Ora et labora (album)
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| Released | 10 April 2013 | |||
| Recorded | 2011–2013 | |||
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| Length | 60:00 | |||
| Label | Croatia Records | |||
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Ora et labora is the seventh studio album by the Croatian singer-songwriter Marko Perković Thompson, released on 10 April 2013.[1] All songs on the album were written by Perković and Tiho Orlić.
The album featured Christian and Catholic themes, as well as Croatian nationalist elements, like most of Perković's music. The title of the album serves as the core theme that is reiterated in both the first ("Sokolov krik") and last ("Put u raj") song. Many songs are directed at or offer prayers to God, such as "Maranatha" ("Maranatha") and "Uvijek vjerni tebi" ("Always Faithful to You"). Other songs include historical elements about Croatia, such as "Bosna" ("Bosnia") and "Bog i Hrvati" ("God and the Croats"), which are also the two longest songs on the album. Perković is also critical of so-called "pro-Yugoslavian communist sentiments" in modern-day Croatia, even referencing Stjepan Radić's famous 24 November 1918 speech about Croatian people being led into the creation of Yugoslavia like "geese rushing into the fog."[2]
