''Mince na dne fontán'' ( en, Coins on the Bottom of Fountains) is the fourth album by Marika Gombitová, released on OPUS in 1983.

Track listing

Official releases

* 1983: ''Mince na dne fontán'', LP, MC, OPUS, #9113 1354/5 * 1995: ''Mince na dne fontán'', re-release, 2CD, re-release, Open Music #0027 5312 * 2004: ''Mince na dne fontán: Komplet 4'', 2CD (excluded track 7: "Keď svitá pod srdcom žien"), OPUS, #91 1354

Credits and personnel

Marika Gombitová Marika Gombitová (; born 12 September 1956) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and musician. Once a member of Modus, Gombitová started to gain early acclaim as a former female vocalist of the group. Nevertheless, she gradually developed her publi ...

- lead vocal * Kamil Peteraj -

lyrics Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, a ...

* Ján Lauko -

producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

* Jozef Hanák - sound director * Ján Filo - sound director * Michal Ivanický - technical coordination * Igor Adamec - technical coordination * Karol Dlugolinský -

photography Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

;One * Marika Gombitová -

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, p ...

* Ladislav Lučenič -

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, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, organ, piano, ARP Oddysey, Minimoog, vocoder, citare,

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, strings * Dušan Hájek - drums * Jozef Hanák - harmonique ;Two * Ján Lehotský - lead vocal, writer, piano, Roland Jupiter 4, Korg, Hohner piano, Fender piano, strings * Ján Hangóny - guitar solo guitar, chorus * Anastasis Engonidis - bass, chorus * Karol Morvay - drums * Jiří Vana - solo guitar * Vlado Kaššay - chorus * Ľuboš Stankovský - chorus

Legacy

In 2007, Mince na dne fontán placed at number 30 on the list of the 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time.

Sales certifications

ČNS IFPI

In Slovakia, the

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a non-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland and founded in Italy in 19 ...

for the Czech Republic (ČNS IFPI) awards artists since the cancellation of the Slovak national section (SNS IFPI). Currently, there are awarded

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(for 3,000 units), and/or

Platinum Platinum is a chemical element with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78. It is a dense, malleable, ductile, highly unreactive, precious, silverish-white transition metal. Its name originates from Spanish , a diminutive of "silver". Platinu ...

certifications (for 6,000 units), exclusively for album releases. Gombitová demonstrably won at least seven platinum, and three golden awards in total.

Export release

The export version of the album, entitled ''My Friend the Tree'', was issued in 1984.

Track listing

Official releases

1984: ''My Friend the Tree'', LP, MC, OPUS, #9113 1586

Additional credits and personnel

* Katarína Karovičová-Rybková - English transcription * Štefan Danko - editor * Zuzana Mináčová - photography * M. Brocko - design

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mince na dne fontan 1983 albums 1984 albums Marika Gombitová albums