Even more impressive than its prequel "Neda Ukraden i Kamen na kamen", this second album by young Neda Ukraden is perhaps the culmination of first chapter in her career. The brain behind it all was producer/composer Nikola Borota Radovan who tailored material specifically for singer, with strong vision how to build her up as artist who bridges both folk and pop music. Since the newest current thing in local pop music was Bosnian rock band "Bijelo Dugme" who experimented with similar approach, Radovan not only combines rock guitars with themes about shepherds and livestock (critics called it shepherd's rock at the time) but actually brings the celebrated band (guitarist Goran Bregović, bass player Zoran Redžić and keyboardist Vlado Pravdić) as special guests - this kind of music, rough around the edges, suited the singer to a T.
Its light years of direction Ukraden will take later, when she enthusiastically embraced synthesisers-heavy 1980s pop and beyond, but it must be noted that she intuitively knew what works for her and eventually managed to achieve spectacular commercial success, even if her future music have no connections to these beginnings. The only odd ingredient here is inclusion of song by Đelo Jusić "Proći Će Jednom Ovi Dani" that pretty as it is, nests somehow uncomfortably amongst decidedly rural material - despite imaginative arrangements, its still a schlager more suitable for Tereza Kesovija (who in fact, recorded it herself later) and it signals that Ukraden had already set her eyes on further advancement - this was her last album with Radovan.
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