The story of the "White Plate" of the group "Polite Failure" ...
"Polite refusal", also known as the "White Plate", is the third album of the "polite refusal" group, released at the sunset of the 80s. The plate is a charming parody of his own life experience of musicians ... In total, it included 6 tracks with beautiful arrangements and texts that make everyone think over something that we all accustomed to miss your attention ... and to this day the album "polite failure" remains One of the main achievements in the discography of the Moscow team.
I will get acquainted with the prehistory of the record ...
To begin with refreshing memory and talk a little about the group itself. "Polite refusal" is an educated in the mid-80s Moscow rock team, which is rightfully carrying the title of the legends of Russian rock. For greater extent, Band is an underground. At the same time, the collective has a solid number of fans, at least concert halls and crack on the seams from the influx of viewers ... Simply put, "polite refusal" play music not for everyone. Roman Suslov, the leader of the group, talks on his musical language only with those listeners who are really ready to understand him. It is worth paying tribute, because the team's songs are slightly romanticized and even philosophical - find a fervor response among modern music lovers. Creativity of "polite refusal" to rarity deep, aesthetic and fascinating ... So: When having become acquainted with the group, you can go to the album itself - the so-called "white plate" (why did the album get such an unofficial name? Tell me a little later).
The album "polite refusal" was issued by the company "Melody" on Vinyl in 1989. Especially for this, the composition of the composition from the first two albums of the group was overwritten, which, of course, pleased the fans with better sound! Participation in the studio sessions was accepted by the unsolicited violinist Sergey Ryzhko and Trubacch Andrei Soloviev. Bass and keyboards were recorded by Dmitry Shumilov. The recognizable design of the cover is the hand of the artist's hand / musician-conceptualist is Gundlach.
The most remarkable moment was the replenishment of the team during this period! So, during records to the group, Pianist Maxim Trefan joined. Andrey Wind cameras made the sound engineer. As a result, the "white plate" became for the group a large breakthrough! On average, the album circulation was 125 thousand copies ... Agree: a suggestive result for rock recording of that time!
Content and style
The plate includes 6 works that have already been well acquainted to the listener on the first two issues of the group ("Opera" and "dust on shoes"). Music design and execution of vocal parties belongs to the leader of Banda, Roman Suslov! The lyrics were written in three authors: Peter Plavinsky, the mountain of Oganenny and Arkady Semenov. By the way, those who were present at the studio as session musicians Andrei Solovyov and Sergey Ryghenko subsequently (after years) will become an integral part of the constant composition of the group ...On the release album was characterized by critics as "jazz composite aesthetics, with avant-garde motifs of conceptualism and neoclassicism ..."
Songs with album
Well, now it's time to enjoy the songs with the legendary "white plate" ... by the way: the clips adding to the lyrics of the atmosphere and a unique character were removed on some tracks.
"I study" "lethargic sleep" "Assistant" "In other people's lakes ..." "Hey!" "Parting"Interesting Facts
- The cover of the album decorated by the artist Sven Gundlach, namely the person portrayed on it, became the emblem of the group.
- The listeners called the disc "White Album" due to the fact that he had no original name.
- The first CD album included a bonus - the "Portrait" composition. She was recorded and coated with Andrei Pasternak. Within the framework of the second CD, a first time published concert of the group was included in December 1988 in the Novosibirsk House of Railway Culture.
Finally ...
During its existence, "polite refusal" has noticeably lost in the composition ... After the "white album", a number of records were released, among which "geranium" and "military couppers". However, this is the publication (about which today, actually, and was discussed) discovered new expanses and new opportunities for "polite refusal!" These slightly disturbing motifs, followed by genuine longing for lost confidence in reality, the memory of the flow of happiness, as well as the bitter belief that the truth does not exist.