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Radio Africa is an album by the Russian rock band Aquarium
Aquarium (group)

Aquarium is a Russian rock group, formed in Saint Petersburg in 1972 by Boris Grebenshchikov, then a student of Applied Mathematics at Leningrad State University, and Anatoly Gunitsky, then a playwright and absurdist poet....
.

The album's style presents an eclectic mix of influences: 60's Rock 'n Roll, hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
, art rock
Art rock

Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of rock music that tends to have "experimental music or avant garde music influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture."...
, jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, honky tonk
Honky tonk

A honky tonk is a type of bar with musical entertainment that is common in the Southwestern United States and Southern United States United States....
 and others.

According to the liner notes of the remastered version of the album, it was recorded in a mobile studio owned by the Soviet government, after the band bribed a technician.

Many guest musicians participated in the recording, including the notable saxophonist Igor Butman
Igor Butman

Igor Butman is a jazz saxophonist born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1961. He is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist, and a skilled bandleader....
 and avant-garde jazz pianist Sergey Kuryokhin
Sergey Kuryokhin

Sergey Kuryokhin was a Russian film actor, film composer, pianist, music director, experimental artist and writer based in St. Petersburg, Russia....
.

The album includes some of Aquarium's best known and most cited songs - Captain Africa (??????? ??????), The Art of Being Humble (????????? ???? ???????), and the bleak anthem Rock 'n Roll is Dead (???-?-???? ?????), which was chosen by Nashe Radio
Nashe Radio

Nashe Radio is a Rock music music station designed to promote Russian musicians . It is broadcast in every major Russian city as well as having an internet streaming....
 as one the top 100 songs of the twentieth century.

The album is considered to be one of Aquarium's best.






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Radio Africa is an album by the Russian rock band Aquarium
Aquarium (group)

Aquarium is a Russian rock group, formed in Saint Petersburg in 1972 by Boris Grebenshchikov, then a student of Applied Mathematics at Leningrad State University, and Anatoly Gunitsky, then a playwright and absurdist poet....
.

The album's style presents an eclectic mix of influences: 60's Rock 'n Roll, hard rock
Hard rock

Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
, art rock
Art rock

Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of rock music that tends to have "experimental music or avant garde music influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture."...
, jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
, honky tonk
Honky tonk

A honky tonk is a type of bar with musical entertainment that is common in the Southwestern United States and Southern United States United States....
 and others.

According to the liner notes of the remastered version of the album, it was recorded in a mobile studio owned by the Soviet government, after the band bribed a technician.

Many guest musicians participated in the recording, including the notable saxophonist Igor Butman
Igor Butman

Igor Butman is a jazz saxophonist born in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1961. He is considered to be a virtuoso saxophonist, and a skilled bandleader....
 and avant-garde jazz pianist Sergey Kuryokhin
Sergey Kuryokhin

Sergey Kuryokhin was a Russian film actor, film composer, pianist, music director, experimental artist and writer based in St. Petersburg, Russia....
.

The album includes some of Aquarium's best known and most cited songs - Captain Africa (??????? ??????), The Art of Being Humble (????????? ???? ???????), and the bleak anthem Rock 'n Roll is Dead (???-?-???? ?????), which was chosen by Nashe Radio
Nashe Radio

Nashe Radio is a Rock music music station designed to promote Russian musicians . It is broadcast in every major Russian city as well as having an internet streaming....
 as one the top 100 songs of the twentieth century.

The album is considered to be one of Aquarium's best. Due to its eclecticism and historical importance it was dubbed "The White Album of Russian rock
Russian rock

Russian rock refers to rock music made in Russia and/or in Russian language. Rock and roll became known in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and quickly broke free from its western roots....
".

Track listing


  1. "Music of the Silver Knitting Needles (?????? ?????????? ????)"
  2. "Captain Africa (??????? ??????)"
  3. "The Songs of the Drawers-Out (????? ????????????? ?????)"
  4. "Snake"
  5. "Vana of Khoya (???? ????)"
  6. "Rock 'N' Roll Is Dead (???-?-???? ?????)"
  7. "The Radios of Shao-Lin (????? ???-????)"
  8. "The Art of Being Humble (????????? ???? ???????)"
  9. "Tibetan Tango (????????? ?????)"
  10. "The Time of the Moon (????? ????)"
  11. "Boy Evgraf (??????? ??????)"
  12. "To Your Star (????? ??????)"
  13. "From the Morning Snow Fell (? ???? ??? ????)"
  14. "One More Descent (??? ???? ??????? ????)"


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