2:40 # "Twarzą do Słońca" - 7:04 # "Credo" - 8:16

EP

# Music for play "Sen srebrny Salomei" ("Salomea's dream of silver") - fragments # Music for play "Sen srebrny Salomei" - Pieśń Wernyhory (lyrics

Juliusz Słowacki Juliusz Słowacki (; ; ; 4 September 1809 – 3 April 1849) was a Polish Romantic poet. He is considered one of the " Three Bards" of Polish literature — a major figure in the Polish Romantic period, and the father of modern Polish drama. Hi ...

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Personnel

Czesław Niemen Czesław Niemen (; born Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki; February 16, 1939 – January 17, 2004), occasionally credited mononymously as Niemen, was one of the most important and innovative Polish singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the 20th cen ...

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, melotron,

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2003 CD Reissue

Idée Fixe I

# "Sieroctwo" - 8:48 (lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid) # "QSS I (Pytanie o naszą skromność)" - 3:04 (instrumental) # "Larwa (Wszechcywilizacji społeczny blues)" - 7:27 (lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid) # "Moja piosenka" - 6:49 (lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid) # "W poszukiwaniu źródła" - 2:38 (instrumental) # "Chłodna ironia przemijających pejzaży" - 13:03 (lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid) # "Straceńcy (Z wypraw nie tylko krzyżowych)" - 1:26 (instrumental) # "Laur dojrzały" - 5:25 (lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid)

Idée Fixe II

# "Larwa (2)" - 7:22 (lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid) # "Idącej kupić talerz pani M." - 5:15 (lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid) # "Białe góry" - 9:35 (instrumental) # "Legenda scytyjska" - 3:27 (instrumental) # "QSS II" - 2:45 (instrumental) # "Twarzą do Słońca" - 7:09 (instrumental) # "Credo" - 8:21 (lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid) # "Proroctwo Wernyhory" - 0:32 (instrumental) # "Spotkanie Leona i Salomei" - 0:46 (instrumental) # "W obozie ukraińskim" - 1:31 (instrumental) # "Zazdrość Semenki" - 0:34 (instrumental) # "Przybycie regimentu" - 0:55 (instrumental) # "Defilada" - 0:52 (instrumental) # "Mazurek weselny" - 1:09 (instrumental) # "Pieśń Wernyhory" - 5:43 (lyrics

) Tracks from 8 to 15 are from play "Sen srebrny Salomei".

References

External links

Album information
{{DEFAULTSORT:Idee Fixe (Album) Czesław Niemen albums 1978 albums Polskie Nagrania Muza albums