YU Grupa is the debut studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band YU Grupa, released in 1973.
The album was polled in 1998 as the 62nd on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book ' (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).
The songs "Crni leptir", "More", "Trka", "ÃÂudna à ¡uma" and "Noàje moja" became hits. The cult ballad "Crni letptir" was also remembered for being one of the three YU Grupa songs sung by the bass guitarist à ½ika Jelià(the other ones being the ballad "Dunavom à ¡ibaju vetrovi" from the band's 1988 album Ima nade and "à ½ao mi je à ¡to nisam tvoj" from the 2016 album Evo stojim tu).
The album sold more than 30,000 copies, and until the release of Bijelo Dugme's self-titled debut album in 1974 was the best-selling Yugoslav rock album.
The record label Hi-Fi Centar reissued the album on CD and with an alternate cover in 1996.
The album was polled in 1998 as the 62nd on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book ' (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).
In 2006, the song "ÃÂudna à ¡uma" was ranked #29 and the song "Crni leptir" was ranked #47 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs List.
Boris MladenoviÃÂ, member of the alternative rock band Jarboli and the britpop/alternative rock band Veliki Prezir, stated, talking about YU Grupa's debut album, that "bravery of the band is that big that both virtuous and naive parts of the album are equally admirable. [...] If Eastern European rock really existed as a genre, YU Grupa's first album would be its most important representative."
Serbian alternative rock band Disciplina KiÃÂme released a cover of "ÃÂudna à ¡uma" on their 1986 album Svi za mnom!.
In 1998, the punk rock band from Novi Sad Generacija Bez BuduÃÂnosti sampled the song "ÃÂudna à ¡uma" in their song of same name.