Green Roses
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| Green Roses | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | June–November 1999 | |||
| Studio | Academia Studios, Belgrade | |||
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| Label | Metropolis Records | |||
| Producer | Aleksandar Radosavljević | |||
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Green Roses is the third studio album by the Serbian Irish folk/Celtic rock band Orthodox Celts released in 1999.
Green Roses features sixteen songs, half of which were covers of traditional songs, and the other half the band's original songs.[1] The album was produced by Aleksandar Radosavljević, and as guests appeared Dragoljub Marković (keyboards), Aleksandar Eraković (keyboards) and Goran Stojković (backing vocals).[1]
In 2021, the album was polled 57th on the list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).[2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "St. Patrick Was a Gentleman" | Traditional | Traditional | 02:19 |
| 2. | "Sindidun" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 03:42 |
| 3. | "Green Roses" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 03:15 |
| 4. | "Marie's Wedding" | Traditional | Traditional | 04:28 |
| 5. | "Rare Old Mountain Dew" | Traditional | Traditional | 03:20 |
| 6. | "Gravel Walk" | Traditional | 03:29 | |
| 7. | "Stand Up to Your Devils" | Colette Ioannidou | Ana Đokić | 03:44 |
| 8. | "Leads Me On" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 04:02 |
| 9. | "Rocky Road to Dublin / Down the River" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 04:24 |
| 10. | "Merry Sisters" | Traditional | 02:10 | |
| 11. | "Bean Na Shi" | Colette Ioannidou | Ana Đokić | 03:00 |
| 12. | "Me, Myself and Sky" | Aleksandar Petrović |
| 03:25 |
| 13. | "Whisky You're The Devil" | Traditional | Traditional | 01:59 |
| 14. | "Far Away" | Aleksandar Petrović | Ana Đokić | 02:58 |
| 15. | "Wind That Shakes the Barley / Sailor on the Rock" | Traditional | Traditional | 02:29 |
| 16. | "The Beggarman" | Traditional | Traditional | 03:33 |
Personnel
- Aleksandar Petrović – vocals
- Ana Đokić – violin, backing vocals, arrangements
- Dušan Živanović – accordion, drums, percussion, bodhrán, backing vocals
- Dejan Lalić – mandolin, guitar, bagpipes, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
- Vladan Jovković – guitar, backing vocals
- Dejan Jevtović – bass, backing vocals
- Dejan Popin – tin whistle, whistle, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Goran Stojković – backing vocals
- Aleksandar Eraković – keyboards
- Dragoljub Marković – keyboards
- Aleksandar Radosavljević - producer
- Velja Mijanović - mastering
- Dušan Đokić - artwork
- Anamarija Vartabedijan - design
- Nebojša Stanković - design
