The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time is a list of the best album releases issued by Slovak recording artists. As the first such list presented in Slovakia, it was published by Nový čas daily on 22 September 2007.
The list is entirely composed of Slovak, or else of formerly Czechoslovak artists, featuring all albums published in the country of origin from the 1960s onwards. Some of nominated full-length records could have been performed also in a different language (occasionally in English but partially). Ranking itself was based on votes received from twenty-five selected native-born musicians, critics and/or industry figures. Each of them voted ten most significant Slovak LPs from the past four decades in the country.
While the winning album became Zvoňte, zvonky (1969) by Prúdy band, the most-represented musical act on the list is female vocalist Marika Gombitová, having six out of her nine studio albums in total present. The final list also included two original motion picture soundtracks by various artists such as Neberte nám princeznú (1980) at number No. 27 and Fontána pre Zuzanu (1986) ranked at No. 90, as well as one live recording Live (1973) by Collegium Musicum at number No. 89.
Members of the Jury Members of the JuryComposers and/or musicians:Music publishers and/or record producers:Broadcasters and/or radio-hosts: Music reviewers and/or critics: Pavol Hammel Marián Varga Peter Nagy Ladislav Lučenič Tomáš Dohňanský Roman Galvánek Branislav Mojsej Juraj ČernýPeter Riava Lenka Slaná Pavol Repa Tomáš ZubákMilan Urbaník Miroslav Babják Roman Bomboš Eva Bacigálová Juraj Čurný Július Kuruc Peter Bálik Bibiana Bombošová Marián Pavel Felícia Boronkayová Peter Derňár Jozef Kollár Denisa Vološčuková
Statistics Artists with the most albums 11 Marika Gombitová – with 6 solo albums including 1 double release, 2 with Modus, 1 soundtrack, and 2 with Miro Žbirka (as featured artist) 9 Pavol Hammel – with 1 solo, 3 with Prúdy, 2 with Marián Varga, 2 double sets with Collegium Musicum, and 1 with Marika Gombitová (as writer) 7 Janko Lehotský – with 3 by Modus, 3 with Marika Gombitová (as writer/featured artist), and 1 with Collegium Musicum (as featured artist) 6 Marián Varga – with 1 solo, 3 (including two double sets) with Collegium Musicum, 1 with Pavol Hammel, and 1 with Prúdy 6 Richard Müller – with 4 solo, and 2 with Banket 6 Miro Žbirka – with 3 solo, 2 with Modus, and 1 soundtrack (as featured artist) 6 Jaro Filip – with 2 solo, 1 with Milan Lasica & Július Satinský, and 3 with Richard Müller (as writer) 5 Dežo Ursiny – with 2 solo, 2 with Ivan Štrpka, and 1 compilation (as writer)
Number of albums from each decade 1960s – only 1 album (1.0%) 1970s – 13 albums (13.0%) 1980s – 35 albums (35.0%) 1990s – 27 albums (27.0%) 2000s – 24 albums (24.0%)
Top 10 Top 10 – Overall #AlbumArtist ReleaseLabel1 Zvoňte, zvonky Prúdy 1969 Supraphon2 Konvergencie Collegium Musicum 1971 OPUS3 Bioelektrovízia Banket 1986 OPUS4 Skúsime to cez vesmír Tublatanka 1987 OPUS 5 Valec IMT Smile 1998 Universal6 Hodina slovenčiny Elán 1984 OPUS7 Bolo nás jedenásť Milan Lasica, Julo Satinský & Jaro Filip 1981 OPUS 8 Deň medzi nedeľou a pondelkom Peha 2005 B&M 9 Zelená pošta Pavol Hammel & Marián Varga 1972 OPUS 10 Ôsmy svetadiel Elán 1981 OPUS
Top 10 – Females #AlbumArtist ReleaseLabel1 V cudzom meste Jana Kirschner 1999 Mercury2 Dievča do dažďa Marika Gombitová 1979 OPUS3 Mince na dne fontán Marika Gombitová 1983 OPUS 4 Pelikán Jana Kirschner 2002 Universal 5 Ateliér duše Marika Gombitová 1987 OPUS 6 Veci, čo sa dejú Jana Kirschner 2003 Universal 7 Slnečný kalendár Marika Gombitová 1982 OPUS 8 Shine Jana Kirschner 2007 Universal 9 Voľné miesto v srdci Marika Gombitová 1986 OPUS 10 Colors in My Life Misha 2002 Sony/Bonton
Top 10 – Males #AlbumArtist ReleaseLabel1 Zelená pošta Pavol Hammel & Marián Varga 1972 OPUS2 Modrý vrch Dežo Ursiny 1981 OPUS 3 Pevnina detstva Dežo Ursiny 1978 OPUS 4 Doktor Sen Miro Žbirka 1980 OPUS 5 Robo Grigorov – Midi Robo Grigorov 1987 OPUS 6 Nočná optika Richard Müller 1998 PolyGram7 Nohy Robo Grigorov 1987 OPUS 8 Sezónne lásky Miro Žbirka 1982 OPUS 9 Chráň svoje bláznovstvá Peter Nagy 1984 OPUS 10 33 Richard Müller 1994 BMG-Ariola
See also Slovak popular music Slovakia in the Eurovision Song Contest ZAI Awards U.S. 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list by Rolling Stone
References
External links The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time by Nový čas The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time at Topky.sk