YU zlato
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Recorded1971–1976
Genre
LabelJugoton
YU Grupa chronology
YU Grupa
(1975)
YU zlato
(1976)
Među zvezdama
(1977)
1996 reissue cover

YU zlato (trans. YU Gold) is a compilation album by Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band YU Grupa, released in 1976. The album features songs from the band's 7-inch singles released in the 1971–1976 period.

YU zlato features some of the band's biggest hits: "Čudna šuma", "Šta će meni vatra", "U tami disko kluba", folk-oriented "Nona", "Kosovski božuri" and "Sama", and the cult ballad "Crni leptir". However, only two of the songs from YU zlato, "Čudna šuma" and "Crni leptir", have been, beside on a 7-inch single, published on a studio album (both on the band's 1973 self-titled debut).

The album was polled in 1998 as the 57th 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).[1]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Nona"D. JelićD. Jelić5:39
2."Kosovski božuri" ("Kosovo Peonies")D. JelićD. Jelić4:45
3."Sama" ("Alone")V. MarjanovićM. Kostić4:10
4."Čudna šuma" ("Strange Forest")D. NedimovićD. Jelić3:43
5."Bio jedan pas" ("There Once Was a Dog")P. NikM. Kostić3:13
6."Tatica" ("Daddy")D. JelićD. Jelić4:03
7."Šta će meni vatra" ("I Don't Need No Fire")B. MarušićD. Jelić4:33
8."U tami disko kluba" ("In the Darkness of Discothèque")Z. ModliD. Jelić4:09
9."Crni leptir" ("Black Butterfly")D. JelićD. Jelić3:53
10."Živi pesak" ("Quicksand")D. ĆućuzM. Kostić4:53

1996 reissue bonus tracks

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
11."Trenutak sna" ("A Moment of Dream")D. NedimovićD. Jelić4:21
12."Devojko mala" ("Little Girl")D. NedimovićD. Jelić3:53
13."More" ("The Sea")D. NedimovićD. Jelić5:39

Credits

Reissues

In 1996, the album was reissued on CD by the Hi-Fi Centar record label. The rerelease featured three bonus tracks, "Trenutak sna", "Devojko mala" and "More", all three from the bands 1973 debut album, and an alternate cover. The cover featured a photograph originally used on a cover of the band's 1975 self-titled album.[2]

Legacy

The album was polled in 1998 as the 57th 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).[3]

References

  1. ^ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press. p. 39.
  2. ^ YU zlato reissue at Discogs
  3. ^ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo (1998). YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike. Belgrade: YU Rock Press. p. 39.