Band Name: Гражданская Оборона
Music Album: Зачем Снятся Сны
Album Release Date: May 2007
Music Genre: Punk Rock Psychedelic Rock
Record Label: Выргород
Album Release Country: Russia
Music Record Type: 21 Tracks CD Album
Grazhdanskaya Oborona formed in the Siberian city of Omsk by bandleader Yegor Letov. Over the long history of the group, Letov would go on to be its only constant member. Setting his group apart from other Russian groups of the period that were only nominally objectionable to the tenets of Communism, Letov branded Grazhdanskaya Oborona with the slogan "I will always be against." Grazhdanskaya Oborona are synonymous in Russia with self-destructive punk energy in the name of social dissidence. Grazhdanskaya Oborona started in 1982 as the group Posev (Sowing), which included founder Letov, who played drums and sang and who joined forces with bassist Konstantin Ryabinov. But because of the group's unapologetically defiant stance against the administration and aggressive music that condemned militarism and totalitarianism (some song titles included "I Hate the Red Color" and "Good Tsar, Familiar Stink"), it immediately became a target for the KGB. Letov was subsequently committed to a mental ward, and Ryabinov was sent to the Army. In 1984 Letov formed Grazhdanskaya Oborona and immediately began to write and record albums. He would often record all on his own, though he credited other musicians, who were really just pseudonyms. His style verged toward lo-fi, noisy punk rock, occasionally drawing inspiration from Russian folk tunes. His many albums were recorded with minimal technology in Letov's apartment or the apartments of friends and a changing ca (...)
| 1 | Слава Психонавтам |
| 2 | Кто-то Другой |
| 3 | Фейерверк |
| 4 | Значит, Ураган |
| 5 | Сияние |
| 6 | Танец Для Мёртвых |
| 7 | Куда Мы Есть |
| 8 | Упадок |
| 9 | Где |
| 10 | Потрясающий Вид Из Окна |
| 11 | Калейдоскоп |
| 12 | К Тебе |
| 13 | Я Чувствую Себя Не В Своих Штанах |
| 14 | Всё Это С Тобой |
| 15 | Резвые |
| 16 | Снаружи Всех Измерений |
| 17 | Кролики |
| 18 | Ночью |
| 19 | Осень |
| Bonus Video | |
| Video 1 | Слава Психонавтам |
| Video 2 | Сияние |
Collector's edition: slipcase, digipak with 44-page booklet.
Светлой памяти Артура Ли и Сида Барретта посвящается.
Записано с 28.07.2006 по 18.09. 2006 в ГрОб-студии, кроме "Кроликов", записанных 23.01.2007 там же.
Сведено 24-31.01.2007, а также 03-10.02.2007 в ГрОб-студии.
В оформлении лицевой стороны обложки использована работа Эдварда Хикса "Ноев ковчег" (1846).
Также в оформлении использованы работы Мигуэля Риверы Багура, Мирослава Ружелы, Фела, Даниэля Феррары, Махмуда Соуа.
Видео и монтаж - студия Live Time. © Выргород, 2006.
Снято и записано 19.11.2006 на концерте в клубе "Апельсин" (Москва).
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