Green Roses

Green Roses is the third studio album by the Serbian Irish folk/Celtic rock band Orthodox Celts released in 1999.

Green Roses
Studio album by
Released1999
RecordedJune–November 1999
StudioAcademia Studios, Belgrade
Genre
LabelMetropolis Records
ProducerAleksandar Radosavljević
Orthodox Celts chronology
The Celts Strike Again
(1997)
Green Roses
(1999)
A Moment Like the Longest Day
(2002)

Green Roses features sixteen songs, half of which were covers of traditional songs, and the other half the band's original songs.[1] The album was produced by Aleksandar Radosavljević, and as guests appeared Dragoljub Marković (keyboards), Aleksandar Eraković (keyboards) and Goran Stojković (backing vocals).[1]

In 2021 the album was polled 57th on the list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).[2]

Track list

Green Roses track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."St. Patrick Was a Gentleman"TraditionalTraditional02:19
2."Sindidun"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić03:42
3."Green Roses"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić03:15
4."Marie's Wedding"TraditionalTraditional04:28
5."Rare Old Mountain Dew"TraditionalTraditional03:20
6."Gravel Walk" Traditional03:29
7."Stand Up to Your Devils"Colette IoannidouAna Đokić03:44
8."Leads Me On"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić04:02
9."Rocky Road to Dublin / Down the River"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić04:24
10."Merry Sisters" Traditional02:10
11."Bean Na Shi"Colette IoannidouAna Đokić03:00
12."Me, Myself and Sky"Aleksandar Petrović
  • Ana Đokić
  • Dejan Lalić
03:25
13."Whisky You're The Devil"TraditionalTraditional01:59
14."Far Away"Aleksandar PetrovićAna Đokić02:58
15."Wind That Shakes the Barley / Sailor on the Rock"TraditionalTraditional02:29
16."The Beggarman"TraditionalTraditional03:33

Personnel

  • Aleksandar Petrović – vocals
  • Ana Đokić – violin, backing vocals, arrangements
  • Dušan Živanović – accordion, drums, percussion, bodhrán, backing vocals
  • Dejan Lalić – mandolin, guitar, bagpipes, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
  • Vladan Jovković – guitar, backing vocals
  • Dejan Jevtović – bass, backing vocals
  • Dejan Popin – tin whistle, whistle, backing vocals

Additional personnel

  • Goran Stojković – backing vocals
  • Aleksandar Eraković – keyboards
  • Dragoljub Marković – keyboards
  • Aleksandar Radosavljević - producer
  • Velja Mijanović - mastering
  • Dušan Đokić - artwork
  • Anamarija Vartabedijan - design
  • Nebojša Stanković - design

Legacy

In 2021 the album was polled 57th on the list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).[2]

References

  1. Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 227.
  2. Antonić, Duško (2021). Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji. Belgrade: Take It Or Leave It. p. 203.
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