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| Posledniy geroy | ||||
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| Released | 1989 (France) 1991 (Soviet Union) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock,post-punk,new wave,cold wave | |||
| Length | 43:01 | |||
| Label | Off The Track Records (initial 1989 French release) Russian Disc (1991 Russian release) Moroz Records (1993 Russian re-release) | |||
| Producer | Joel Bastener | |||
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Posledniy geroy (Russian:Последний герой,lit. 'The last hero'), initially released inFrance asLe Dernier Des Héros, is a compilation album bySoviet rock bandKino. While it contains rerecorded versions of many of their songs, the album is most notable for containing one of the band's most famous songs, "Khochu peremen!" (Russian:«Хочу перемен!»,lit. 'I want change!'), which became aPerestroika anthem. The album was first released inFrance due to the band's newfound popularity abroad,[1] and was later released domestically in the Soviet Union in 1991.
Posledniy geroy was recorded in the studio of Valery Leontief inMoscow in January 1989, and was mixed in the Studio du Val d'Orge in theParis suburb of Épinay sur Orge. At the same studio in November 1990, theBlack Album was compiled. The release of the album was financed by Joel Bastener, cultural attaché of the Embassy of France in the USSR. The songs were chosen byVictor Tsoi himself: he decided to make a "Best of" album, and insisted that the album was made in France. Having recorded the material in Valery Leontief's studio, Tsoi gave it to Bastener for release. The album included songs fromGruppa krovi plus new versions of "Electrichka", "Trolleybus" and "The Last Hero", as well as the famous composition "Hochu Peremen!" The album was released in France in April 1989 by Off The Track Records under the nameLe Dernier Des Héros, alongside the single "Maman". It was namedПоследний герой upon its release in the USSR.
The design of the cover is based on the original collage of Victor Tsoi and Georgy Guryanov. During the album's work was the recording of the song "Blood Type" which was requested by an American fan as a translation to "Группа крови", was not included in the album. The song was released in the 2002 collectionThe Last Recordings along with the song "Question/Bicycle" and unreleased studio recordings of the songs "Knock", "Sadness" and others as well as a pun made by Victor Tsoi based in the band's name. In the 2000 remix albumVictor Tsoi: Sadness, the vocals were taken from "The Last Hero".
French track titles from the first 1989 edition / Russian track names from subsequent Russian releases
Side A
Side B
