Tajni grad
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| Tajni grad | ||||
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| Released | October 1988 | |||
| Recorded | March 1988 | |||
| Studio | J.M. Sound Studio (Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Language | Croatian | |||
| Label | Jugoton | |||
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Tajni grad (English: Secret Town) 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.
In 1986, the group performed at Zagrebfest with the song "Samo na čas".[4] 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,[5] radio drama version of Antigone by Sophocles,[6] etc.
Album
In December 1987, the group began working on a new album.[7] Album was recorded in March 1988 in Zagreb. The album is the result of the reduction of earlier ideas.[8] 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.[9][10]
Legacy
The album was ranked 45th out of the 100 best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music in 1998.[11] 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.
