| Azra | ||||
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| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | March – April 1980 Jadran Film Studio (Zagreb, SR Croatia) | |||
| Genre | New wave | |||
| Length | 39:06 | |||
| Label | Jugoton | |||
| Producer | Drago Mlinarec | |||
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Azra is the debut album by the Yugoslav rock band Azra, released through Jugoton in 1980.
In a list of top 100 Yugoslav rock albums compiled by the Croatian edition of the Rolling Stone magazine in 2015, Azra placed ninth. [1]
All music and lyrics written by Branimir Štulić.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jablan" | 2:33 |
| 2. | "Uradi nešto" | 3:17 |
| 3. | "Teško vrijeme" | 3:49 |
| 4. | "Tople usne žene" | 3:02 |
| 5. | "Vrijeme odluke" | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Gracija" | 2:45 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Krvava Meri" | 3:03 |
| 8. | "Marina" | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Ne mogu pomoći nikome od nas" | 3:50 |
| 10. | "Iggy Pop" | 3:48 |
| 11. | "Žena drugog sistema" | 2:50 |
| 12. | "Obrati pažnju na posljednju stvar" | 3:33 |
| Total length: | 39:06 | |
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