''Mi plačemo iza tamnih naočara'' (trans. ''We Cry Behind Dark Glasses'') is the first and only

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by the Yugoslav post-punk/

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Dobri Isak Dobri Isak (Serbian Cyrillic: Добри Исак; trans. ''Kind Isaac'') was a Yugoslav post-punk/darkwave band formed in Niš in 1983. Dobri Isak existed for only several years, releasing only one studio album, '' Mi plačemo iza tamnih naoča ...

, released in 1984. The album was originally released on

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and with a limited printing of a hundred copies only, rapidly sold out and became a collector's item. In 2009 the album was re-released by PMK Records with seven bonus tracks of unreleased material, bringing to the band new attention from the audience and recognition from the music critics in Serbia and other former Yugoslav republics.

Background

Formed in Niš in 1983, Dobri Isak recorded their only studio album, ''Mi plačemo iza tamnih naočara'', in 1984. The album was released by the Niš Students' Cultural Center (SKS), being the first release of the Center's Studentkult production, which issued an array of musical and literary releases. The album, released on

only and printed in a limited number of 100 copies, had been distributed by the Ljubljana Students' Cultural Center, and rapidly sold out. The band disbanded in 1986, their album enjoying cult status during the following decades.

Reissue

In 2009 the album was re-released by PMK Records with seven bonus tracks of unreleased material, bringing to the band new attention from the audience and recognition from music critics in Serbia and other former Yugoslav republics. In June 2010 PMK Records released the 150 copies limited edition reissue of the album, featuring an alternate album cover, with the band logo written in red, and a black CD. In 2015 the album was released on vinyl record for the first time by the same record label. During the same year the label issued the 100 copies limited vinyl edition of the album on transparent red vinyl.

Album cover

The original album cover features an image of fictional comic book

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The Phantom.

Track listing

All tracks written by Dobri Isak except "Feniks", by Arnold Layne (N. Cvetičanin, D. Krstović, D. Marinković, M. Manić)

Ulična strana A (Street Side A)

Sobna strana B (Room Side B)

CD reissue bonus tracks

Credits

Dobri Isak

* Predrag Cvetičanin "Frodo" - guitar, vocals * Miloš Miladinović "Pacov" - bass guitar, backing vocals * Saša Marković "Markiz" - drums, backing vocals * Saša Marković "Stipsa" - album producer

Additional personnel

* Nenad Cvetičanin (guitar, backing vocals on the recordings made at Markiz's room) * Dejan Krasić (guitar on the recordings made at Radio Niš)

Cover versions

* In 1994, on the album ''Land Ho!'', Nenad Cvetičanin's band Arnold Layne & Alhemija, covered the song "Mi plačemo iza tamnih naočara". * In 2010, Croatian

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band Mlijeko covered "Mi plačemo iza tamnih naočara" on their self-titled debut album.Mlijeko official MySpace
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References

''Mi plačemo iza tamnih naočara'' at Discogs

External links

''Mi plačemo iza tamnih naočara'' at Discogs
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