''Pakleni trio'' (trans. ''Hell Trio'') is the fourth studio album by Yugoslav

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band Gordi, released in 1981. ''Pakleni trio'' was the band's first album to feature a heavy metal sound, for which Gordi are mostly remembered.

Background

Gordi started their career in the late 1970s, with their first three albums being progressive/

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oriented. After the band's third studio album, '' Gordi 3'', keyboardist Goran Manojlović, brother of Gordi frontman and leader

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, left the band, Gordi continuing as a

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2006 reissue

''Pakleni trio'' was rereleased by

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in 2006. The album reissue featured two bonus tracks, "Duga noć" ("Long Night") and "Idi sad" ("Go Now"), from a

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Gordi released in 1978. The reissue also featured video recordings of the songs "Igraj, luduj", "Ona je žena" and "Tebi ne treba niko" from a 1982 concert by the band, as well as a video recording of Zlatko Manojlović's 2005 concert in

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2021 reissue

In 2021,

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released a Zlatko Manojlović

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entitled ''Od Daha do Gordih'' (''From

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to Gordi''), featuring reissue of ''Pakleni trio''.

Track listing

All songs written by

Personnel

– guitar, vocals, producer *Slobodan Svrdlan – bass guitar, vocals *Čedomir Petrović – drums, vocals

Additional personnel

*Rade Ercegovac - recorded by *

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- artwork, photography, graphic design *Boško Boroš - photography

Legacy

In 2021, the songs "Put do pakla", "Tebi ne treba niko" and "Igraj luduj" were ranked 25th, 74th and 80th respectively on the list of 100 Greatest Yugoslav Hard & Heavy Anthems by

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Balkanrock."Metalni radnici: 100 najvećih YU hard & heavy himni", Balkanrock.com
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References

''Pakleni trio'' at Discogs

External links

''Pakleni trio'' at Discogs
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