Enigmatic (album)
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| Released | January 19, 1970 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock Sung poetry | |||
| Length | 36:17 | |||
| Label | Polskie Nagrania Muza (LP) | |||
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| Teraz Rock |  [1] |
Enigmatic is the fourth album by Czesław Niemen released in 1970. It is considered to be the best Polish rock album ever.[2] Inspired in 1968 by Wojciech Młynarski, Niemen decided to make his new album with Polish poetry as lyrics. Recorded in 1969, the album became very popular and was awarded with a Golden record in 1971 (in Poland, Golden Records were awarded for selling 160,000 album copies). As of 2012, the album has sold in excess of 5 million copies around the world.
Track listing
- "Bema pamięci żałobny - rapsod" - 16:27 (music Czesław Niemen, lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid)
- "Jednego serca" - 7:45 (music Czesław Niemen, lyrics Adam Asnyk)
- "Kwiaty ojczyste" - 7:25 (music Czesław Niemen, lyrics Tadeusz Kubiak)
- "Mów do mnie jeszcze" - 4:40 (music Czesław Niemen, lyrics Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer)
Personnel
- Czesław Niemen – vocal, Hammond organ
- Zbigniew Namysłowski – alto saxophone
- Janusz Zieliński – bass
- Tomasz Jaśkiewicz – guitar
- Czesław Bartkowski – drums
- Zbigniew Sztyc – tenor saxophone
- Michał Urbaniak – tenor saxophone, flute
- Alibabki – background vocals
References
- ^ Teraz Rock review
- ^ Leszek Gnoiński, Jan Skaradziński "Encyklopedia polskiego rocka" (Encyclopedia of Polish Rock), ISBN 83-7129-570-7