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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- Miroslav Žbirka – lead vocal, writer, acoustic guitar
- Marika Gombitová – lead vocal, back vocal
- Ladislav Lučenič – bass, guitar, percussion, back vocal
- Dušan Hájek – drums, percussion
- Jozef Hanák – harmonica, sound engineer
- Ján Lehotský – keyboards, back vocal
- Štefan Danko – executive producer
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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|
- OPUS (#9113 1148)
- RCA Victor (#PL 28487)
- Dureco Benelux (#88 038)
}}
| 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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External links
- {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1007783|label=Miro Žbirka}}
{{Marika Gombitová}}
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