Background and recording
Following the release of Galija's fourth studio album Bez naglih skokova (Without Sudden Jumps) in 1984, which marked their shift from progressive rock towards more mainstream-oriented rock sound, [1] the group's keyboardist Saša Lokner moved to Bajaga i Instruktori and was replaced by Aleksandar Ralev; Bez naglih skokova would be the group's only album recorded with Ralev, who would be replaced by multi-instrumentalist Bratislav "Bata" Zlatković. [2] Prior to Bez naglih skokova recording, Galija was also joined by the second guitarist Jean Jacques Roskam. [2] Roskam, a Belgian of Zaire origin, was previously a member of the Belgian progressive rock band Machiavel and Yugoslav pop rock bands D' Boys and Peđa D' Boy Band. [2] [3] The new lineup recorded the album Digni ruku, with–as on the band's previous albums–most of the music composed by Galija frontman Nenad Milosavljević and most of the lyrics written by the second vocalist Predrag Milosavljević. Three songs were composed by Roskam, including the English language song "Winter's Coming", which featured lyrics written by Dani Klein, frontress of the Belgian group Vaya Con Dios, [2] and music for one song was co-written by Roskam and Nenad Milosavljević. [4] The album also included the instrumental track "Možda spava" ("Maybe She's Asleep"), composed by Nenad Milosavljević. [4] The album was produced by Nenad Stefanović "Japanac", and featured guest appearances by Saša Lokner (keyboards), Goran Grbić (trumpet), Nenad Petrović (saxophone) and Bobana Stojković (backing vocals). [2] The album brought first political controversies in the band's career. The refrain of the title track–which would become a hit–included the verse "Nemaš kartu ni do Prištine" ("You can't even afford a ticket to Priština"), percieved as politically-provocative in the time of tensions in SAP Kosovo. [5] The band wanted the album cover to feature a provocative image of the Hero of Socialist Labour Alija Sirotanović with a blindfold, which the PGP-RTB record label refused. [6] Digni ruku was the band's third and final album recorded with guitarist Branislav Radulović, who left the group soon after the album release, leaving Roskam as the band's only guitar player. [7]
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