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Kozmetika (trans. Cosmetics) is the only album by the eponymous Yugoslav new wave band. It was released in 1983.

Kozmetika
Studio album by Kozmetika
Released	7 March 1983
Recorded	1979-1982 Jovanova St. 56, Jevremova St. 45, and MS studio, Belgrade
Genre	New wave, synthpop, electronic
Length	34:24
Label	ZKP RTLJ
Producer	Kozmetika

The album Kozmetika was polled in 1998 as the 98th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Kozmetika.

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Utisci" (Impressions)	4:17
2.	"Jedne noći na terasi na moru" (On a Night on a Seaside Terrace)	3:43
3.	"Kundalini"	1:06
4.	"Ona hoće sve da zna" (She Wants to Know Everything)	4:15
5.	"Belzebub" (Beelzebub)	2:30
6.	"12-erac" (Dodecasyllable)	0:46

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Zanatlija" (Craftsman)	2:54
2.	"Ne da/ne nego i/ili" (Not Yes/No, but And/Or)	4:34
3.	"Bluz kontrolora letenja" (An Air Traffic Controller's Blues)	2:37
4.	"Gaja" (Gaia)	7:37

Personnel

• Vladimir Jovanović - vocals, guitar, synthesizer
• Marko Pešić - vocals, synthesizer, mixed by
• Slobodan Konjović - vocals, bass guitar, vocoder effects, recorded by, mixed by
• Mihajlo Mihajlovski - rhythm machine

Guest musicians and additional personnel

• Nebojša Krstić - vocals (on track A1), backing vocals (on track A4)
• Dragana Šarić - vocals (on track B2)
• Goran Vejvoda - guitar (on tracks: A1, A4, A5, A6, B4), electric piano (on track A5)
• Zlatko Manojlović - guitar (on track A4)
• Goran Bregović - guitar (on track B2)
• Raša Đelmaš - drums (on tracks: A1, A2, A5)
• Bora Pavićević - drums (on tracks: A4, B1, B2), congas, percussion (on track B4)
• Zoran Radetić - electric piano (on track A4)
• Žarko Kalmić - synthesizer (on trackS: B1, B2)
• Vuk Vujačić - saxophone (on tracks: A2, A5)
• Đorđe Ilijin - flute (on track B5)
• Srđan Šaper - backing vocals (on track A4)
• Biljana Trifunović - voice (on track B2)
• Vlada Nikodijević - vocoder effects (on track B4)
• Boban Petrović - engineer
• Rade Ercegovac - engineer
• Jugoslav Jovanović - design

Legacy

Kozmetika was polled in 1998 as the 98th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).[2]

In 2006 the song "Utisci" was ranked #99 the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs List.[3] The song has also been used as the theme song for the Olja Bećković political talk show Utisak nedelje broadcast on RTV Studio B and later on B92.[4] For the 20th anniversary of the talk show the Viva Vox Choir from Belgrade covered "Utisci" and the version has become the new theme song for the show.[5]

In 2015 Kozmetika album cover was ranked 47th on the list of 100 Greatest Album Covers of Yugoslav Rock published by web magazine Balkanrock.[6]

References

• Kozmetika at Discogs
• EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4

External links

• Kozmetika at Discogs

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