''Odlazi cirkus'' (trans. ''The Circus Is Leaving'') is the second and final studio album released by

former Yugoslav Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

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band

Rani Mraz Rani Mraz (Serbian Cyrillic: Рани Мраз; trans. ''Early Frost'') were a former Yugoslav rock band from Novi Sad, formed in 1977 by former Žetva member Đorđe Balašević. During the initial period, the band went through several lineup c ...

Recording

Like it was the case with the previous Rani Mraz album, ''

Mojoj mami umesto maturske slike u izlogu ''Mojoj mami umesto maturske slike u izlogu'' (trans. ''To My Mother instead of the Prom Photo in the Shop Window'') is the first studio album released by former Yugoslav rock band Rani Mraz. In 1998, the album was polled as the 44th on the list ...

'', two official Rani Mraz members,

Đorđe Balašević Đorđe Balašević ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Балашевић; 11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian and Yugoslav singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director. He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, ...

and

Biljana Krstić Biljana () is a settlement east of Dobrovo in the Municipality of Brda in the Littoral region of Slovenia, very close to the border with Italy. Name Biljana was first mentioned in written sources in 1205 as ''Beliana'' (and as ''Villana'' in 1 ...

, recorded ''Odlazi cirkus'' with producer Josip Boček who played all guitars, plus studio musicians in Bojan Hreljac (bass guitar), Slobodan Marković (keyboards), and Lazar Tošić (drums).

Track listing

All the songs written by Đorđe Balašević.

Personnel

- vocals *

Bilja Krstić Biljana "Bilja" Krstić (Serbian Cyrillic: Биљана "Биља" Крстић, Serbo-Croatian pronunciation: ǐʎana bǐːʎa kř̩ːstitɕ born 9 November 1955) is a Serbian singer. She was born in 1955 in Niš and brought up on the folk t ...

- vocals

Additional personnel

Josip Boček Josip () is a male given name found among Croats and Slovenes, a cognate of Joseph. In Croatia, the name Josip was the second most common masculine given name in the decades up to 1959, and has stayed among the top ten most common ones throughout 2 ...

- guitar *

Bojan Hreljac Bojan (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: Бојан; Ukrainian, Russian and Bulgarian Cyrillic: Боян, transcribed ''Boyan'') is a Slavic given name, derived from the Slavic noun ''boj'' "battle." The ending ''-an'' is a suffix frequently fo ...

- bass guitar *

Slobodan Marković Slobodan Marković (; born 9 November 1978) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder. During his club career, Marković represented exclusively Serbian and Ukrainian clubs, including Borac Čačak, ...

- keyboards *Lazar Tošić - drums

Legacy

The main album hits were "Mirka", "Pa dobro gde si ti", the ballads "Menuet", "Život je more", "Odlazi cirkus" and "Priča o Vasi Ladačkom", the last one going on to become one of

's signature pieces. In 2006 "Priča o Vasi Ladačkom" was polled, by the listeners of

Radio B92 RTV B92, or simply B92 (stylized as b92, formerly BΞ92 and B 92), is a Serbian news station and broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade. Founded in 1989 as radio station, it was a rare outlet for Western news and informati ...

, #13 on the

B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs 100 najboljih domaćih pesama (''Top 100 Domestic Songs'') was a list compiled by the Serbian Radio B92. In 2006, Radio B92 organized the poll for the selection of top 100 Yugoslav songs. The whole list was presented on radio B92 on November 5, 200 ...

list. In 2011, the song "Menuet" was polled, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by

PGP-RTB PGP-RTB (abbreviation for sr, Produkcija gramofonskih ploča Radio televizije Beograd) was a major state-owned record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia, based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. After the breakup ...

/ PGP-RTS during the sixty years of the label's activity.60 хитова емисије ПГП на 202!, facebook.com
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References

* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006'', Janjatović Petar;
''Odlazi cirkus'' at Discogs

External links

''Odlazi cirkus'' at Discogs
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