"Aquarium": discography of the group

Today we will talk about the work of the group "Aquarium". Discography of the team will be described below. It's about one of the earliest rock bands in Russia. She is more than forty years old.

About the team

"Aquarium" - a group that during its activity has repeatedly changed the composition. Only the ideological mastermind and the vocalist are unchanged. These qualities united Boris Grebenshchikov. He has been a member of the collective since 1972, that is, from the day of its foundation. Participants of the group were in different periods: Edmund Shklyarsky, Boris Rubekin, Oleg Sakmarov, Sergei Kuryokhin, Mike Naumenko, Vsevolod Gakkel.

"The Temptation of the Holy Aquarium"

This is the name of the "prehistoric" work of the group "Aquarium". The discography of the band began with her. The album was recorded in 1974. He was long considered lost. However, it was found in 1997. "Aquarium" - a group that reissued this album in 2001 on CD. He went into a special collection. His name is "Prehistoric Aquarium". On the date when the record was made, there is no common opinion today. "Temptation" is of interest today in the world of music, because it is probably the first experience of creating a conceptual work on the territory of Soviet Russia.

"Proverbs of Count Diffusor"

Then followed another magnetoalbum, which was released by the group "Aquarium". The discography of the band continued with work recorded in 1975. This album was born in difficult times. Boris Grebenshchikov lost his father in early 1975. As a result, the leader of the group was struck by a disease that did not leave him for a month and a half. After recovery, he made a vital choice in favor of the "Aquarium" and music. He decided to create a full-fledged music album.

"From that side of the mirror glass"

Speech in this case is about the solo magnetoalbum of Boris Grebenshchikov. The name is taken from the poem by Arseniy Tarkovsky. The album was re-released in 2001 on CD. The recording was made in Jacob Pevsner's home studio. In this work, the author gropes his own style. To record songs at that time, bypassing the circle of clandestine secret enthusiasts, was almost impossible. Fortunately, met a man who came into resonance with the works of Grebenshchikov. The song "Stranger" was created under the influence of Jethro Tull and Okudzhava.

Ballads

"Carefree Russian tramp" - the album of the band, which was published in 2006. It is distinguished by a variety of genres. There are also ballads written on the basis of Celtic folklore, and dance tunes, as well as electronic music and trance. The album included 19 tracks. For this work, outside musicians were invited. In particular, among them were Tim Hodgkinson and Henry Kaiser, as well as Indian performers Pandit Bhawani Shankar Katak and Chaurasia. The work took about two years.

Other albums

"All brothers - sisters" - a joint work of Mike Naumenko and BG. It was published as a magnetoalbum. It was recorded in 1978 in the summer on the Neva River. The equipment was a Mayak-202 tape recorder. In 1980, the concert album "Mike and Aquarium" was released. It was the fruit of a joint performance of these musicians.

"The century will soon end" is a compilation album. It was published by Manchester Files as part of a project called "Archive of Russian Rock and Roll." It included records made at the Bolshoi Theater of Puppet of Leningrad. They were published in 1996. At the specified theater the group "Aquarium" recorded acoustic versions of their own songs. This used the official position of Mike Naumenko.

The owner of phonograms is I. Sverdlov. He was engaged in recording all tracks except the last one. At that time the collective "Zoo" created their works in parallel with the group "Aquarium". "Blue Album" is considered the first "natural" work. It was published in 1981. This album is called natural, since the previous recordings on the composition were unstable and unrestrained.

"Triangle" - a plate that is significantly different from the previous ones. In the album, songs in reggae style are completely absent. All texts refer to the style of absurdism. Many of them were written by Anatoly "George" Gunitsky. Next came the live album "Electricity".

"Acoustics" is a collection-anthology of the collective "Aquarium". Boris Grebenshchikov notes that the person who heard this album can be sure that he knows the group well. According to the author, the album is good first of all in that everything sounds without special additional processing, just as it should, really, how the musicians really played.

"Aroks and Stör" - a live album. Recorded in the Lunacharsky Palace of Culture in Moscow in 1982. The concert is organized by the Rockwell Kent club. "Taboo" is another "natural" album. Recorded in 1982. Work on the album took place in the studio of Andrei Tropillo. As a technique used two-channel tape recorder Studer. He was taken in the use of the company "Melody".

"Radio Africa" is a "natural" album consisting of 14 songs, not including bonuses. "Aquarium Plus" is a studio album released in 2013. It included both recorded at the same time songs, and previously created, but not previously published.

"Salt" - studio solo album of Boris Grebenshchikov. It was released in 2014. The record was recorded in the studios of Los Angeles, London and St. Petersburg. Work on creating the collection began in autumn 2013 and lasted until 2014. Artemy Troitsky is a music critic who called this album one of the best in the group's work.

Now you know more about the work of the group "Aquarium". The discography of the band contains much more work, but we stopped on the main albums.