Enigmatic

Enigmatic
Studio album by Czesław Niemen
Publication (s)	Early 1970
Label (s)	Polskie Nagrania Muza
Format (s)	1 LP
Genre (s)	Progressive rock / jazz rock / sung poetry
Title (number)	4th
running time	36:17
chronology Czy mnie jeszcze pamiętasz? (1969) Enigmatic Niemen (1971)
Single release Jednego serca

Enigmatic is the fourth solo album by the Polish artist Czesław Niemen . It is known as the best rock album in Polish history today. In 1968, inspired by Wojciech Młynarski , Niemen decided to make his new album with Polish Sung Poetry in memory of the Polish freedom hero General Józef Bem . Recorded in 1969 and published in 1970, it became very popular and was awarded the gold record in 1971 (in Poland it took 160,000 records sold). In 2012 this album had sold 5 million times worldwide.

Track list

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

Artist

• Czesław Niemen - vocals, Hammond organ
• Zbigniew Namysłowski - alto saxophone
• Janusz Zieliński - electric bass
• Tomasz Jaśkiewicz - guitar
• Czesław Bartkowski - percussion
• Zbigniew Sztyc - tenor saxophone
• Michał Urbaniak - tenor saxophone, flute
• Alibabki - Chorals

Web links

• Enigmatic at Discogs

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Leszek Gnoiński, Jan Skaradziński: Encyklopedia polskiego rocka , ISBN 83-7129-570-7