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| 5.0 classic | inpraiseoffolly | April 14th 07 |
This album just about defines revolutionary. It was released in Communist Yugoslavia, and was seen as highly offensive. It's impossible to get all of this without understanding the lyrics (but if you check out this album on progarchives.com, some kind reviewers have explained the meanings of the lyrics for us folks who aren't in the know). The music itself is equally great, if not better.
The songs dwell on such themes as a bulldozer that ate beef soup, only to be attacked by an angry bull mad that the bulldozer ate his mama (Sta To Radis Buldozeru Jeden). Blues Gnjus is about a man who loves all creatures, and so lets all sorts of bacteria into his head, getting himself deathly sick. The song ends with him vomiting. The last two songs are satires of love (you have to love the title: Yes My Baby, No). The opening song is a spoken word track about a man who's new to a town, and so is asking the friendly townspeople where is the best place to commit suicide. Pleasant.
The music itself is a mix of avant-garde, psychedelia, blues, and a little bit of everything else, all pulled off to perfection. The vocals are strange and off-putting, but ultimately rewarding. This stands as one of the greatest albums ever released, and certainly a landmark album coming from a Communist country. Their follow-up album is great as well, but this one really takes the cake. Essential!
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| 4.0 excellent | arf | August 1st 22 |
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