Doktor Sen#Export release

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{{Infobox album

| name = Doktor Sen

| type = studio

| artist = Miroslav Žbirka

| cover = Zbirka - Doktor Sen.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1980

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 41:59

| label = OPUS (#9116 1000)

| producer =

  • Ján Lauko
  • Štefan Danko

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Sezónne lásky

| next_year = 1982

| misc =

{{Singles

| name = Doktor Sen

| type = album

| single1 = Klaun z domu č. 6

| single1date =

}}

}}

Doktor Sen ('Doctor Dream') is the debut album by Slovak singer Miroslav Žbirka, released on OPUS in 1980.{{cite AV media notes |title=Doktor Sen (liner notes) |others=Miro Žbirka|year=1980 |first=Miroslav |last=Žbirka |author-link=Miroslav Žbirka|type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

| total_length = 41:59

| all_writing = Žbirka and Peteraj

| title1 = Klaun z domu číslo 6

| length1 = 3:38

| title2 = Doktor sen

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = V slepých uličkách

| note3 = duet with Marika Gombitová

| length3 = 4:08

| title4 = Mám čierny deň

| length4 = 3:02

| title5 = Bežec na šachovnici

| length5 = 2:35

| title6 = Starý muž z osamelého domu

| length6 = 4:14

| title7 = Modrá kniha lásky

| length7 = 4:09

| title8 = Ako obrázok

| length8 = 3:17

| title9 = Zázračný dáždnik

| length9 = 3:45

| title10 = Aréna

| length10 = 3:01

| title11 = Sedem divov tvojich líc

| length11 = 2:57

| title12 = Balada o poľných vtákoch

| length12 = 3:14

}}

Official releases

  • 1980: Doktor Sen, LP, MC, OPUS, #9116 100
  • 1999: Doktor Sen, CD, Bonton, No. 49 2930
  • 2008: Slovenské legendárne albumy II: Doktor Sen, CD, SME, #91 0017
  • 2008: Doktor Sen: 2CD Collectors Edition, bonus CD, OPUS, #91 2716

Credits and personnel

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  • Ján Lauko – record producer
  • Karel Witz – guitar
  • Martin Karvaš – synthesizer
  • Kamil Peteraj – lyrics
  • Július Kinček – liner notes
  • Tibor Borský – art work

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Accolades

In 2007, Doktor Sen ranked 19th on the list of the 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time.{{cite web|url=http://www.cas.sk/clanok/21866/exkluzivny-rebricek-100-najlepsich-slovenskych-albumov.html|title=Exclusive List: The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums|work=Nový čas|date=22 September 2007 |at=cas.sk|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia|accessdate=19 October 2011|language=sk}}

Export release

{{Infobox album

| name = Doctor Dream
(aka Miro and/or Like a Hero)

| type = studio

| artist = Miroslav Žbirka

| cover = Zbirka - Doctor Dream.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1981

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop

| length = 41:59

| label = {{plainlist|

}}

| producer =

  • Ján Lauko
  • Štefan Danko

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Light of My Life

| next_year = 1982

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Doctor Dream

| type = album

| single1 = The Love Song

| single1date =

}}

}}

The initial export version of the album, entitled Doctor Dream, was issued in 1981 on OPUS Records.{{cite AV media notes |title=Doctor Dream (liner notes) |title-link=Doktor Sen#Export release|others=Miro Žbirka|year=1981 |first=Miroslav |last=Žbirka |author-link=Miroslav Žbirka|type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia }} Like a Hero, an edited version excluding one track, was released in 1982 on RCA Victor in Germany.{{cite AV media notes |title=Like a Hero (Liner Notes) |title-link=Doctor Dream#Export release|others=Miro Žbirka|year=1982 |first=Miroslav |last=Žbirka |author-link=Miroslav Žbirka|type=Vinyl Album |publisher=RCA Victor |location=Germany }} While a similar, also 11 track release named just Miro, was issued in the Netherlands on Dureco Benelux.{{cite AV media notes |title=Miro (Liner Notes) |title-link=Doctor Dream#Export release|others=Miro Žbirka|year=1982 |first=Miroslav |last=Žbirka |author-link=Miroslav Žbirka|type=Vinyl Album |publisher=Dureco Benelux |location=Netherlands }}

= Track listing =

{{tracklist

| total_length = 41:59

| all_writing = Miroslav Žbirka and Kamil Peteraj

| title1 = Mama

| length1 = 3:38

| title2 = I'm Gonna Make My Wife

| length2 = 3:59

| title3 = The Love Song

| length3 = 4:08

| title4 = My Darling

| length4 = 3:02

| title5 = Nightmare

| length5 = 2:35

| title6 = Flight 28

| length6 = 4:14

| title7 = Games of Life

| length7 = 4:09

| title8 = Gotta Make It Right

| length8 = 3:17

| title9 = Till I'm Around

| length9 = 3:45

| title10 = I'm a Stranger in My Own Town

| length10 = 3:01

| title11 = In the Middle of the Shave

| length11 = 2:57

| title12 = Hero

| length12 = 3:14

}}

=Official releases=

  • 1981: Doctor Dream, LP, MC, OPUS, #9113 1148
  • 1982: Like a Hero, LP, MC, RCA Victor, #PL 28487
  • 1982: Miro, LP, MC, Dureco Benelux, No. 88 038

References

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  • {{Cite book|last1=Graclík|first1=Miroslav|last2=Nekvapil|first2=Václav|title=Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music|trans-title=Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oTLPgAACAAJ&q=marika+gombitova|publisher=XYZ|year=2008|isbn=978-80-7388-115-3|page=446|oclc=294939865|location=Prague, Czech Republic|accessdate=21 March 2011|language=cs}}
  • {{cite book|url=http://www.koloseumforum.com/gombitova.com2/separation/SvokMG.pdf|title=Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Marika Gombitová|first=Oskar|last=Lehotský|publisher=Comenius University, Faculty of Arts|location=Bratislava, Slovakia|date=23 April 2008a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140517/http://www.koloseumforum.com/gombitova.com2/separation/SvokMG.pdf%7Carchivedate%3D2014-07-14%7Caccessdate%3D2011-04-07%7Cref%3Dharv%7Clanguage%3DSlovak%7D%7D|archive-date=14 July 2014}}
  • {{cite book|url=http://lehotsky-modus.szm.com/modusstudia.pdf|title=Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus|first=Oskar|last=Lehotský|publisher=Comenius University, Faculty of Arts|location=Bratislava, Slovakia|date=23 April 2008b|accessdate=7 April 2011|language=sk|archive-date=19 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819231336/http://lehotsky-modus.szm.com/modusstudia.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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