Ode to Venus

For the poem, see Ode to Venus (Sappho). For the song, see Focus 9 / New Skin.

Ode to Venus
Studio album by Czesław Niemen
Released	1973
Studio	Musicland Studios
Genre	Experimental rock art rock
Length	41:06
Label	CBS (LP)
Producer	Czesław Niemen, Rüdiger Waldmann
Czesław Niemen chronology
Strange Is This World (1972) Ode to Venus (1973) Niemen Vol. 1 and Niemen Vol. 2 (1973)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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.

Track listing

1. "Ode to Venus" - 6:37 (lyrics: Czesław Niemen)
2. "Puppets" - 4:38 (lyrics: Cyprian Kamil Norwid)
3. "From the First Major Discoveries" - 9:33 (lyrics: Leszek Aleksander Moczulski)
4. "What Have I Done" - 5:43 (lyrics: Bolesław Leśmian)
5. "Fly Over Fields of Yellow Sunflowers" - 4:02 (lyrics: Paweł Brodowski)
6. "What a Beautiful Woman You Are" - 4:20 (lyrics: Brodowski)
7. "A Pilgrim" - 4:09 (lyrics: Norwid)
8. "Rock for Mack" - 2:04 (instrumental)

• All Polish to English lyric translations by Paweł Brodowski.

Personnel

• Czesław Niemen - vocal, flute, keyboards
• Józef Skrzek - organ, electric piano, bass, clavinet, harmonica, violin
• Apostolis Anthimos - guitar
• Jerzy Piotrowski - drums

References

1. Królikowski, Wieslaw (March 1, 2004). "Ode To Venus - Płyty". AD MUSIC S.A. Retrieved January 27, 2012.