Pakleni trio is the fourth studio album released by former Yugoslav heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Gordi

Gordi

Gordi were a former Yugoslav heavy metal band from Belgrade. Although only their last two studio albums, Pakleni trio and Kraljica smrti, were truly heavy metal oriented, these are the albums for which Gordi are generally most remembered.-Band history:The band was formed in November 1977 by former...

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Heavily influenced by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

New Wave of British Heavy Metal

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, Pakleni trio is Gordi's first truly heavy metal-oriented album which changed the band's progressive

Progressive rock

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/hard rock

Hard rock

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 sound. Album was originally released through Jugoton

Jugoton

Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...

 in 1982 and rereleased by Rock Express Records in 2006. The album reissue featured two bonus tracks, "Duga noć" and "Idi sad" from Gordi's 1978 7" single.

Track listing

1. "Put do pakla" - 3:48
2. "Igraj, luduj" - 3:08
3. "Volim" - 4:03
4. "Ona i ja" - 3:37
5. "Tebi ne treba niko" - 3:10
6. "Naivna Venera" - 3:30
7. "Strašna riba izdaleka" - 3:18
8. "Ona je žena" - 4:38
9. "San" - 2:21

Personnel

• Zlatko Manojlović - vocals, guitar
• Slobodan Svrdlan - bass guitar
• Dragan Janković - drums