Sam (Osvajači album) explained

Sam
Type:Album
Artist:Osvajači
Cover:Sam (Osvajaci album cover).jpg
Released:1995
Studio:Studio Orange, Kragujevac
Length:33:31
Label:PGP-RTS
Producer:Branislav Narandžić
Dragan Urošević
Prev Title:Krv i led
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:1991 – 1995
Next Year:1997

Sam (trans. Alone) is the second studio album from Serbian and Yugoslav hard rock band Osvajači, released in 1995.

Sam is the band's first album recorded with keyboardist Nebojša Jakovljević, and the last studio album released by the original incarnation of the band, which split up two years after the album release.[1]

Background

Beside original members of Osvajači, vocalist Zvonko Pantović, guitarist Dragan Urošević and drummer Miša Raca, Sam recording featured keyboardist Nebojša Jakovljević, who came in as the replacement for the original keyboardist Laza Ristovski, and bass guitarist Dejan Dačović, who replaced the original bass guitarist Saša Popović.[2] Ristovski made a guest appearance on the album, playing keyboards in the song "Maska (Sam)" "Mask (Alone)".[2] Ana Spasić, Jelisaveta Stamenković (vocalist for the band Agata), Mijo Babalj (former vocalist for the band Cveće) and Slobodan Ljubisavljević all made guest appearances on backing vocals.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Dragan Urošević (music) and Zvonko Pantović (lyrics).

Personnel

Additional personnel

Reception and legacy

The album's biggest hit upon its release was the ballad "S kim čekaš dan".[3]

The song "Maska (Sam)" was covered by Serbian progressive/power metal band Alogia on their 2006 live album Priče o vremenu i životu – Live at SKC (Tales of Time and Life – Live at SKC), Dragan Urošević making a guest appearance on the song.[4]

In 2011, "Maska (Sam)" was polled, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS during the sixty years of the label's existence.[5]

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Janjatović, Petar. Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023. 2024. self-released / Makart. Belgrade. 218.
  2. https://www.discogs.com/release/1965173-Osvaja%C4%8Di-Sam Sam at Discogs
  3. https://www.nostalgija.rs/osvajaci-najavili-beogradski-koncert/ "'Osvajači' najavili beogradski koncert", Nostalgija.rs
  4. https://www.discogs.com/release/2020850-Alogia-Pri%C4%8De-O-Vremenu-I-%C5%BDivotu-Live-AT-SKC-Petak-13052005 Priče o vremenu i životu – Live at SKC at Discogs
  5. https://www.facebook.com/pages/PGP-na-202/157712017631526 60 хитова емисије ПГП на 202!, facebook.com