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''Ćiribiribela'' is the ninth and final studio album by Yugoslav
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, released in 1988. Bijelo Dugme would split-up in 1989, and ''Ćirbiribela'' would be the band's last release (excluding compilation albums) before the band's 2005 reunion and the live album '' Turneja 2005: Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd''.


Background

''Ćiribiribela'' recording sessions revealed the crisis within the band. Bijelo Dugme leader
Goran Bregović Goran Bregović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Бреговић; born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic speaking countries in the ...
hired studio musician Nenad Stefanović "Japanac" and
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member Vladimir "Vlajko" Golubović on to play bass guitar and drums respectively on the songs "Lijepa naša" ("Our Beautiful") and "Evo, zakleću se" ("Here, I Swear"), much to dissatisfaction of Bijelo Dugme bassist
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and drummer
Ipe Ivandić Goran "Ipe" Ivandić (December 10, 1955 – January 12, 1994) was a Bosnian rock drummer, famous for his work with the band Bijelo Dugme. Early life Ivandić was born to father Josip and mother Mirjana in the central Bosnian town of Vareš wh ...
. Recorded during the political crisis in Yugoslavia, ''Ćiribiribela'' was—just like its predecessor, '' Pljuni i zapjevaj moja Jugoslavijo'' (''Spit and Sing, My Yugoslavia'')—marked by Goran Bregović's
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efforts: the album cover featured
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' painting ''Noah's Ark'', the song "Lijepa naša" featured the national anthem of Croatia "
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" ("Our Beautiful Homeland") combined with the
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patriotic song "
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" ("There, Far Away"), and the title track featured lyrics about a couple which wonders what are they going to do if war begins, and concludes that they are going to "stay at home and kiss". The lyrics for the song "Đurđevdan je, a ja nisam s onom koju volim" were, by Bregović's words, inspired by a verse from
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's song "Priča o Vasi Ladačkom" ("The Story of Vasa Ladački").


Track listing

All songs written by Goran Bregović, except where noted.


Personnel

*
Goran Bregović Goran Bregović ( sr-Cyrl, Горан Бреговић; born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic speaking countries in the ...
- guitar, producer *
Alen Islamović Alija "Alen" Islamović (born 17 August 1957) is a Bosnian rock vocalist. He is best known as the lead singer of Bosnian and Yugoslav rock bands Divlje jagode from 1981 to 1986 and Bijelo Dugme from 1986 to 1989. Born Alija Islamović in Bihać ...
- vocals *
Zoran Redžić Zoran Redžić (born 29 January 1948) is a Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian musician, best known for playing the bass guitar in the popular Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav rock music, rock band Bijelo Dugme. Born in Sarajevo, Bo ...
- bass guitar *
Ipe Ivandić Goran "Ipe" Ivandić (December 10, 1955 – January 12, 1994) was a Bosnian rock drummer, famous for his work with the band Bijelo Dugme. Early life Ivandić was born to father Josip and mother Mirjana in the central Bosnian town of Vareš wh ...
- drums *
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- keyboards


Additional personnel

*Nenad Stefanović - bass guitar (on tracks: 4, 9) * - drums (on tracks: 4, 9) *
Jasmin Sokolović Jasmin Sokolović (Sarajevo, 19. February 1962) is a Bosnian musician and trumpeter. Between 1969 and 1977 he attended Elementary School, then (until 1981) Music School in Sarajevo, where he began to learn the trumpet as the main instrument. Bet ...
- trumpet *
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Trogir *
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Orchestra Kardijevi *1st
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Singing Society *Vladimir Smolec - engineer *Rajko Bartula - engineer *Theodore Yanni - engineer *Piko Stančić - mixed by *Trio Sarajevo - design


Reception

Rock critic Darko Glavan wrote about the album in ''Danas'': Rock critic Vladimir Stakić wrote in '' Borba'': The album's biggest hit was " Đurđevdan je, a ja nisam s onom koju volim", which featured Fejat Sejdić Trumpet Orchestra. Other hits included "Evo zakleću se", "Ako ima Boga", "Šta ima novo", "Nakon svih ovih godina",
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-influenced "Napile se ulice" and
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n folk music-inspired "Ćirbiribela".


"Đurđevdan" video ban

After the album release, Radio-Television Belgrade decided to finance and produce a video for the song "Đurđevdan je, a ja nisam s onom koju volim". The original idea was for the video to feature iconography inspired by Serbian Army in World War I. The video shoot was organized in the village
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in Central Serbia. The band came to the video shoot reportedly not knowing anything about the concept of the video about to be shot. The band members were to wear insignia-less military uniforms along with old weapons, but Islamović thought it too "pro-war", refusing to wear a military uniform. Eventually, the band and the video director reached an agreement: everyone, except Islamović, wore Serbian traditional costumes, with only several of the original props used. Still, after the video was recorded, the Radio-Television Belgrade executives themselves decided not to broadcast it, fearing it might remind of the
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.


Promotional tour and Bijelo Dugme disbandment

At the beginning of 1989, the band went on a tour which should have lasted until April 1. The concert in
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, held at
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on 4 February, was attended by about 13,000 people. The concert in
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's Zetra, held on 11 February, was also very successful; it was attended by more than 20,000 people. However, on some concerts in Croatia, the audience booed and threw various objects on stage while the band performed their pro-Yugoslav songs. After the concert in
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, held on March 15, with four concerts left until the end of the tour, Islamović checked into a
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with
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pains. This event revealed the existing conflicts inside the band: Bregović claimed that Islamović had no problems during the tour, while the band's manager, Raka Marić, stated that Bijelo Dugme would search for a new singer for the planned concerts in
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and
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. Bregović himself went to
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, leaving Bijelo Dugme's future status open for speculations. As
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broke out in 1991, it became clear that Bijelo Dugme will not continue their activity. ''Ćirbiribela'' would be the band's last release (excluding compilation albums) before the band's 2005 reunion and the live album '' Turneja 2005: Sarajevo, Zagreb, Beograd'' (''Tour 2005: Sarajevo, Zagreb, Belgrade'').


Legacy

In 2015, ''Ćiribiribela'' album cover was ranked 17th on the list of 100 Greatest Album Covers of Yugoslav Rock published by
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Balkanrock.


Covers

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n and Yugoslav
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recorded a cover of "Đurđevdan" on her 1989 album ''Eh, da je sreće'' (''Oh, I Was Lucky''). *
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recorded covers of "Šta ima novo" and "Đurđevdan" in
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, titled "Erkekler" and "Hıdrellez", on her 1997 album ''Düğün ve Cenaze''. *
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n pop singer
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recorded a cover of "Šta ima novo" on her 1999 album ''Balkan Girl''. *Serbian pop singer
Željko Joksimović Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar a ...
covered "Ako ima boga" and "Đurđevdan" on his 2003 live video album ''Koncert'' (''Concert'').''Koncert'' at Discogs
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References


''Ćiribiribela'' at Discogs


External links


''Ćiribiribela'' at Discogs
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