Tváre pred zrkadlom

"Tváre pred zrkadlom"
Single by Marika Gombitová
B-side	"Ave Mária"
Released	1989
Format	7" single 45 RPM
Recorded	1989
Genre	Dance-pop disco
Length	3:29
Label	OPUS (#9143 0739)
Writer(s)	Marika Gombitová Gabo Dušík Kamil Peteraj
Producer(s)	Peter Smolinský
Music sample
"Tváre pred zrkadlom"
Marika Gombitová singles chronology
"Nenápadná" (1986) "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (1989) "Paradiso" (1994)

"Tváre pred zrkadlom" ("Faces in Front of the Mirror") is a song by Slovak singer-songwriter Marika Gombitová, released on OPUS in 1989.^[1][2] The composition wrote Gombitová in collaboration with Kamil Peteraj.^[3]

B-side of the single promoted a song called "Ave Mária", composed by Gabo Dušík, for a change.^[3] Its live version was featured only on VA compilation Nežná revolúcia (1990), also released by OPUS.^[4][5]

Both tracks were available in common on CD as bonus tracks on a 2004 re-issue of her studio album Kam idú ľudia?^[6][7] (originally from 1990).^[8]

Official releases and formats

SK 7" Single, #9143 0739^[3]

1. "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Studio version)
2. "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

SK CD album, #91 2214^[7]

• "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Studio version)
• "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

SK Double LP, #9017 2240/41^[4]

• "Ave Mária" (Live version)

SK CD album, #91 2410^[9]

• "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

SK CD album, #None^[10]

• "Ave Mária" (Studio version)

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Slovak Singles Chart[11]	2^[A]

Notes

• A ^ On the music charts, B-side "Ave Maria" was more successful, scoring as the second most selling SP in Slovakia (following "Sľúbili sme si lásku" by Ivan Hoffman, while preceding "Pravda víťazí" by Tublatanka).^[11]

Credits and personnel

• Marika Gombitová - music, lead vocal
• Gabo Dušík - music (B-side)
• Kamil Peteraj - lyrics
• Peter Smolinský - producer
• OPUS Records - record label, copyright owner, marketing and distributor

See also

• Marika Gombitová discography
• Marika Gombitová awards

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. Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, p. 397.
2. For Marika Gombitová's discography, see Lehotský 2008a, pp. 54–56..
3. Gombitová, Marika (1989). "Tváre pred zrkadlom" (Liner Notes) (7-inch Single). CSSR: OPUS Records. 9143 0739.
4. VA (1990). Nežná revolúcia (Liner Notes) (Double Vinyl Album) (in Slovak). CSFR: OPUS Records. 9017 2240/41.
5. Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, pp. 193, 402.
6. Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, p. 410.
7. Gombitová, Marika (2004). Kam idú ľudia? Komplet 8 (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). SR: OPUS Records. 91 2214.
8. Gombitová, Marika (1990). Kam idú ľudia? (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). CSFR: OPUS Records. 9353 2214.
9. Gombitová, Marika (1993). Polnočné otázky: 16 Naj 1984–1993 (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). SR: OPUS Records. 91 2410.
10. Gombitová, Marika (1993). Top 16: Diskotéka Ženského magazínu (Liner Notes) (Compact Disc) (in Slovak). SR: OPUS Records, Ženský magazín.
11. Graclík & Nekvapil 2008, p. 197.

External links

• Marika Gombitová at AllMusic
• Modus at AllMusic