Ostrvo tuge (The Island of Sorrow) is the sixth studio album by Bosnian pop-folk singer Selma Bajrami. It was released through Grand Production in 2007.[1]

Ostrvo tuge
(The Island of Sorrow)
Studio album by
Released25 March 2007 (2007-03-25)
Recorded2006–07
Genre
Label
Producer
  • Dejan Abadić
Selma Bajrami chronology
Kakvo tijelo Selma ima
(2004)
Ostrvo tuge
(
The Island of Sorrow)

(2007)
Zakon sudbine
(2010)
Singles from Ostrvo tuge
  1. "Lijepe žene"
    Released: 2 September 2006
  2. "Promjeni se"
    Released: 22 January 2007
  3. "Kad se ne da, ne da se"
    Released: 28 February 2007
  4. "Korak do nervnog sloma"
    Released: 17 April 2007
  5. "Ostrvo tuge"
    Released: 2 June 2007

Background

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Bajrami began recording her sixth album as early as June 2006 with producer Aleksandar 'Futa' Radulović, but later switched producers and teamed with Dejan Abadić.[2]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ostrvo tuge" (The Island of Sorrow)
  • Dragan Brajović
  • Dejan Abadić
4:04
2."Promjeni se" (Change Yourself)
  • Dragan Brajović
  • Dejan Abadić
3:51
3."Korak do nervnog sloma" (One Step from a Nervous Breakdown)
  • Dragan Brajović
  • Dejan Abadić
3:22
4."Davno si ubio ponos u meni" (You Killed the Pride in Me Long Ago)
  • Dragan Brajović
  • Dejan Abadić
4:42
5."Lijepe žene" (Beautiful Women)
  • Dejan Abadić
3:25
6."Boli me noć, boli me dan" (The Night Hurts Me, the Day Hurts Me)
  • Dragiša Baša
  • Dejan Abadić
3:40
7."Malo se poigraj" (Play a Little)
  • Marina Tucaković
  • B. Čekić
  • Dejan Abadić
2:55
8."Kad se ne da, ne da se" (When It Can't, It Can't (featuring Aca Lukas))
  • Marina Tucaković
  • B. Čekić
  • Dejan Abadić
3:50
9."Tako si hladan" (You're So Cold)
  • Dejan Abadić
3:06

Personnel

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  • Bane Kljajić – acoustic guitar, bouzouki
  • Dragutin Jakovljević Guta – electric guitar
  • Dejan Kostić Piromanac – violin
  • Biljana Obradović Bixy - Back vocals

Production and recording

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  • Dejan Abadić – arrangement, producing
  • Goran Šimpraga – mastering
  • Đorđe Petrović – programming, recording

Music videos

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In December 2006, she filmed the music for the song "Ostrvo tuge" in Skopje, Macedonia.[3]

  • Promjeni se
  • Kad se ne da, ne da se
  • Ostrvo tuge

Tour

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Following the release of The Island of Sorrow, Selma went on an American tour, performing for the Bosnian diaspora in the United States.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Ostrvo tuge". Discogs. 25 March 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Novi album u pripremi". Balkan Media. 22 June 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Selma Bajrami snimila spot u Skoplju". Jorgovan. 4 December 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Slobodna k'o ptica". Balkan Media. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 17 November 2014.