''The Blue Album'' (russian: Синий альбом) is a first "historic" album by the Russian rock band
Aquarium
An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...
. Recorded during winter of 1981, the album is typical for Aquarium as its sound goes from soft to sweeping. It is predominantly acoustic, but "Electric Dog" and "Strange Objects Between the Light and Sound" feature electric guitar.
Track listing
All songs written by
Boris Grebenshchikov
Boris Borisovich Grebenshchikov (russian: link=no, Борис Борисович Гребенщиков; born ) is a prominent member of the generation which is widely considered to be the "founding fathers" of Russian rock music. He is the fou ...
, except where noted
This side
# "Railroad Water" (Железнодорожная вода) 5:44
# "Rock’n’Roll Heroes (Young Punks)" (Герои Рок-н-ролла (молодая шпана)) 3:35
# "Guest" (Гость) 1:49
# "Strange Objects Between Light and Sound" (Странные объекты между светом и звуком) 0:42 (
A. Romanov)
# "Electric Dog" (Электрический пес) 3:44
# "All I Want" (Все, что я хочу) 4:26
# "Tea" (Чай) 2:15
That side
# "Plane" (Плоскость) 6:43
# "Rootman" (Рутман) 3:03
# "On a Night Like This" (В подобную ночь) 2:50
# "The Only Home (Jah Will Provide)" (Единственный дом (Джа даст нам все)) 2:09
# "River" (Река) 4:03
Musicians
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Boris "BG" Grebenshchikov -
vocals
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acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
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forte piano,
harmonica
The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...
* Andrei "Dyusha" Romanov –
flute
The flute is a family of classical music instrument in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, meaning they make sound by vibrating a column of air. However, unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is a reedless ...
, vocals,
electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gui ...
* Mikhail "Fan" Fainstein –
bass
Bass or Basses may refer to:
Fish
* Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species
Music
* Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range:
** Bass (instrument), including:
** Acoustic bass gui ...
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percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
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Vsevolod "Seva" Gakkel -
cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...
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* Dmitri Gusev (Red Haired Devil) – harmonica, percussion
External links
Bodhisattvas reviewAllMusic review
(4/5 stars)
Aquarium (band) albums
1981 debut albums
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