Tváre pred zrkadlom explained

Tváre pred zrkadlom
Cover:	Tvare pred zrkadlom.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Marika Gombitová
B-Side:	Ave Mária
Released:	1989
Recorded:	1989
Genre:	Dance-pop disco
Length:	3:29
Label:	OPUS (#9143 0739)
Producer:	Peter Smolinský
Prev Title:	Nenápadná
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	Paradiso
Next Year:	1994

"Tváre pred zrkadlom" ("Faces in Front of the Mirror") is a song by Slovak singer-songwriter Marika Gombitová, released on OPUS in 1989.^[1] The composition wrote Gombitová in collaboration with Kamil Peteraj.

B-side of the single promoted a song called "Ave Mária", composed by Gabo Dušík, for a change. Its live version was featured only on VA compilation Nežná revolúcia (1990), also released by OPUS.

Both tracks were available in common on CD as bonus tracks on a 2004 re-issue of her studio album Kam idú ľudia? (originally from 1990).^[2]

Official releases and formats

SK 7" Single, #9143 0739^[3]

1. "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Studio version)
2. "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

SK CD album, No. 91 2214^[4]

• "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Studio version)
• "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

SK Double LP, #9017 2240/41^[5]

• "Ave Mária" (Live version)

SK CD album, No. 91 2410^[6]

• "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

SK CD album, #None^[7]

• "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

Charts

Notes

• A On the music charts, B-side "Ave Maria" was more successful, scoring as the second most selling SP in Slovakia (following "Sľúbili sme si lásku" by Ivan Hoffman, while preceding "Pravda víťazí" by Tublatanka).

Credits and personnel

• Marika Gombitová – music, lead vocal
• Gabo Dušík – music (B-side)
• Kamil Peteraj – lyrics
• Peter Smolinský – producer
• OPUS Records – record label, copyright owner, marketing and distributor

References

General

• Book: Graclík. Miroslav. Nekvapil. Václav. Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music. Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music. XYZ. 2008. 978-80-7388-115-3. 446. 294939865. Prague, Czech Republic. 2011-03-21. cs.
• Book: Lehotský, Oskar. Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Marika Gombitová. Comenius University, Faculty of Arts. Bratislava, Slovakia. April 23, 2008a. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140517/http://www.koloseumforum.com/gombitova.com2/separation/SvokMG.pdf. 2014-07-14. 2011-04-07. sk.
• Book: Lehotský, Oskar. Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus. Comenius University, Faculty of Arts. Bratislava, Slovakia. April 23, 2008b. 2011-04-07. sk.

Specific

Notes and References

1. For Marika Gombitová's discography, see .
2. Kam idú ľudia? (Liner Notes) . Kam idú ľudia?. 1990 . Marika . Gombitová . Marika Gombitová . Compact Disc . OPUS Records . CSFR . 9353 2214. sk.
3. "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Liner Notes). Marika . Gombitová . Marika Gombitová. 1989. 7-inch Single. OPUS Records. . 9143 0739.
4. Kam idú ľudia? Komplet 8 (Liner Notes). Kam idú ľudia?. 2004 . Marika . Gombitová . Marika Gombitová . Compact Disc . OPUS Records . SR. 91 2214. sk.
5. Nežná revolúcia (Liner Notes). 1990 . VA . Various Artists. Double Vinyl Album . OPUS Records . CSFR. 9017 2240/41. sk.
6. Polnočné otázky: 16 Naj 1984–1993 (Liner Notes). Polnočné otázky: 16 Naj 1984–1993. 1993 . Marika . Gombitová . Marika Gombitová . Compact Disc . OPUS Records . SR. 91 2410. sk.
7. Top 16: Diskotéka Ženského magazínu (Liner Notes). 1993 . Marika . Gombitová . Marika Gombitová . Compact Disc . OPUS Records, Ženský magazín. SR. sk.