Tajni grad explained

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Tajni grad
Type:studio
Artist:Haustor
Recorded:March 1988
Genre:rock
Label:Jugoton
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Tajni grad is the fourth studio album by Yugoslav and Croatian group Haustor.[1] The album was released in 1988 by Jugoton. The biggest hits from this album are "Skidaj se", "Samo na čas" (in a completely different arrangement), "Ula ulala" and "Uzalud pitaš".[2]

After this album, Rundek directed a play called No,[3] and Haustor broke up.

Background

In 1986, the group performed at Zagrebfest with the song "Samo na čas". In the same year, Rundek participates in the album Mnoge smo i mnoge voljeli by Rade Šerbedžija.

For the second channel of Radio Zagreb, he directed the radio comedy Nema povišice,[4] radio drama version of Antigone by Sophocles,[5] etc.

Album

In December 1987, the group began working on a new album.[6] Album was recorded in March 1998 in Zagreb. The album is the result of the reduction of earlier ideas.[7] The concept of the album is a mixture of ethno-rock, jazz etc.

Year later, Rundek directed documentary radio drama under same name for Radio Zagreb. Theme of radio drama is production of Tajni grad.[8] [9]

Legacy

The album was ranked 45th out of the 100 best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music in 1998.[10] In 2015, it was ranked 78th out of the 100 best Yugoslav rock albums from 1955 until 2015 by the Croatian version of Rolling Stone.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Ivačković, Ivan. 978-86-521-1401-6. 1124979992.
  2. Web site: 2019-08-26 . Legendarni Haustor i pjesma: Uzalud pitaš ko ide . 2023-05-25 . radiosarajevo.ba . hr.
  3. Web site: Erotski intervju Darka Rundeka: Muškarci su za razliku od žena seksualno neosviješteni . 2023-05-25 . www.index.hr . hr.
  4. News: Panoptikum-komedija. 1987-07-24. Slobodna Dalmacija.
  5. News: Antigona. 1987-05-08. Slobodna Dalmacija.
  6. News: Haustori ponovo na okupu. 1987-12-05. Vecernji list.
  7. Web site: Haustor objavio album "Tajni grad": Muzika i sav taj biznis oko nje postaju sve siromašniji... (1989) . 2023-05-25.
  8. Web site: Radio drama Darka Rundeka o snimanju albuma Tajni grad večeras na Radio Puli . 2023-06-12 . Izlazak . sr.
  9. Book: Perković, Ante. 2016. 978-86-521-2246-2. Srpsko izdanje. Beograd. 979559787.
  10. Book: Danilo, Antonić, Duško. Štrbac. YU 100 : najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. 1998. autori. 439240601.