''Paket aranžman'' () is a new wave

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released in 1981 by

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. Featuring eminent

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acts

Šarlo Akrobata Šarlo Akrobata ( sr-Cyrl, Шарло Акробата, lit= Charlot the Acrobat) were a seminal Serbian new wave/post-punk band from Belgrade. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the Yug ...

Idoli Idoli ( sr-Cyrl, Идоли; trans. The Idols) were a Serbian new wave band from Belgrade. They are considered to be one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and their 1982 album ''Odbrana i poslednji dani'' was on several occas ...

and

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, it is considered to be one of the most important and influential records ever made in

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. In addition to critical praise, it reached a

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among the audiences and continues to be popular across the countries that emerged after the

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. The album was voted the second best

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album of all time by the music critics in the book '' YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike''. It is second only to ''

Odbrana i poslednji dani ''Odbrana i poslednji dani'' ( sr-Cyrl, Одбрана и последњи дани 'The Defense and the Last Days') is the first studio album by Yugoslav new wave band Idoli released in 1982. '' Džuboks'' magazine critics voted the album t ...

'' by Idoli. The record was produced by Enco Lesić who initiated the entire project.

Background and recording

During autumn 1980, Belgrade record producer Enco Lesić decided to assemble several young acts from the city's emerging new wave scene in order to come up with a

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that would present and promote the work of these young bands. He brought in three bands consisting of young musicians in their early twenties—Šarlo Akrobata, Idoli and Električni Orgazam—all three of which barely existed for several months in their current format at that point and virtually had no prior recording experience. Lesić gave them free recording time in his Druga Maca Studio, as well as complete artistic freedom. The

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was designed by Branko Gavrić, while the photographs used on it were shot by Milinko Stefanović (the wide shot of Belgrade streets on the cover) and

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(photos within the sleeve). The main

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was Dušan Vasiljević.

Track listing

;Notes * "Krokodili dolaze" and "Vi" were reworked for Električni Orgazam's debut studio album ''

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'' (1981). * A version of "Maljčiki" produced by

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was released as a single. The version included on ''Paket aranžman'' is a re-recorded one, produced by Lesić. The single version of the song was later included in the 2007 reissue of Idoli's 1981 EP ''

VIS Idoli Idoli ( sr-Cyrl, Идоли; trans. The Idols) were a Serbian new wave band from Belgrade. They are considered to be one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene, and their 1982 album '' Odbrana i poslednji dani'' was on several occa ...

''.

Reissue

Box set reissue In March 2007, Jugoton's successor

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reissued the compilation as a

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release, featuring its remastered version on CD 1, while CDs 2 and 3 featured ''Električni orgazam'' by Električni Orgazam and '' Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad...'' (1981) by Šarlo Akrobata, respectively. The track listings and album covers used were the same as on the original releases. On 5 July 2007, Croatia Records re-released all Idoli releases on ''VIS Idoli'' box set. 2021 Vinyl reissue Once again, the compilation album "Paket aranžman" (Šarlo Akrobata & Idoli & Električni orgazam) as well as the debut album of Šarlo Akrobata ("Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad…"), Haustor ("Haustor"), Električni Orgazam ("Električni orgazam"), as part of the celebration of 40 years of new wave. The four aforementioned vinyl records came in a gatefold packaging with additional texts, photographs, and memorabilia. All songs have been remastered at the Croatia Records Studio by Goran Martinc, and each edition comes with a download code for obtaining mp3 versions of all the songs. All vinyl records are colored, and the remastered albums are also available on all streaming services. Alongside these releases, CMC Television, in collaboration with Croatia Records, has produced a documentary film titled “Novi val – 40 godina nakon” (New Wave - 40 Years Later), which was screened throughout the region, with an exclusive premiere held at the Youth Center in Belgrade.

External links and references

Paket Aranžman box at Croatia Records official page"Paket Aranžman" and "Artistička radna akcija" compilations - Review at terapija.net e-zine

Citations {{DEFAULTSORT:Paket Aranzman New wave albums by Serbian artists New wave albums by Yugoslav artists Punk rock albums by Serbian artists Punk rock albums by Yugoslav artists New wave compilation albums Punk rock compilation albums Regional music compilation albums Jugoton compilation albums Croatia Records compilation albums 1980 compilation albums Serbian-language albums

Background and recording

Track listing

Reissue

See also

External links and references