Mizar (album)

1988 studio album by Mizar

Mizar

Studio album by

Mizar

Released| 1988
Recorded| January–April 1988, Tivoli Studio, Ljubljana
Genre| Darkwave
Gothic rock
Length| 39:46 (original LP)
75:23 (Svedozhba)
57:09 (Lithium Records rerelease)
Label| Helidon
Producer| Goran Lisica - Fox
Mizar chronology
|  | Mizar
(1988)  | Svjat Dreams 1762-1991
(1991)

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Svedozhba

Bootleg reissue of the album in 1997.

Mizar is the eponymous debut studio album by the rock band Mizar. It was released in 1988 on Helidon record label. This is the first major rock record in Macedonian.

In 1997, it was re-released as Svedozhba, on CD and cassette with bonus live and demo tracks. The versions of the album tracks on Svedozhba are taken from vinyl. Goran Tanevski was the only Mizar member involved with the project.

In 2003, the album was remastered and rereleased, containing live and demo tracks.

In 2024, the album was remastered and reissued on vinyl for the first time in 36 years. This reissue hit the top of the Croatian charts.

## Track listing

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Original AlbumNo.| Title| Length

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1.| "Devojka od bronza" (Bronze Maiden)| 3:10
2.| "Doždot" (Rain)| 3:26
3.| "Magla" (Fog)| 2:55
4.| "Iljada i šeeset leta" (1060 Years)| 3:47
5.| "Uninije" (Dullness)| 2:41
6.| "Stoj" (Stop)| 4:53
7.| "Gradot e nem" (The City is Silent)| 5:57
8.| "Hoden že" (Walking (Macedonian recession of Church Slavonic)| 3:39
9.| "Istekuvam" (Flow Out)| 3:38
10.| "Zlatno sonce" (Golden Sun)| 5:46

Svedožba Bonus TracksNo.| Title| Length

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11.| "Čifte čamče" (Two Dinghies (Macedonian чифте is from Turkish çift, meaning two))| 5:38
12.| "Samo eden mig" (Just One Moment)| 6:57
13.| "Svjat Dreams" (World Dreams, pun on Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams)| 5:07
14.| "Veligden" (Easter)| 2:58
15.| "1762"| 4:24
16.| "Dumanje" (Thinking)| 6:06
17.| "Abja mem"| 4:23

Lithium Records Bonus TracksNo.| Title| Length

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11.| "Slavjani" (Slavs)| 4:48
12.| "Dožd po doždot (demo)"| 4:02
13.| "Doždot (live)"| 3:33
14.| "Gradot e nem (demo)"| 5:01

A music video was filmed for "Hoden že", showing the band playing the song in front of a church.

"Slavjani", "Dožd po doždot" and "Gradot e nem" are from a Mizar demo tape in 1988. "Doždot" was recorded live at the Kurshumli An in 1990.

On Svedožba, "Čifte čamče", "Samo eden mig" and "Veligden" are taken from the Kurshumli An concert in 1990 (a bootleg of the show that circulates among Macedonian music fans does not include "Samo eden mig"). "Svjat Dreams" is a darker sounding demo version of the final track, recorded in 1989. "1762", "Dumanje" and "Abja mem" are all taken from Svjat Dreams.

## Charts

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Chart performance for Mizar Chart (2024)  | Peak
position

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Croatian International Albums (HDU)[1] | 1

## References

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1. ^ "Lista prodaje 28. tjedan 2024" (in Croatian). HDU. July 1, 2024. Archived from the original on July 17, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.

## External links

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* Mizar on Discogs (list of versions)

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Mizar

Studio albums|

* Mizar
* Svjat Dreams
* Kobna ubavina

Associated acts|

* Kismet
* Padot na Vizantija
* Badmingtons
* Arhangel
* Opstrukcija
* Anastasija

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