() is the seventh studio album by the Soviet rock band Kino, released on August 29, 1989. The album was the last album released before lead vocalist Viktor Tsoi's death.

Recording history

The recording of the draft version of the album took place at

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, where the group's home studio was located. The recording was made at the same port studio where the previous album was made. The musicians decided to record the final version in a professional studio. For this, the director of the group, Yuri Belishkin, rented the studio of the singer

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. In 1995, the album was released in Germany on CD. The album received its first Russian CD release in 1996. In 2019, the original album was remastered and reissued by Maschina Records. Yuri Kasparyan, , and Viktor Tsoi's son, Alexander, were involved in the production and approval process.

Music style

The Album is described as

post-punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of music that emerged in late 1977 in the wake of punk rock. Post-punk musicians departed from punk's fundamental elements and raw simplicity, instead adopting a broader, more experiment ...

, new wave and

alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...

with elements of

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...

. The main song, " Zvezda po imeni Solntse", is a mix of all of these styles. Every composition on represents a different genre: "Pesnya bez Slov" ― synth rock; "Neveselaya Pesnya" ―

folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example ...

; "Skazka" ―

gothic rock Gothic rock (also called goth rock or simply goth) is a style of rock music that emerged from post-punk in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The first post-punk bands which shifted toward dark music with gothic overtones include Siouxsie an ...

; "Mesto dlya Shaga Vperyod" ―

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...

; "Pachka Sigaret" ―

space rock Space rock is a music genre characterized by loose and lengthy song structures centered on instrumental textures that typically produce a hypnotic, otherworldly sound. It may feature distorted and reverberation-laden guitars, minimal drummin ...

; "Stuk" ―

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

and

alternative metal Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a genre of heavy metal music that combines heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal. Alternative metal bands are often characterized by ...

; "Pechal" ―

jangle pop Jangle pop is a Music subgenre, subgenre of pop rock and college rock that emphasizes jangle, jangly guitars and 1960s-style pop music, pop melodies. The "jangly" guitar sound is characterized by its clean, shimmering and Arpeggio, arpeggiated ...

; "Aprile" ―

folk rock Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music re ...

Track listing

Thematically, it is significantly different - the lyrics tell about personal struggles and are filled with reflections on the meaning of life and death. # "Песня без слов" (Song Without Words) — 5:06 # "Звезда по имени Солнце" (Star Called Sun) — 3:45 # "Невесёлая песня" (Unhappy Song) — 4:18 # "Сказка" (Tale) — 5:58 # "Место для шага вперёд" (Space for a Step Forward) — 3:39 # "Пачка сигарет" (Pack of Cigarettes) — 4:28 # "Стук" (Knock) — 3:50 # "Печаль" (Sadness) — 5:32 # "Апрель" (April) — 4:40

Personnel

* Viktor Tsoi – Vocals, Guitar * Yuri Kasparyan – Lead Guitar *Igor Tikhomirov – Bass Guitar * Georgiy Guryanov – Yamaha RX-5

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1989 albums Kino (band) albums Soviet rock music Russian-language albums