PERFECT - "CO SIĘ STAŁO Z ZBIGNIEW H.?" (non-album tracks 1978-1983)

These are some of my favourite songs released by Perfect. Since there is no compilation containing them all, I decided to compile it by myself.

1. Co się stało z Magdą K.?

A sort of Polish answer to "Year of the Cat" by Al Stewart.

Recorded in 1977 and aired in the spring of 1978, it was a solo recording by Zbigniew Holdys. Thirteen years later it was included in Perfect's anthology "1977-1991".

2. Po co?

Recorded in 1981, during the debut album sessions, this funny hard rock was released only eight years later, on the anthology "1981-1989".

3. Coś się dzieje w mej biednej głowie

This is one of the few heavy metal attempts by Perfect. It was released in 1981, as part of the EP "Chcemy być sobą". 

4. Pepe wróć

5. Opanuj się

Released as a single in 1982, selling over 150.000 copies. Both songs reached the top-10 on the Trójka chart. The A-side is one of their most precious gems, a strange hypnotic blues with a ghostly atmosphere. The B-side is a more canonical hard rock, though still enjoyable.

6. Moja magiczna różdżka

This beautiful boogie with new wave guitars was released in 1982, as a B-side for the hit single "Idź precz".

7. Zamieniam się w psa 

8. Dla zasady nie ma sprawy

Released as a single in 1983, selling over 100.000 copies. The A-side is a hi-tech hard rock, the B-side a very slow ballad, slightly reminiscent of the Police.

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PERFECT - "PERFECT" (1982)

Perfect had a troubled history prior to their debut album, but it's not particularly interesting or useful, so I will skip it. What you need to know is that by the time of this record, after some changes, the line-up was polarized on two members: Zbigniew Hołdys (guitar, composer) and Grzegorz Markowski (vocals).

"Perfect" was one of Poland's blockbusters of the decade, selling around 440.000 copies in the year of its release. Most of the songs on the tracklist are ultimate classics, expecially the ballad "Nie płacz Ewka", the circular reggae-rock "Chcemy być sobą", and the post-punk anthem "Ale wkoło jest wesoło".

These guys had a really unclassifiable sound. They moved somewhere between new wave and hard rock, reggae rhythm tricks and pop immediacy, with some punk and blues touches. You know that I don't like to compare Polish bands with English-speaking ones, because I consider them well-defined entities, anyway if that can help you, just try to imagine something between Police and Lynyrd Skynyrd. 

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