Kao kakao ( eng. ''Like Cocoa'') is ninth album of Macedonian rock group

Leb i sol Leb i sol ( mk, Леб и сол) is a Macedonian and former Yugoslav rock group founded in the 1970s by Vlatko Stefanovski (guitar), Bodan Arsovski (bass guitar), Nikola Kokan Dimuševski (keyboards) and Garabet Tavitjan (drums). Tavitjan ced ...

. It contains 9 songs. Biggest hits from this album are Mamurni ljudi (''Hungover again''), Čuvam noć od budnih (''Night watchman''), Čekam kišu (''I'm waiting for the rain'')… It was released in 1987 by

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. The album was accompanied by videos for the Mamurni ljudi and Skopje (recorded in Macedonian for the first time). In 1999, album won Porin Award for Best Reissue. In 2006, Jugoton successor

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released this album on CD as part of Leb i sol box set.

Background

During 1986, Vlatko Stefanvoski and Bodan Arsovski composed the music for TV show Bušava azbuka (eng. Shaggy alphabet).

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member Ana Kostovska performed songs along with them. Goce Micanov and another Bastion member, Kiril Dzajkovski joined the group. Drummer Garabet Tavitijan made comeback in group after 6 years. By the end of 1987, Pokret magazine described that Vlatko got a hungover again because of being night watchman, adding that the world is like cocoa to him and that the only oasis is

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

. In the following text, it is said that he met a

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whom he regularly took to FC Vardar matches.

Album

Album was recorded and mixed in winter 1986/87 in Skopje. For the first time, Vlatko used

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. Dzajkovski was in addition to keyboards, for this album he played

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and

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. Lyrics for song Femme fatale was written by Arsen Dedic and

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for this song was provided by

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. Vocals in song Autoput was performed by bassist Bodan Arsovski. Album cover contains Ta Matete by Paul Gauign.

Track listing

Trivia

*Cover of 442 issue of magazine Start appears in music video for Mamurni ljudi. *Croatian group Fali V covered Čuvam noć od budnih.

Sound-alikes

* Song ''Skopje'' sampled ''

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'' by The Bangels. ''Skopje'' was sampled in song '' Soliter'' by

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. * Song ''Čuvam noć od budnih'' sampled

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, but also sampled

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parts from '' Narodnjaci'' by

. ''Čuvam noć od budnih'' was sampled in ''Ja za ljubav neću moliti'' by Nina Badric. * Title track sampled '' Izgledala je malo čudno'' by

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References

{{reflist 1987 albums Jugoton albums Leb i sol albums