Kao Da Je Bilo Nekad: Best albums of Ex-Yugoslavia
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October 2017 note:
It's been years since I made this. Some things should probably be updated by now, I just wanted to make this note, because I feel bad about me commenting on how "vital" certain lyrics are in these albums - to native speakers it will seem ridiculous (and it IS ridiculous) that I brand albums by Haustor or EKV or Azra as having "unimportant lyrics". What I probably meant was my opinion on whether you can still get some enjoyment out of their music regardless of whether you can understand the words.

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Right. I believe that ex-Yugoslavia, for all its faults, managed to keep up with the world in several "areas". Well.. sports and music at least. Particularly the "new wave" era of the end of the 1970s and the early 1980s (which disrupted the somewhat monotone and overly "prog" music scene of the majority of 1970s) produced several classics.

I was brought up listening to much of this music, and a lot of the 1980s yugo music is still popular among youth here (in Slovenia; although you probably won't see too much of that stuff in this chart). And I wanted to share some of my favourites with y'all.

I guess this is still in progress, as there are quite a few prominent artists that I have yet to get into - most notably Laibach (only heard one album so far), but also stuff like: Paraf, LaÄni Franz, maybe some more Leb i Sol (should give them a proper chance); I also still plan to get more into the folk music of this area (sevdalinka and whatnot)). Anyway I have now heard enough albums to make a decently sized chart of albums that I feel are at least very good. Some of these albums are kinda hard to get, and I had to help myself with some streaming sites.. Big thanks to hikonline, blogger/youtube account, where I managed to discover a lot of new music...

I decided to only include albums, that were made before 1991, i.e. before the country broke apart - even though a country called "Yugoslavia" technically existed after that as well...

I also tried to add some helpful info for each of the album here. The info, in order of which it appears, is:
-the nationality of the artist/band (what country is that nowadays)
-translation of the album title
-genre (very loose definitions)
-importance of the lyrics (some of the music here is very "lyrics-oriented".. I don't want to discourage you from listening to those albums.. but I think it's something that I should mention)
-track picks

IMPORTANT NOTE!!
I took into account that my taste is quite different to most of people who'll potentially be browsing the chart, so I structured the chart like this: top 50 are my favourite albums made in ex-Yugoslavia (of those I heard), the rest (51-60) are:
- two EPs (that I love, and would be, just according to rating, a lot higher) and:
- 8 more acclaimed and/or popular (or cult favourite) albums, that I don't personally dig that much, but that I see others liking...

Um... anyway, I hope you find something for yourself... If you have any questions or need any translations, you can ask me below in the comment section, and I'll try to help you... Also, I know people usually respond on other people's charts, but if the question will be related to this chart or yugo artists/albums, I'll answer it here...
Oh, one more thing.. The title of this chart, is a title of a song by Ekatarina Velika (you'll be seeing this band a lot here), and means something along the lines of: "As it once was"

Chart updated: 10/31/2017 13:15
(Created: 12/10/2012 04:18).
Chart size: 60 albums.

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Odbrana I Poslednji Dani

Идоли [Idoli]

Country: Serbia
Title: "Defense and the Last Days"
Genre: POST PUNK, ROCK (with post punk aesthetics), new wave. or just.. "Yugoslavian idea of post punk";
Lyrics: aren't that important, although the album has some sort of a concept to it (you can check the album's wiki page for that);
Track picks: Rusija, Odbrana, Poslednji dani, Moja si, etc. [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1982

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

225

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Rank in 1980s:

855

Overall Rank:

6,015

Average Rating:

75 (47 votes)

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Treći Svijet

Haustor

-Croatia;
-"Third World"
-NEW WAVE on steroids;
-some nice imagery in lyrics... not that vital though;
-Zadnji pogled na Jeršaleim, Patuljci u Vrtu, Radnicka klasa odlazi u raj, Donje strane munje [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

212

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Rank in 1980s:

895

Overall Rank:

6,300

Average Rating:

76 (25 votes)

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Samo Par Godina Za Nas

Ekatarina Velika

-Serbia;
-"Just a Few Years For Us"
-(ALT) ROCK
-I do get a lot from lyrics, don't think they're that vital though...
-Srce, Ona i on i on i ja, Sinhro, Par godina za nas, ... [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1989

Appears in:

10 charts

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Time

Time (HR)

-Croatia;
- ...
-PROG ROCK
-not that important
-Pjesma #3, Za koji život treba da se rodim. And if you decide to get a reissue: Makedonija [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1972

Appears in:

12 charts

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Bitanga I Princeza

Bijelo Dugme

-Bosnia
-"A Bastard and a Princess"
-BLUES ROCK, PROG ROCK, HARD ROCK (basically dadrock friendly..)
-not important
-Sve ce to mila moja prekriti..., Kad zaboraviš Juli, title track too... [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1979

Appears in:

8 charts

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Paket Aranžman

Various Artists

-Serbia
-"Package Arrangement"
-NEW WAVE, some POST PUNK tendencies/aesthetics...
-semi-important.. you can enjoy the album without understanding the lyrics...
-Šarlo Akrobata - Ona se budi, Oko moje glave; Idoli - Malj?iki, Plastika; Elektricni Orgazam - Krokodili dolaze [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

22 charts

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Haustor

-Croatia
-(it's a kind of a doorway apparently)
-NEW WAVE, REGGAE, SKA; it's FUN FUN FUN (for 90% of the album that is)
-really not important
-"60-65", Duhovi, Lice [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1981

Appears in:

4 charts

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Katarina II

-Serbia
-/
-POST PUNK, NEW WAVE, alt rock i guess?
-not that important...
-Geto, Kad Krenem Ka, Jesen, Aut [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1984

Appears in:

3 charts

Rank Score:

Rank in 1984:

1,219

Rank in 1980s:

12,814

Average Rating:

73 (7 votes)

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Dum Dum

Ekatarina Velika

-Serbia
-you know...
-ALT ROCK... lot of bass.. bleak stuff...
-quite important, at least for me... but it isn't necessary to understand them either...
-Siguran, Bledo, Idemo [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1991

Appears in:

4 charts

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Dnevnik Jedne Ljubavi

Josipa Lisac

-Croatia
-"A Diary of a Love"
-PROG POP (/ROCK)
-lyrics aren't that important, but you should at least know what the concept is about (check my album comment for that)
-Srela sam se s njim, O jednoj mladosti, Vjerujem ti sve [First added to this chart: 12/12/2012]

Year of Release:

1973

Appears in:

11 charts

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Kao Da Je Bilo Nekad: Best albums of Ex-Yugoslavia composition

Decade	Albums	%

1930s	0	0%
1940s	0	0%
1950s	0	0%
1960s	1	2%
1970s	14	23%
1980s	44	73%
1990s	1	2%
2000s	0	0%
2010s	0	0%
2020s	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Katarina II	5	8%
Haustor	4	7%
Partibrejkers	3	5%
Bijelo Dugme	3	5%
Riblja Čorba	3	5%
Идоли [Idoli]	3	5%
Prljavo Kazalište	2	3%
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Country	Albums	%

	28	47%
	16	27%
	7	12%
	7	12%
	1	2%
	1	2%

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	59	98%
Yes	1	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	59	98%
Yes	1	2%

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patriciatoledo 08/18/2017 02:42 | #196230

Definitely need to check some of these albums out

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LedZep 03/29/2017 12:46 | #188356

Super stvar, planirao sam i ja tak nesto napraviti (tipa Balkan muzika 70'-10') ali cini se da fali dosta zanimljivih albuma, pogotovo novijih. Jedino se baš ne slažem da tekstovi nisu bitni, haustor je imao odlicne tekstove, EKV isto ima zanimljivu liriku. Šteta kaj nemaš puno više Zabranjenog pušenja, ali 100 za veliki trud i promoviranje naše balkanske muzike :)

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Daydreamer 01/22/2017 14:59 | #183865

This is such a great list. My knowledge of our music album-wise is pretty poor and your chart looks like a perfect place to start.

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Arthurknight 11/09/2014 02:02 | #126539

this chart will be a brilliant starting point for those delving into yugoslavian music and even further into music under communism. thank you for putting seemingly a lot of effort into this

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This is one of the most interesting and well put together charts on BEA and I feel like a moron for not sinking my teeth into this yet.

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