''Seobe'' (trans. ''Migrations'') is the third studio album by

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n and Yugoslav

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band

Kerber Kerber ( sr-cyr, Кербер, lit=Cerberus) is a Serbian and Yugoslav hard rock band formed in Niš in 1981. The mainstay members of Kerber are vocalist Goran Šepa "Gale", guitarist Tomislav "Tomica" Nikolić and keyboardist Branislav "Bane ...

, released in 1986.

Background and recording

Following the success of their first two albums, Kerber signed for

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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 breaku ...

, one of two biggest Yugoslav labels, and recorded their third studio album, ''Seobe''. The album was recorded in PGP-RTB Studio V and produced by composer and former Korni Grupa leader

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. It was the band's first album recorded with drummer

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, who came in as the replacement for Boban Đorđević (who was himself brought in to replace the band's original drummer, Zoran Stamenković, with whom the band recorded their first two albums). Unlike the band's previous album, which featured only two songs with lyrics written by lyricist Duško Arsenijević, most of the songs on ''Seobe'' featured lyrics written by him, with the song "Kad ljubav izda" ("When Love Betrays") featuring a quotation from Pero Zubac's poem "

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Rains", and the lyrics for the title track being inspired by 1980s emigrations of

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from

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. Beside Arsenijević's lyrics, the album featured two songs with lyrics written by

Riblja Čorba Riblja Čorba ( sr-Cyrl, Рибља Чорба, pronounced ; translation: lit. ''Fish Stew'') is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1978. The band was one of the most popular and most influential acts of the Yugoslav ...

frotman

Bora Đorđević Borisav "Bora" Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Борисав, Бора Ђорђевић; born 1 November 1952), also known as Bora Čorba ( sr-cyr, Бора Чорба), is a Serbian singer, songwriter, and poet. He is best known as the frontman of the ...

and two songs with lyrics written by Riblja Čorba guitarist

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. Đorđević also sung lead vocals in the song "Čovek od meda" ("Man Made of Honey") together with Kerber frontman

Goran Šepa Goran "Gale" Šepa (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Шепа, born 10 September 1958) is a Serbian rock singer. He is best known as the lead singer for the Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band Kerber. Šepa is known for his melodic vocal style ...

Track listing

Personnel

- vocals *Tomislav Nikolić - guitar *Branislav Božinović - keyboards *Zoran Žikić - bass guitar *

- drums

Additional personnel

- vocals (on track 7) *

- producer *Tahir Duraklić - recorded by *Gordan Škondrić - cover design, photography

Reception and legacy

The album was a commercial success, with a number of songs becoming hits:

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s "Kad ljubav izda", "Još samo ovu noć mi daj", "Bolje da sam druge ljubio" and "Seobe", "Hajde da se volimo" and "Čovek od meda". Following the success of the album, Kerber performed more than 200 concerts across Yugoslavia. The band went on the promotional tour with temporary keyboardist Milorad Džmerković, as keyboardist Branislav Božinović had to leave the band only a month after the album recording to serve his mandatory stint in the

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. In 2000, the song "Seobe" was polled No.43 on

Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times 100 najboljih pesama svih vremena YU rocka (''Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times'') was a list compiled by the Serbian music magazine '' Rock Express''. In 1999, ''Rock Express'' started the poll for the selection of top 100 Yugoslav rock so ...

list.

Covers

*Serbian and Yugoslav rock singer Viktorija recorded a cover of the song "Seobe" on her 2000 album ''Nostalgija'' (''Nostalgia'').''Nostalgija'' at Discogs
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References

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External links

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