Magneoton: Edda Művek — Platina Sorozat, Magneoton / mTon (Audio CD, 2005 Remaster)

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Product Details

• UPC: 5051011110825
• Catalog Number: 5101-11108-2
• Product Type: Audio CD, digipack
• Brand / Label: Magneoton / mTon
• Artist: Edda Művek
• Series: Platina Sorozat — A '90-es évek legnagyobb sikerei
• Release Year: 2005
• Genre: Magyar Rock
• Style: Hungarian hard rock, classic rock
• Mastering: Gresiczki Tamás, Aquarium Stúdió
• Edition: Digitally remastered

Product Features

• Format: CD in gold leather-effect digipack
• Tracks: 14
• Total runtime: approx. 74 minutes (calculated from individual timings)
• Edition: Digitally remastered; Platina Sorozat series
• Songs sourced from: Edda Művek 13. album (1992), Elveszett Illúziók (1993), Edda Két Arca / Lyrák (1993), Lelkünkből – Unplugged (1994), Sziklaszív (1994), Edda Blues (1995), 15. Születésnap (1995), Lírák II. (1997), Edda 20 (1997), A legjobbak…1988–1998 (1998)
• Condition: Very Good — disc and digipack in excellent used condition

Overview

The Platina Sorozat (Platinum Series) volumes from Magneoton are the authoritative career retrospectives of Hungary's most important rock acts, and the Edda Művek edition is among the most sought-after in the series. Subtitled A '90-es évek legnagyobb sikerei ("The Greatest Hits of the '90s"), this 2005 digipack collects 14 digitally remastered tracks drawn from the band's most productive decade — the period in which EddaMűvek consolidated their position as Hungary's defining hard rock band.

EddaMűvek, formed in 1974 around vocalist Pataky Attila and keyboardist-vocalist Gömöry Zsolt, spent the 1970s and 1980s building a catalogue and a following that had no real equivalent in Hungarian rock. By the 1990s they were recording prolifically — this compilation draws from no fewer than nine distinct source albums — while maintaining the melodic hard rock sound that had defined them from the beginning.

The 14 tracks here represent the full range of that decade: the anthemic opening of "Elérlek egyszer," the harder-edged "Száguldás" and "Büszke sas," the atmospheric "Egyedül blues," the unplugged intimacy of "Lelkünkből," and the late-decade sweep of "Egyedül maradtunk" (6:12) and "Hűség és árulás" (5:44). The digipack's internal annotation system — identifying which source album each track came from — makes it a useful reference document as well as a listening experience.

All songs are written by Gömöry–Pataky, with "Egyedül blues" and "Hűség és árulás" credited to Alapi–Pataky.

Interesting Facts

• Edda Művek have released over 20 studio albums since their formation in 1974 and remain one of the longest-running active Hungarian rock bands; their fanbase has maintained cross-generational loyalty unusual even by Hungarian rock standards.
• Pataky Attila's voice — a powerful, wide-ranging tenor with recognizable vibrato — is one of the most distinctive in Hungarian popular music and is inseparable from the band's identity.
• "Elérlek egyszer," which opens this compilation, became one of the band's signature songs and is among the most played Hungarian rock ballads of the 1990s.
• The Platina Sorozat series, of which this is one volume, was designed to present digitally remastered versions of key Hungarian artists' work in premium digipack packaging — the gold leather-effect cover of this edition is one of the most distinctive in the series.
• Gömöry Zsolt, the band's primary songwriter alongside Pataky, is also credited as vocalist on several tracks; his keyboard work gives Edda Művek a more melodic, keyboard-driven texture than most of their Hungarian hard rock contemporaries.
• The 1993 release Edda Két Arca (Two Faces of Edda) — from which several tracks here are sourced — was recorded partly at a live concert in Agárd and Siófok, giving those recordings an unusual hybrid studio-live character.

Track Listing

1. Elérlek egyszer 5:10 / 2. Szellemvilág 4:18 / 3. Száguldás 4:02 / 4. Sirály 4:47 / 5. Egy álom elég 5:06 / 6. Büszke sas 3:51 / 7. Egyedül blues 5:17 / 8. Kör '98 4:03 / 9. Lelkünkből 6:03 / 10. Hűség és árulás 5:44 / 11. Egyedül maradtunk 6:12 / 12. Menedékhely 5:04 / 13. Megint egy balha 4:19 / 14. Akitől minden szép (Lyrák) 5:26

All songs written by Gömöry–Pataky, except tracks 7 and 10 (Alapi–Pataky)

Publishers

© & ℗ 2005 Magneoton / mTon. Mastering: Gresiczki Tamás (Aquarium Stúdió). BEM-IFPI hologram: BH242497.

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