Úsmev (album)

Úsmev
Compilation album by Modus
Released	1998
Recorded	1970-78
Genre	Big beat pop
Length	65:50
Label	Bonton (#491 722)
Modus chronology
The Best of 1979–1988: Vol 2 (1998) Úsmev (1998) Gold (2005)
Ján Lehotský chronology
The Best of 1979–1988: Vol 2 (1998) Úsmev (1998) Poslední a prví (2000)
Marika Gombitová chronology
The Best of the Best (1998) Úsmev (1998) Neberte nám princeznú (2001)
Miroslav Žbirka chronology
Meky (1997) Úsmev (1998) The Best Of 2 (1999)

Úsmev (English: The Smile) is the fourth compilation of greatest hits by Modus, released on Bonton in 1998.^[1][2][3]

Track listing

All tracks written by Lehotský and Peteraj, unless stated otherwise.

One
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Featured artist(s)	Length
1.	"Smútok" (1970)	Kratochvíla Hivešová	Miroslav Žbirka	2:56
2.	"Suzi"		Žbirka	2:27
3.	"Starý pán"	Lehotský Filan		2:58
4.	"Cesta so psom"			3:42
5.	"Nevolaj viac"			4:11
6.	"Formula 1"	Lehotský Zeman	Ľudovít Nosko	3:35
7.	"Sen o tebe"	Lehotský Karšay	Ján Lehotský and Nosko	4:02
8.	"Úsmev"		Lehotský, Žbirka, Marika Gombitová and Miroslav Jevčák	3:29
9.	"Deň ako z pohľadnice"	Lehotský Laurinc[note 1]	Gombitová	2:49
10.	"Zažni"	Žbirka Štrasser	Žbirka	3:34
11.	"Správa o ľuďoch"	Lehotský Filan	Žbirka	2:41
12.	"Veľký sen mora"	Lehotský Filan	Lehotský	4:51
13.	"Preteky s láskou"	Lehotský Karšay		4:29
14.	"Margaréta"	Lehotský Karšay		2:26
15.	"Záhadná"	Lehotský Karšay	Žbirka	4:42
16.	"Letná láska"	Lehotský Filan	Žbirka	2:55
17.	"Známy tón"	Žbirka Štrasser	Žbirka	3:26
18.	"Drahá"	Lehotský Zeman	Žbirka	4:17
19.	"Dievčatá"		Žbirka	2:23
Total length:				65:50

Official releases

• 1998: Úsmev, CD, Bonton, #491 722

Credits and personnel

Ján Lehotský - lead vocal, writer, keyboards Marika Gombitová - lead vocal, back vocal Miroslav Žbirka - writer, lead vocal, chorus, guitar Ľudovít Nosko - lead vocal Miroslav Jevčák - lead vocal Eugen Kratochvíla - writer

Daniela Hivešová - lyrics Kamil Peteraj - lyrics Boris Filan - lyrics Ľuboš Zeman - lyrics Alexander Karšay - lyrics Ján Štrasser - lyrics

See also

• Marika Gombitová discography
• Marika Gombitová awards
• The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time

Footnotes

1. Liner notes of Modus Úsmev compilation denote "Deň ako z pohľadnice" to be written by Igor Bázlik and Zoro Laurinc, which is mistaken. Likely due to Gombitová's another song with a similar title — "Deň" from 1978 (released on VA Mladá pieseň).^[4]

References

General

• Graclík, Miroslav; Nekvapil, Václav (2008). Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Lifestory of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: XYZ. p. 446. ISBN 978-80-7388-115-3. OCLC 294939865. Retrieved 2011-03-21.
• Lehotský, Oskar (April 23, 2008a). Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Marika Gombitová (PDF). Comenius University, Faculty of Arts (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2011-04-07.
• Lehotský, Oskar (April 23, 2008b). Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus (PDF). Comenius University, Faculty of Arts (in Slovak). Bratislava, Slovakia. Retrieved 2011-04-07.

Specific

1. For Modus discography, see Lehotský 2008b, pp. 60–62..
2. For Marika Gombitová's discography, see Lehotský 2008a, pp. 54–56..
3. Modus (1998). Úsmev (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). Modus. Slovakia: Bonton.
4. Lehotský: Gombitová (2008), p. 19. (in Slovak)

External links

• Modus at AllMusic
• Miro Žbirka at AllMusic
• Marika Gombitová at AllMusic