The Black Album (Kino album)
Encyclopedia
Chyorny albom is the seventh and final studio album of the Soviet
rock group Kino
. It was released in December 1990 by Moroz Records and recorded in the Latvian
village Plieņciems shortly before the death of the frontman Viktor Tsoi
. The remaining members of Kino decided to complete the album as the tribute to Tsoi.
The moderator of the TV show Дети минут (Children of the Minute), Yuri Aizenshpis, said, that the demo tape was in Tsoi's car. But the guitarist Yury Kasparyan denied this and stated, it was in his own car.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
rock group Kino
Kino (band)
Kino was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous Soviet rock groups of the 1980s.-History:The band was formed in the summer of 1981 in Leningrad, USSR Kino was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous Soviet rock groups of the...
. It was released in December 1990 by Moroz Records and recorded in the Latvian
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
village Plieņciems shortly before the death of the frontman Viktor Tsoi
Viktor Tsoi
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi ; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet rock musician, leader of the band Kino.He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and has many devoted fans across the countries of the former Soviet Union even today...
. The remaining members of Kino decided to complete the album as the tribute to Tsoi.
The moderator of the TV show Дети минут (Children of the Minute), Yuri Aizenshpis, said, that the demo tape was in Tsoi's car. But the guitarist Yury Kasparyan denied this and stated, it was in his own car.
Track listing
- "Кончится лето" (Summer Will End) – 5:55
- "Красно-жёлтые дни" (Red-Yellow Days) – 5:49
- "Нам с тобой" (Us With You) – 4:49
- "Звезда" (Star) – 4:29
- "Кукушка" (Cuckoo) – 6:39
- "Когда твоя девушка больна" (When Your Girlfriend is Ill) – 4:20
- "Муравейник" (Ant-Hill) – 5:17
- "Следи за собой" (Watch Yourself) – 4:59
- "Сосны на морском берегу" (Pines at the Sea Shore) – 5:16
- "Завтра война" (War Begins Tomorrow) – 0:35
Personnel
- Viktor TsoiViktor TsoiViktor Robertovich Tsoi ; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet rock musician, leader of the band Kino.He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and has many devoted fans across the countries of the former Soviet Union even today...
(Виктор Цой) - Vocals, Guitar - Yuri KasparyanYuri KasparyanYuri Dmitriyevich Kasparyan is the former guitarist of the Russian rock band Kino and was also a member of Vyacheslav Butusov's group Nautilus Pompilius. With Butusov he jointly wrote the 1997 album "Незаконнорожденный/Nezakonnorozhdennyy" ....
(Юрий Каспарян) - Lead Guitar - Igor Tikhomirov (Игор Тихомиров) - Bass Guitar
- Georgy Guryanov (Георгий Гурянов) - Drum MachineDrum machineA drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums or other percussion instruments. They are used in a variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music...