ODDZIAŁ ZAMKNIĘTY - "REDA BY NIGHT" (1985)

"Reda by Night" is the second album released by Oddział Zamknięty. It contains some wonderful songs ("Horror", "Pokusy", "To tylko pech") and the formula is more peculiar than ever, mixing glam and blues, new wave and punk, hard rock and acoustic guitars.

It sold 60.000 copies at the time, marking a strong decline of popularity, if you consider that their debut was the Polish best seller of 1984. The subsequent crisis lasted many years and the band was never able to regain its magic moment. 

P.S. I've added two important bonus tracks: "Świat rad", released as a single in 1983, and "Oddział". The latter is a cover of Tom Robinson's hit "2-4-6-8 Motorway". Originally recorded in 1984, it made its first appearance on the movie "Miłość z listy przebojów", released one year later.

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ODDZIAŁ ZAMKNIĘTY - "ODDZIAŁ ZAMKNIĘTY" (1984)

This is Oddział Zamknięty's debut album. Recorded in a number of different sessions between in 1982 and 1983, with singer Christopher Jaryczewski and guitar player Wojciech Łuczaj-Pogorzelski as the only constant members, it has sold 250.000 copies in just one year, and generated a bunch of Polish rock classics.

It's hard to understand their music style, as the band liked to jump over the barriers: "Obudź się" is a power ballad in the wake of Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Twój każdy krok" is a dynamic reggae-rock hybrid, while "Ten wasz świat" and "Andzia i ja" are a sort of evoluted punk-pop songs. Nonetheless, you will notice that the album sounds surplisingly solid, because of the constance of its guitar sound, a not-so-heavy metal flavour which the band managed to adapt to every situation they faced. 

P.S. I've added "Kto tu mierzy czas" as a bonus track. It was released as a B-side in 1983.

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