Goran Karan always had powerful, expressive voice but it took right composer to bring him into big time and celebrated Zdenko Runjić was the right man for this. Runjić had already impeccable back catalogue and reputation as a man behind legendary singer Oliver Dragojević - in a way he might have been his Pygmalion because majority of Dragojević's now classic songbook was tailored for him by this composer, who took interest in a fledgling Karan that worked in rock bands previously.
This whole album was composed by Runjić (lyrics by Nenad Ninčević) and even Oliver Dragojević stops by for attractive duet on "Tu Non Llores Mi Querida" - album combines singer's strong rock voice with composer's trademark sentimental ballads and it deservedly brought singer into limelight, in fact it was one of the most successful albums of the year - it still sounds very good and hearing such strong voice singing gentle ballads brings almost intoxicating effect - Karan is constantly convincing and in comparison, famous Gibonni is just whining. Karan burns in this music and his sincerity is obvious. The opener, highly effective and unexpected tango "Lipa Si, Lipa" is one of late composer's true masterpieces.
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