''Zbogom, Srbijo'' (

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: ''Збогом, Србијо'', trans. ''Farewell,

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'') is the twelfth studio album from Serbian and

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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 ...

, released in 1993. ''Zbogom, Srbijo'' is the last album recorded with guitarist

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. Although

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played the keyboards (and co-produced the album) he would become the official member of the band after the release of the band's following studio album, ''

Ostalo je ćutanje ''Ostalo je ćutanje'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Остало је ћутање, trans. ''Silence Remains'') is the thirteenth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba. Apart from its title, the album contains several more ...

''. The song "Kamenko i Kremenko" featured

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on vocals. The album's biggest hits were the ballad "Jedino moje" and the anti-war song "Zbogom, Srbijo". The album also featured "Zelena trava doma mog" (a cover of "

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"), "Danas nema mleka" (a heavy metal cover of

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' "

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"), which criticizes the

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regime, and "Tamna je noć" (a cover of

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' "Tyomnaya noch").

Album cover

The album cover, designed by

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, is a parody of the

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which appears on the

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, but there is also a connection with the cover of Riblja Čorba's 1981 album ''

Mrtva priroda ''Mrtva priroda'' (trans. '' Still Life'') is the third studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba, released in 1981. In 1998, the album was polled as the 19th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums ...

''.

Track listing

Personnel

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 ...

– vocals *

Vidoja Božinović Vidoja Božinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Видоја Божиновић, born 3 October 1955), also known as Džindžer (transliteration for ''Ginger''), is a Serbian musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav r ...

– guitar *

Miša Aleksić Miroslav "Miša" Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав Миша Алексић, 16 August 1953 — 29 November 2020) was a Serbian musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba. Biog ...

– bass guitar *

Vicko Milatović Miroslav "Vicko" Milatović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирослав-Вицко Милатовић) is a Serbian musician best known as the drummer for the Serbian and Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba. Milatović first gained prominence in the late 1 ...

– drums

Additional personnel

– keyboardsm co-producer *

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– backing vocals *Aleksandar Radivojević – harmonica *

– vocals (on "Kamenko i Kremenko")

References

''Zbogom, Srbijo'' at Discogs
* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006'', Janjatović Petar; * ''Riblja čorba'', Jakovljević Mirko;

External links

''Zbogom, Srbijo'' at Discogs
{{Authority control Riblja Čorba albums 1993 albums