| Ode to Venus | ||||
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| Released | 1973 | |||
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| Length | 41:06 | |||
| Label | CBS (LP) | |||
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| Teraz Rock |    [1] |
Ode to Venus is the second full-length album recorded by Niemen. It was released in Germany by European part of Columbia, and was created with notable help of Reinhold Mack and SBB.
Czesław Niemen, often credited as just Niemen, was one of the most important and original Polish singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the 20th century, singing mainly in Polish.
Reinhold Mack is a German record producer and engineer. He is best known for his collaborations with Electric Light Orchestra, Queen, Sparks, and Chinaski (CZ).
Enigmatic is the fourth album by Czesław Niemen, released in 1970. It has been considered by some to be the best Polish rock album ever. Inspired in 1968 by Wojciech Młynarski, Niemen decided to make his new album with Polish poetry as lyrics. Recorded in 1969, the album became very popular and was awarded with a golden record in 1971. As of 2012, the album has sold in excess of 5 million copies around the world and remains very popular.
Niemen Aerolit is Czesław Niemen's album recorded in 1975 with his new band "Aerolit".
Katharsis - Czesław Niemen's concept album released in 1976. It is about dead ends and traps on the road of expanding human civilization and space exploration. This album was recorded by Czesław Niemen alone, without help from other musicians.
Postscriptum is an album by Czesław Niemen released in 1980. "Dziwny jest ten świat '79" is a new version of Niemen's best known song "Dziwny jest ten świat".
Terra Deflorata is an album by Czesław Niemen released in 1989 and re-released in 1991 on CD as Extended Version.
Idée Fixe is an album by Czesław Niemen's band Aerolit released in 1978 on two long play and one extended play discs. It was remastered in 2003 as a two CD album.
Niemen Vol. 1 and Niemen Vol. 2 - Czesław Niemen's double album released in two separate issues in 1973. In 1994 released on single CD by Digiton under title "Marionetki".
Strange Is This World is the first English-language album by Polish rock artist Niemen. The album was released in 1972 in West Germany on the CBS Records International.
"I've wanted to introduce something new, original to rock music."
Mourner's Rhapsody is an English-language album by Czesław Niemen, recorded in 1974 in New York, USA. Michał Urbaniak invited his friends to support Niemen after his earlier band left to re-initialise their own band SBB, which now became short for Search, Breakup and Build, Sound Beyond Borders and similar. The album was released in West Germany (1974), the United Kingdom (1975) and the United States (1976). It was re-released on CD in 1993.
Przeprowadzka ("Moving") - album by Czesław Niemen released on compact cassette in 1982. It contains music recorded for Janusz Łęski's films "Rodzina Leśniewskich", "Kłusownik" and "Przygrywka". Never released on CD or LP.
spodchmurykapelusza is the final studio album by Czesław Niemen released in 2001.
Dziwny jest ten świat is Czesław Niemen's first solo album, released in 1967. At 20 December 1968, as first album in Poland, "Dziwny jest ten świat" was awarded with Golden record.
The Best of Niemen is a compilation of Czesław Niemen's greatest hits released between 1966 and 1969.
Sukces ("Success") is Czesław Niemen's second solo album, released in 1968. The album was recorded with the band Akwarele.
Czy mnie jeszcze pamiętasz? is Czesław Niemen's third solo album, released in 1969. It was his last album recorded with Akwarele.
Gwiazdy mocnego uderzenia: Czesław Niemen is a compilation of Czesław Niemen's first singles recorded with bands Niebiesko-Czarni, Bossa Nova Combo and band of Studio Rytm.
Niemen is double LP album by Czesław Niemen released in 1971. It was another step towards Niemen's embrace of progressive rock and avantgarde music.
"A Funeral Rhapsody in Memory of General Bem" is a poem by Polish poet Cyprian Norwid, a descendant of the Polish king John III Sobieski. It is an elegy for a famous Polish commander, Józef Bem, who was a hero of three nations, Polish, Hungarian and Turkish. It was written in 1851. The poem is a description of an imaginary funeral. It is described as a funeral of a medieval knight or Slavic warrior, encased in armour, with his horse and a falcon, accompanied by groups of boys and girls. The poem is especially interesting because of its form. It was written in rhymed hexameter. All the lines are made up of fifteen (7+8) syllables according to the pattern ' x ' x x ' x || ' x x ' x x ' x.
