CELELALTE CUVINTE - "CELELALTE CUVINTE" (1987)

Celelalte Cuvinte (trans. "The Other Words") have been the most important rock band emerged in Romania during the Eighties. Not as popular as Phoenix, that at the time had already left the nation, Celelalte Cuvinte still managed to attract a loyal cult following during their long career (they had successful tours as late as the 2010s). 

This is their debut album, a perfectly balanced mix of prog, hard rock, and folk music (the last element was kind of mandatory for rock bands during the Ceaușescu regime, in order to preserve the national identity). 
If you want to understand their sound, you can try to imagine how Rush would have evolved during the Eighties if they had embraced flutes and acoustic guitars instead of synthesizers.

Members
Marcel Breazu: bass guitar, celesta, vocals

Leontin Iovan: drums, percussion
Radu Manafu: guitars, vocals

Călin Pop: lead vocals, guitars, recorder
Ovidiu Roșu - 12-string guitar, vocals 

Tracklist
1. Scrisori iubite
(Ovidiu Roșu, George Topîrceanu)
2. Un sfîrșit e un Început
(Marcel Breazu, Leontin Iovan, Radu Manafu)
3. Dacă vrei
(Marcel Breazu) 
4. La ceas tîrziu
(Călin Pop)
5. În zori de zi *
(Călin Pop, Elena Farago)
6. Fîntîna suspinelor
(Călin Pop)
7. Despărțire
(Marcel Breazu, Călin Pop)

Produced by Romeo Vanica

* Featuring a poem read by Florian Pittiș

 
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