Enigmatic (album)

Enigmatic
Studio album by Czesław Niemen
Released	1970
Genre	Progressive rock Sung poetry
Length	36:17
Label	Polskie Nagrania Muza (LP)
Czesław Niemen chronology
Czy mnie jeszcze pamiętasz? (1969) Enigmatic (1970) Niemen (1971)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Teraz Rock	[1]

Enigmatic - Czesław Niemen's rock album released in 1970. It is considered to be the best Polish rock album ever.^[2] Inspired in 1968 by Wojciech Młynarski Niemen decided to make his new album with polish poetry as lyrics. Recorded in 1969 and released in 1970 became very popular and was awarded with Golden record in 1971 (in Poland Golden Records were awarded for selling 160 000 album copies). As of 2012, the album has sold in excess of 5 million copies around the world.

Track listning

1. "Bema pamięci żałobny - rapsod" - 16:27 (music Czesław Niemen, lyrics Cyprian Kamil Norwid)
2. "Jednego serca" - 7:45 (music Czesław Niemen, lyrics Adam Asnyk)
3. "Kwiaty ojczyste" - 7:25 (music Czesław Niemen, lyrics Tadeusz Kubiak)
4. "Mów do mnie jeszcze" - 4:40 (music Czesław Niemen, lyrics Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer)

Personnel

• Czesław Niemen – vocal, Hammond organ
• Zbigniew Namysłowski – alto saxophone
• Janusz Zieliński – bass
• Tomasz Jaśkiewicz – guitar
• Czesław Bartkowski – drums
• Zbigniew Sztyc – tenor saxophone
• Michał Urbaniak – tenor saxophone, flute
• Alibabki – background vocals

References

1. Teraz Rock review
2. Leszek Gnoiński, Jan Skaradziński "Encyklopedia polskiego rocka" (Encyclopedia of Polish Rock), ISBN 83-7129-570-7