Ceca 2000 (or simply 2000) is the tenth studio album by Serbian singer Ceca. It was released on 29 December 1999 by PGP-RTS.
| Ceca 2000 | ||||
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| Released | 26 December 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
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| Length | 43:12 | |||
| Language | Serbian | |||
| Label | PGP-RTS | |||
| Producer | Aleksandar Milić[1] | |||
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Overview edit
The official release of the album took place on 29 December 1999, on the same day Ceca presented the album at the Intercontinental Hotel in Belgrade. The singer held a press conference and also performed several new songs, including "Crveno" and "Crni sneg" in a duet with Aca Lukas. The singer also announced that the album was released in a circulation of 295 thousand copies: 265 thousand on cassettes and 30 thousand on CDs. At the same time, Ceca presented the official calendar for 2000, which was attached as a gift to Pink revija magazine. The photos used for the album cover and calendar were taken by Dejan Milićević. Two music videos "Dokaz" and "Crveno" were also released and both shot by Milićević.[2][3] In addition, videos were shot for the songs "Oproštajna večera" and "Votka sa utehom", but they were never released. A website www.ceca2000.co.yu was specially launched to promote the album, which became one of the first music sites in Yugoslavia, today the site is no longer active. On 12 January 2000, the singer made her first appearance on television with new material in the Maksovizija program on Pink TV.[4]
Further promotion of the album stopped on 15 January 2000, when Ceca's husband, Željko Ražnatović, was killed.[5]
Critical reception edit
In 2018, Dragan Marinković from Leskovačke Vesti, when compiling the rating of the "50 best folk albums of all time", placed the album in thirty-second place, noting that it is one of the best albums of both Ceca and the entire Balkan pop-folk music.[6]
Track listing edit
All lyrics are written by Ljiljana Jorgovanović and Marina Tucaković
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dokaz" | Aleksandar Milić | 4:37 |
| 2. | "Oproštajna večera" | Nikos Karvelas | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Crni sneg" (with Aca Lukas) | Hari Varešanović | 3:47 |
| 4. | "Ja ću prva" | Milić | 4:21 |
| 5. | "Sviće dan" | Milić Vukašinović | 3:09 |
| 6. | "Već viđeno" |
| 3:53 |
| 7. | "Crveno" | Milić | 3:54 |
| 8. | "Brat i sestra" | Nenad Stefanović | 4:07 |
| 9. | "Votka sa utehom" | Milić | 3:58 |
| 10. | "Drugarice" (with Luna) | Čeda Čvorak | 3:58 |
| 11. | "Ako te ona odbije" | Milić | 3:26 |
| Total length: | 43:12 | ||
Personnel edit
- Ceca – vocals
- Dragan Kovačević Struja – accordion, arrangement, keyboards
- Dragan Ivanović – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards
- Aleksandar Milić – arrangement, production
- Đorđe Janković – arrangement, co-production, keyboards, mastering, programming, mixing
- Aleksandar Radulović – backing vocals, guitar
- Džej Ramadanovski – backing vocals
- Maja Marković – backing vocals
- Trio "Passage" – backing vocals
- Ivica Maksimović – bouzouki
- Dobrinko Popić – guitar
- Dragan Ristevski – trumpet
- Nebojša Ivanović – trumpet
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Ceca (1999). Ceca 2000 (liner notes). Yugoslavia: PGP-RTB. 404771.
- ^ Ceca – Dokaz (Official Video 1999) on YouTube. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ Ceca – Crveno (Official Video 2000) on YouTube. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ Ceca – Maksovizija (12.01.2000. TV Pink) on YouTube. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ "Serbian Warlord Shot Dead". BBC. 15 January 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
- ^ Marinković, Dragan (26 March 2018). "Ovo je 50 naboljih albuma novokomponovane narodne muzike ikada snimljenih". Leskovačke Vesti (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2023.