''Rocker'' is the third studio album by
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heavy metal band
Kraljevski Apartman
Kraljevski Apartman ( sr-cyr, Краљевски Апартман; trans. ''Royal Suite'') is a Serbian heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Belgrade. The band rose to prominence during the late 1990s and early 2000s, becoming one of the most ...
. For the first time in the band's history, an official keyboard player was brought in substituting the second guitar. The band presented a heavy but at the same time a melodic approach to their music with heavy-
riff
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songs and
power ballad
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s. The band recorded eleven new songs plus one bonus track from ''Labyrinth'' movie soundtrack. The album featured ballad "Dama iz kraljevskog apartmana" which became their stamp for the future, "Ranjena zver" (for which the band recorded a promotional video),
glam metal
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-oriented "Vino, viski i Rock 'n' Roll" and "Za ljubav ne treba da moliš" which became classics and considered unskipable on live appearances. The track "Niemansland" was written in
German language
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and Zdravković provided the vocals. This is the first Kraljevski Apartman track on foreign language and not sung by Lalović.
Track listing
All songs were written by Zoran Zdravković except where noted.
#"Ranjena zver" - 4:06
#"Ne traži milost" - 5:32
#"Rocker" - 2:24
#"Znam da život kratko traje" - 3:57
#"Dama iz kraljevskog apartmana" - 3:56
#"Za ljubav ne treba da moliš" - 5:54
#"Nije sve crno" - 3:11
#"Neću da stanem na pola puta" - 4:11
#"Vino, viski i Rock 'n' Roll" - 3:43
#"Niemandsland" (R. Schreiner, Z. Zdravković) - 2:39
#"Crni konjanici" (
M. Milatović, Z. Zdravković) - 2:55
Bonus tracks
#"U lavirintu sedam greha" (Bonus track from the ''Labyrinth'' movie soundtrack) - 4:12
Personnel
*Zoran Lalović - vocals
*Zoran Zdravković - guitar
*Zoran Rončević - drums
*Marko Nikolić - bass
*Dejan Đorđević - keyboards
References
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Kraljevski Apartman albums
2002 albums