Strange Is This World
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Strange Is This World is the first English-language album by Polish rock artist Niemen. The album was released in 1972 in West Germany
West Germany
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 on the CBS label (the European section of Columbia Records
Columbia Records
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).

Track listing

  1. "Strange Is This World" – 6:05 - (lyrics Czesław Niemen)
  2. "Why Did You Stop Loving Me" – 12:05 (lyrics Paweł Brodowski)
  3. "I've Been Loving You Too Long
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    " – 4:13 (music Otis Redding
    Otis Redding
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    , lyrics Jerry Butler
    Jerry Butler (singer)
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    )
  4. "A Song For The Deceased" – 13:18 (lyrics Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, translation Paweł Brodowski)

Personnel

  • Czesław Niemen – organ
    Organ (music)
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    , vocal
  • Józef Skrzek
    Józef Skrzek
    Józef Skrzek – is a Polish multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer, an important figure in Polish rock.-Life:In his early carrier, Skrzek was associated with the groups Ślężanie, Ametysty and Breakout...

     – piano
    Piano
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    , bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

    , organ
    Organ (music)
    The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

    , harmonica
    Harmonica
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  • Helmut Nadolski – double bass
    Double bass
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  • Antymos Apostolis – guitar
    Guitar
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  • Jerzy Piotrowski – drums
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