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Released
  
November 18, 1974

Producer
  
Bijelo Dugme

Release date
  
18 November 1974

Length
  
34:24

Artist
  
Bijelo Dugme

Label
  
Jugoton

Recorded
  
Akademik Studio, Ljubljana September 1974

Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme (1974)
  
Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (1975)

Genres
  
Progressive rock, Hard rock, Folk music, Folk rock

Similar
  
Bijelo Dugme albums, Hard rock albums

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Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme (trans. If I Were a White Button) is the 1974 debut studio album from influential Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme.

Contents

The album was polled the 14th on the 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums list in the 1998 book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best Albums of Yugoslav Pop and Rock Music).

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Recording

Prior to the release of the album, Bijelo Dugme had large success with their 7" singles. The band's record label, Jugoton, intended to release Bijelo Dugme's first album during the spring of 1975, but the group's manager, Vladimir Mihaljek, managed to persuade the label's editors to release the record during the autumn of 1974. The recording sessions started on October 2, 1974, in Akademik Studio in Ljubljana. The album was produced by the band themselves, with the help of Akademik Studio's producer Deče Žgura. The album featured a new version of the title track, which the band had originally released as a 7" single in 1973 while still performing under the name Jutro.

Album cover

The album cover was designed by designer Dragan S. Stefanović who would go on to design covers for the band's future releases as well. Four decades after the album release, it was revealed that the name of the model was Ljiljana Božanić.

Rock critic Dražen Vrdoljak stated in 1981 that Kad bi bio bijelo dugme album cover "represented a shift in conceiving the covers of domestic [Yugoslav] rock albums, identical to the shift Bregović's music made on our rock scene".

Track listing

All the songs were written by Goran Bregović, except where noted.

Personnel

  • Goran Bregović - guitar, harmonica
  • Željko Bebek - vocals
  • Zoran Redžić - bass guitar
  • Ipe Ivandić - drums
  • Vlado Pravdić - organ, synthesizer, electric piano, piano

    • Additional personnel

  • Miro Bevc - engineer
  • Dragan S. Stefanović - design, cover photo
  • Boris Dučić - photography

    • Reception

    The album was well received by audience and critics alike. In a Džuboks review, Maksa Ćatović wrote:

    Bijelo Dugme's Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin-influenced hard rock sound mixed in with the Balkans folk music elements was described as "pastirski rok" (shepherd rock) by rock critic Dražen Vrdoljak in his review published in Studio. The term was later used frequently by critics, often pejoratively, to describe the band's sound.

    The album's biggest hits were the title track, rock and roll-influenced hit "Ne spavaj, mala moja, muzika dok svira", and the ballad "Selma". Immediately upon its release, the album broke the record held by YU Grupa's debut album, which sold in more than 30,000 copies. In February 1975, the band was awarded a gold record at the Opatija Festival, as they sold their debut album in more than 40,000 copies. The final number of copies sold was about 141,000.

    Legacy

    The album was polled in 1998 as the 16th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best Albums of Yugoslav Pop and Rock Music).

    The title track was polled in 2000 as the 97th on the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list.

    Covers

  • Yugoslav pop trio Aska recorded a Bijelo Dugme songs medley on their 1982 album Disco Rock, featuring, among other Bijelo Dugme songs, "Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme" and "Patim, evo, deset dana".
  • Yugoslav and Bosnian folk rock band Nervozni Poštar recorded a cover of "Ne spavaj, mala moja, muzika dok svira" on their 1987 album Ništa više nije kao prije (Nothing's like It Used to Be).
  • Serbian and Yugoslav singer-songwriter Srđan Marjanović recorded a cover of "Selma" on his 1989 album Ako jednom puknem ja (If I Go into Pieces One Day).
  • Slovenian and Yugoslav rock band Sokoli recorded a cover of "Ne spavaj, mala moja, muzika dok svira", featuring guest appearance by Serbian and Yugoslav musician Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" on vocals, on their 1992 album Satan je blazn zmatran (Satan Is Dog Tired).
  • Serbian rock band Prljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi recorded a cover of "Ne spavaj, mala moja, muzika dok svira" on their 1994 live album Igra rokenrol SR Jugoslavija (FR Yugoslavia Is Dancing to Rock 'n' Roll).
  • Croatian pop singer Severina Vučković recorded a cover of "Ne spavaj, mala moja, muzika dok svira" on her 1993 album Dalmatinka (Girl from Dalmatia).
  • Serbian pop rock band Cony recorded a cover of "Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme" on their 1993 album Šta bih dao da sam na tvom mjestu (What Would I Give to Be in Your Place), the title of the album alluding to the title of Bijelo Dugme's second album, Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu (What Would You Give to Be in My Place).
  • Yugoslav singer-songwriter and former Azra leader Branimir "Džoni" Štulić released covers of "Selma" and "Kad bi bio bijelo dugme" on his official YouTube channel in 2011 and 2012 respectively.

    • Songs

    1Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme10:24
    2Blues za moju bivšu dragu6:24
    3Ne spavaj mala moja muzika dok svira2:30

    References

    Kad bi bio bijelo dugme Wikipedia
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