''Pistaccio Metallic'' is the fifth album by
Croatian
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* Croatan (disambiguation)
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* Hrvatsko (disambiguation)
* S ...
band
The Beat Fleet
The Beat Fleet, also known as TBF, is a band from Split, Croatia, founded in 1990. Members of the band are: Aleksandar Antić (vocals, lyrics, samples, accordion), Mladen Badovinac (vocal, samples), Luka Barbić (vocals, keyboards, samples), Ognjen ...
(TBF), released in 2011. The album was announced in late May with the release of the lead single "Mater". The album has sold in more than 50,000 copies in Balkan.
Background
Unlike previous studio albums by TBF, ''Pistaccio Metallic'' was released by
Dallas Records
Dallas Records is a Croatian record label. It was established in 1987 (in Slovenia), and is owned and run by Goran Lisica - Fox, a music producer and manager who started his career in the 1970s as a music journalist.
Signed artists include Gib ...
. It is also the first studio album that feature new drummer Janko Novoselić.
He also played on their 2010 live album ''
Perpetuum Fritule
''Perpetuum Fritule'' is the fifth album by the Croatian hip hop / rap rock band The Beat Fleet and their first live album. It was recorded at the ''Močvara'' club in Zagreb on 7 November 2009 and the album was released in July 2010. It was ...
''. For the first time TBF recorded a studio album outside of their home town
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Arts, entertain ...
. The album was recorded in
Novo Mesto
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in
Slovenia
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at the
RSL Studio
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. It is also the first time TBF produced a studio album themselves without an external producer. The album got its name from the band's inside joke about the color of the guitar - however, Badovinac claimed in an interview that TBF always creates "wacky" album name, which is often nonsensical.
Track listing
# Tragični Junak
# San
# Spin Doktor
# Uvik Kontra
# Mater
# Grad Spava
# Vrag (Dobar Dan Profesore Voland)
# Dalmatino
# Veseljko
# Pozitivan Stav
# Uspavanka
References
Sources
Muzika.hr - U prodaji "Pistaccio Metallic" TBF-a
Novi singl TBF-a – Vijesti — MTV Hrvatska
2011 albums
The Beat Fleet albums
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