"Tvoja u duši" by Doris Dragović (1987)

Second of two albums released in 1987 finds young Croatian singer continuing extremely successful collaboration with composer Zrinko Tutić and lyrics writer Marina Tucaković, in fact she is backed by exactly the same production team as previously so naturally there is a certain cookie cutter, mass-production quality to this music which is perhaps not necessary bad thing in itself as the projects were always very warmly embraced by wide audiences - producer and his backing band worked with so many pop stars at the time that results were sometimes hard to distinguish and to my ears they all tend to sound alike (in fact, many of the songs here could have been recorded by anyone from Neda Ukraden to Jasna Zlokić) but as usual, Dragović gives her best and her melodious, slightly detached voice makes these simple tunes better than they might have been in other hands. It is unassuming radio fodder, sentimental and good natured, obviously targeted to the widest mainstream audience that idolised Dragović as a national sweetheart and everyone's favourite girl-next-door. The way I see it, Zrinko Tutić follows the path of Rajko Dujmić and his super-successful band "Novi Fosili" that ruled the radio waves in early 1980s, so it is no coincidence that on her next album Dragović will be served by both of them, two celebrated pop masterminds working together and the results will be quite irresistible.