Shabash (Russian: Шабаш) is a live album by Russian rock band Alisa. It was released on 25 April 1991. The album was recorded at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on 28 October 1990. The concert was part of the Shabash Tour, which ran between 1989 and 1991.

Shabash
Live album by
Released25 April 1991 (1991-04-25)
Recorded28 October 1990
VenueLuzhniki Stadium, Moscow
GenreAlternative rock
Length79:52
LabelAprelevsky Vinyl Factory (original 1991 vinyl release)
A-Ram (original 1993 CD release)
Misteriya Zvuka (2016 remaster)
ProducerAndrei Khudyakov
Alisa chronology
Shestoi lesnichii
(1989)
Shabash
(1991)
Dlya tekh, kto svalilsya c Luny
(1993)

The album was dedicated to Alisa bandleader Konstantin Kinchev's friend Alexander Bashlachev, who had died three years before the album release, and the title is taken from the last syllable of his nickname and the first of his surname (Sasha Bashlachev). It is the first double live album in the history of Russian rock music. In 1996, Kinchev stated that Shabash was the band's best album.

The songs performed at the concert were written between 1986 and 1990.

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Konstantin Kinchev unless otherwise noted; all music is composed by Kinchev unless otherwise noted

No.TitleLyricsMusicTransliterated (translated) titleLength
1."Шабаш"  Shabash (Sabbath)8:09
2."Жар бог шуга"  Zhar bog shuga (Heat God Shuga)5:23
3."Бес паники"  Bes paniki (Demon of Panic)4:35
4."Лодка"Su Shi Lodka (Boat)6:23
5."Моё поколение"  Moe pokolenie (My Generation)4:00
6."Ко мне"  Ko mne (Towards Me)4:46
7."Стерх"  Sterkh (Siberian Crane)5:44
8."Ветер водит хоровод" Kinchev, Andrei KorolevVeter vodit khorovod (The Wind Leading the Khorovod)7:12
9."Чую гибель"  Chuyu gibel (I Hear the Destruction)4:57
10."Красное на чёрном"  Krasnoe na chernom (Black on Red)4:29
11."Всё это рок-н-ролл" (Not on the initial CD releases)  Vse eto rok-n-roll (It's Only Rock 'n Roll)4:29
12."Сумерки"  Sumerki (Twilight)4:06
13."Шабаш 2"  Shabash 2 (Sabbath 2)4:57
14."Новая кровь"  Novaya krov (New Blood)5:32
15."Всё в наших руках" Kinchev, Pyotr SamoilovVse v nashikh rukakh (It's All in Our Hands)3:37

Personnel

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Release history

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The album was first released on 25 April 1991 as a double vinyl set, pressed by the Aprelevsky vinyl factory. In 1993, it was released on CD by A-Ram Records, which inverted the colours on the cover and omitted track 11, "Vse eto rok-n-roll". In 1993, Alisa signed to Moroz Records, who released the album on cassette. In 1996, the album was released by Zvukoreki, which included the first CD-release of "Vse eto rok-n-roll". In 2009, the album was released on Real Records as two discs. The album was reissued on vinyl in 2014 for Alisa's 30th anniversary. In 2016, Misteriya Zvuka reissued the album as part of their ongoing reissue campaign of Alisa's discography.

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