CZESŁAW NIEMEN & AKWARELE - "CZY MNIE JESZCZE PAMIĘTASZ?" (1969)

In 1968 Niemen released "Sukces", a rhythm & blues album with some good songs, but maybe a bit too canonical. It was the following album, "Czy mnie jeszcze pamiętasz?" (transl. "Do you still remember me?"), which proved his genius once and for all.

On this record he tried a little bit of everything. "Wiem że nie wrócisz" is a baroque song with reminisces of Procol Harum and other proto-prog bands, "Ach jakie oczy" is a powerful example of Polish funk, "Przyjdź w taką noc" is a strong r&b with beat music influences, whilst "Jeszcze sen" is as tragic as any Aznavour's chanson. The biggest hits of the album, "Pop papugami" and "Czas jak rzeka", are two perfectly orchestrated pop songs, with nothing to envy to Burt Bacharach.

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