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Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme

Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme
Kadbibiobijelodugmealbumcover.jpg
Studio album by Bijelo Dugme
Released November 18, 1974
Recorded Akademik Studio, Ljubljana
September 1974
Genre Hard rock
Folk rock
Progressive rock
Length 34:24
Label Jugoton
Producer Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo Dugme chronology
Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme
(1974)
Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Džuboks Favorable

Kad bi' bio bijelo dugme (trans. If I Were a White Button) is the 1974 debut studio album from influential Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme.

The album was polled the 14th on the 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums list in the 1998 book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best Albums of Yugoslav Pop and Rock Music).

Prior to the release of the album, Bijelo Dugme had large success with their 7" singles. The band's record label, Jugoton, intended to release Bijelo Dugme's first album during the spring of 1975, but the group's manager, Vladimir Mihaljek, managed to persuade the label's editors to release the record during the autumn of 1974. The recording sessions started on October 2, 1974, in Akademik Studio in Ljubljana. The album was produced by the band themselves, with the help of Akademik Studio's producer Deče Žgura. The album featured a new version of the title track, which the band had originally released as a 7" single in 1973 while still performing under the name Jutro.

A young guy came up to me on the street to ask: 'Do you know that girl?', pointing out a girl short distance away. I looked at her, recognizing the girl I took a photo of for the cover. I waved hello, and the guy went over to her, slapped her in the face, calling her a whore. I asked him: 'Why?'. He said she had told him that she was the one from the album cover, and that he only wanted to make sure if I really knew her. After that they left together like nothing happened...

The album cover was designed by designer Dragan S. Stefanović who would go on to design covers for the band's future releases as well. Four decades after the album release, it was revealed that the name of the model was Ljiljana Božanić.

Rock critic Dražen Vrdoljak stated in 1981 that Kad bi bio bijelo dugme album cover "represented a shift in conceiving the covers of domestic [Yugoslav] rock albums, identical to the shift Bregović's music made on our rock scene".

All the songs were written by Goran Bregović, except where noted.


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