''Pakleni trio'' (trans. ''Hell Trio'') is the fourth studio album by Yugoslav

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Background

Gordi started their career in the late 1970s, with their first three albums being progressive/ hard rock oriented. After the band's third studio album, '' Gordi 3'', keyboardist Goran Manojlović, brother of Gordi frontman and leader

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, left the band, Gordi continuing as a

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2006 reissue

''Pakleni trio'' was rereleased by Rock Express Records in 2006. The album reissue featured two bonus tracks, "Duga noć" ("Long Night") and "Idi sad" ("Go Now"), from a 7-inch single Gordi released in 1978. The reissue also featured video recordings of the songs "Igraj, luduj", "Ona je žena" and "Tebi ne treba niko" from a 1982 concert by the band, as well as a video recording of Zlatko Manojlović's 2005 concert in

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2021 reissue

In 2021,

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released a Zlatko Manojlović box set entitled ''Od Daha do Gordih'' (''From Dah to Gordi''), featuring reissue of ''Pakleni trio''.

Track listing

All songs written by

Personnel

– guitar, vocals, producer *Slobodan Svrdlan – bass guitar, vocals *Čedomir Petrović – drums, vocals

Additional personnel

*Rade Ercegovac - recorded by *

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- artwork, photography, graphic design *Boško Boroš - photography

Legacy

In 2021 the songs "Put do pakla", "Tebi ne treba niko" and "Igraj luduj" were ranked 25th, 74th and 80th respectively on the list of 100 Greatest Yugoslav Hard & Heavy Anthems by

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References

''Pakleni trio'' at Discogs

External links

''Pakleni trio'' at Discogs
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