Seobe

Seobe (trans. Migrations) is the third studio album by Serbian and Yugoslav hard rock band Kerber, released in 1986.

For the 1988 Yugoslav film, see Migrations (film).
Seobe
Studio album by
Kerber
Released1986
RecordedJune 1986
StudioPGP-RTB Studio V, Belgrade
Genre
Length40:50
LabelPGP-RTB
ProducerKornelije Kovač
Kerber chronology
Ratne igre
(1985)		 Seobe
(1986)		 Ljudi i bogovi
(1988)

Background and recording

Following the success of their first two albums, Kerber signed for Belgrade-based PGP-RTB, one of two biggest Yugoslav labels, and recorded their third studio album, Seobe.[1] The album was recorded in PGP-RTB Studio V and produced by composer and former Korni Grupa leader Kornelije Kovač.[1] It was the band's first album recorded with drummer Dragoljub Đuričić, who came in as the replacement for Boban Đorđević (who was himself brought in to replace the band's original drummer, Zoran Stamenković, with whom the band recorded their first two albums).[1]

Unlike the band's previous album, which featured only two songs with lyrics written by lyricist Duško Arsenijević, most of the songs on Seobe featured lyrics written by him, with the song "Kad ljubav izda" ("When Love Betrays") featuring a quotation from Pero Zubac's poem "Mostar Rains",[1] and the lyrics for the title track being inspired by 1980s emigrations of Serbs from Kosovo.[2][3] Beside Arsenijević's lyrics, the album featured two songs with lyrics written by Riblja Čorba frotman Bora Đorđević and two songs with lyrics written by Riblja Čorba guitarist Nikola Čuturilo.[1] Đorđević also sung lead vocals in the song "Čovek od meda" ("Man Made of Honey") together with Kerber frontman Goran Šepa.[1]

Track listing

All music is composed by Kerber

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Bolje da sam druge ljubio" ("I Should Have Kissed Other Girls")Duško Arsenijević3:42
2."Blagi bože, podigni me" ("Dear God, Lift Me Up")Nikola Čuturilo3:43
3."Kad ljubav izda" ("When Love Betrays")
4:15
4."Ne igram ruski rulet" ("I Don't Play Russian Roulette")Duško Arsenijević3:50
5."Još ovu noć mi daj" ("Give Me just This more Night")Nikola Čuturilo5:15
6."Hajde da se volimo" ("Let's Make Love")Duško Arsenijević3:35
7."Čovek od meda" ("Man Made of Honey")Bora Đorđević4:42
8."Sa tobom ne mogu dalje" ("I Can't Go On With You")Bora Đorđević4:42
9."Beli tragovi" ("White Traces")Duško Arsenijević3:15
10."Seobe" ("Migrations")Duško Arsenijević3:46

Personnel

Additional personnel

Reception and legacy

The album was a commercial success, with a number of songs becoming hits: power ballads "Kad ljubav izda", "Još samo ovu noć mi daj", "Bolje da sam druge ljubio" and "Seobe", "Hajde da se volimo" and "Čovek od meda".[1] Following the success of the album, Kerber performed more than 200 concerts across Yugoslavia.[1] The band went on the promotional tour with temporary keyboardist Milorad Džmerković, as keyboardist Branislav Božinović had to leave the band only a month after the album recording to serve his mandatory stint in the Yugoslav army.[1]

In 2000, the song "Seobe" was polled No.43 on Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list.[4]

Covers
  • Serbian and Yugoslav rock singer Viktorija recorded a cover of the song "Seobe" on her 2000 album Nostalgija (Nostalgia).[5]

References
  1. Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 114.
  2. "U širokom svijetu: Top 15 domaćih pesama o emigrantima", Balkanrock.com
  3. "Kerber u Gračanici: Rokenrol je sloboda", Radiokim.net
  4. "100 najboljih pesama svih vremena YU rocka". Rock Express (in Serbian). Belgrade (25): 27.
  5. Nostalgija at Discogs
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