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Nova Akropola

Nova akropola (New Acropolis in Slovene) is the second studio album by the Slovenian and Yugoslav avant-garde music group Laibach. It was released in 1986.

Track listing

Original album:

  1. "Vier Personen" (Four Persons) <small>(Jani Novak)</small> – 5:26
  2. "Nova akropola" (New Acropolis) <small>(Jani Novak/Milan Fras/Dejan Knez)</small> – 6:55
  3. "Krvava gruda - Plodna zemlja" (Bloody Ground - Fertile Land) <small>(Jani Novak/Milan Fras/Dejan Knez)</small> – 4:07
  4. "Vojna poema" (War Poem) <small>(Jani Novak)</small> – 3:12
  5. "Ti, ki izzivaš" (Outro) (You, who are challenging) <small>(Bernard Herrmann)</small> – 1:20
  6. "Die Liebe" (Love) <small>(Milan Fras)</small> – 4:26
  7. "Država" (State) <small>(Jani Novak)</small> – 4:19
  8. "Vade Retro" (Go Back) <small>(Dejan Knez)</small> – 4:33
  9. "Panorama" <small>(Jani Novak/Milan Fras/Dejan Knez, melody inspired by Gustav Holst Mars, the first movement of the Planets suite)</small> – 4:52
  10. "Decree" <small>(Jani Novak/Milan Fras/Dejan Knez)</small> – 6:41

2023 Expanded Edition bonus disc/tracks:

  1. "Vade Retro Satanas" <small>(Performed live with the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, Cankarjev dom, European Month of Culture event, Ljubljana, 1997)</small>
  2. "Nova akropola ƎЯ" <small>(Live at MSU-Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb, 2019)</small>
  3. "Vier Personen ƎЯ" <small>(Live at Kino Šiška, Ljubljana, 2019)</small>
  4. "Krvava gruda - Plodna zemlja ƎЯ" <small>(Live at EXIT Fest, Novi Sad, 2021)</small>
  5. "Ti, ki izzivaš ƎЯ" <small>(Live at EXIT Fest, Novi Sad, 2021)</small>
  6. "Die Liebe ƎЯ" <small>(Live in MKC-Cultural Center, Skopje, 2018)</small>
  7. "Država ƎЯ" <small>(Live in Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana, 2020)</small>

Credits

Music published by Complete Music Ltd.<br /> Recorded and mixed at Metropolis Studio, Oasis Studio and Guerilla Studio 1985.<br /> Produced by Jurij, Toni, Ken Thomas, Rico Conning and Laibach except "Decree" and "Panorama" produced by Laibach and D-Moniker (Duncan Macdonald).

Release details

Cherry Red Records released the original LP in the UK, and it has been re-issued on various formats by Rebel Rec. (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), VAP (Japan), Wax Trax! and Cleopatra Records (U.S.), and Optic Nerve (UK). Cherry Red re-issued it in 2002 as an enhanced CD (with "Država" on video), and again in 2023 on Record Store Day as an Expanded Edition 2-LP set (one on black vinyl, one on silver), with a remaster of the original album, a second LP consisting of live performances of songs from the album, spanning 25 years, and redone artwork. Another LP pressing and a CD of this edition will be released later in the year.

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