''Ostalo je ćutanje'' (

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: Остало је ћутање, trans. ''Silence Remains'') is the thirteenth studio album from

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rock band Riblja Čorba. Apart from its title, the album contains several more references to

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's ''

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'': album features a track entitled "Nešto je trulo u državi Danskoj" ("Something's Rotten in the State of Denmark", the song itself referring to Serbia), and the album cover features the band's frontman

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 ...

holding a

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. ''Ostalo je ćutanje'' is the first album recorded with the band's first official

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Vladimir Barjaktarević. It is also the last album recorded with guitarist

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. "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi" features former female members of Đorđević's former band

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and

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, on vocals. The song is notable for being the only Riblja Čorba song which does not feature Bora Đorđević on lead vocals. "Gastarbajterska pesma" features a passage from "Užičko

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" played on accordion by Legende member Dušan Suvajac. The track "Ljubomorko" is a cover of

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Album cover

The album cover was designed by

Jugoslav Vlahović Jugoslav Vlahović ( sr-cyr, Југослав Влаховић, born 1949) is a Serbian artist, illustrator, photographer and a former rock musician. Vlahović is known for his work on album covers. He is also known as a former member of the rock ...

Track listing

Personnel

- 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 ...

- 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. Bio ...

- bass guitar, producer *

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 * Vladimir Barjaktarević - keyboards, producer, recorded by, programmed by

Additional personnel

* Marija Mihajlović - backing vocals *

- vocals (on "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi") *

- vocals (on "Odlazi od mene, ubico, idi") *Dušan Suvajac - accordion (on "Džigi Bau Story (Priča o Džigi Bauu)" and "Gastarbajterska pesma") *Neša Petrović - saxophone (on "Džigi Bau Story (Priča o Džigi Bauu)") *Miodrag Alabanda - violin (on "Džigi Bau Story (Priča o Džigi Bauu)") *Milan Popović - producer

References

''Ostalo je ćutanje'' at Discogs
* ''EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006'', Janjatović Petar; * ''Riblja čorba'', Jakovljević Mirko;

External links

''Ostalo je ćutanje'' at Discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ostalo je cutanje Riblja Čorba albums 1996 albums