''Nova akropola'' (''New

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'' in Slovene) is the second studio album by

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. It was released in 1986.

Track listing

Original album: # "Vier Personen" ''(Four Persons)'' (Jani Novak) – 5:26 # "Nova akropola" ''(New Acropolis)'' (Jani Novak/Milan Fras/

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) – 6:55 # "Krvava gruda - Plodna zemlja" ''(Bloody Ground - Fertile Land)'' (Jani Novak/Milan Fras/Dejan Knez) – 4:07 # "Vojna poema" ''(War Poem)'' (Jani Novak) – 3:12 # "Ti, ki izzivaš" (Outro) ''(You, who are challenging)'' (

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) – 1:20 # "Die Liebe" ''(Love)'' (Milan Fras) – 4:26 # "Država" ''(State)'' (Jani Novak) – 4:19 # "Vade Retro" ''(Go Back)'' (Dejan Knez) – 4:33 # "Panorama" (Jani Novak/Milan Fras/Dejan Knez, melody inspired by

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, the first movement of

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suite) – 4:52 # "Decree" (Jani Novak/Milan Fras/Dejan Knez) – 6:41 2023 Expanded Edition bonus disc/tracks: # "Vade Retro Satanas" (Performed live with the

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, European Month of Culture event,

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, 1997) # "Nova akropola ƎЯ" (Live at MSU-Museum of Contemporary Art,

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, 2019) # "Vier Personen ƎЯ" (Live at Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, 2019) # "Krvava gruda - Plodna zemlja ƎЯ" (Live at EXIT Fest,

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, 2021) # "Ti, ki izzivaš ƎЯ" (Live at EXIT Fest, Novi Sad, 2021) # "Die Liebe ƎЯ" (Live in MKC-Cultural Center,

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, 2018) # "Država ƎЯ" (Live in

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, Ljubljana, 2020)

Credits

Music published by Complete Music Ltd.
Recorded and mixed at Metropolis Studio, Oasis Studio and Guerilla Studio 1985.
Produced by Jurij, Toni, Ken Thomas, Rico Conning and Laibach except "Decree" and "Panorama" produced by Laibach and D-Moniker (Duncan Macdonald).

Release details

Cherry Red Records Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as well ...

released the original LP in the UK, and it has been re-issued on various formats by Rebel Rec. (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), VAP (Japan),

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and

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(U.S.), and Optic Nerve (UK). Cherry Red re-issued it in 2002 as an

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(with "Država" on video), and again in 2023 on

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as an Expanded Edition 2-LP set (one on black vinyl, one on silver), with a remaster of the original album, a second LP consisting of live performances of songs from the album, spanning 25 years, and redone artwork. Another LP pressing and a CD of this edition will be released later in the year.

References

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