Rat i mir

Rat i mir (Serbian Cyrillic: Рат и мир, lit. "War and Peace") is the fifth studio album by Serb war singer Baja Mali Knindža, released in late 1993 by SuperTon. It was released along side "Kockar bez sreće" and is accompanied by Orkestar Pravoslavci. The album features one of Baja's most famous songs, "Tata".

Рат и мир
First Edition SuperTon Cover
Studio album by Баја–Мали Книнџа
Released	1993
Genre	Novokompovana
Length	25:00
Label	SuperTon
Баја–Мали Книнџа chronology
Још се ништа не зна (1993) Рат и мир (1993) Коцкар без среће (1993)

13.09.1993 release of Sabor, showcasing a SuperTon ad for the Rat i mir and Kockar bez sreće release. "Happy new year 1994 wishes you SuperTon & Baja Mali Knindža".

Background

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Release

Sometime in late 1993 SuperTon released two Baja albums, Rat i mir and Kockar bez sreće. Rat i mir being the first one of the double release, it, unlike Kockar bez sreće, features patriotic songs.

The Album would feature day to day topics like the hyperinflation of the Yugoslav dinar in Diler or the general hardships of war in Grešnik, Dražo about the chaotic Serb politics at the time and Tata satirizing the anti-Serb sentiments prominent in western media.

Tata would gain a lot of popularity in recent times due to the "My dad is a war criminal" meme and turn its original message to one of unironic glorification of war crimes.

Shortly after in 1994 there would also be a VHS of the same name which included music videos for many of the songs. The same year the RTVJ compilation "Koktel srpskih pevača" would feature three songs from the album, Grešnik, Dražo and Jovo, which suggests a possible RTVJ release of Rat i mir.

SuperTon uploaded the album to YouTube and various other streaming platforms for the first time in 2015. 5 years later in 2020 it got reuploaded together together with a lot of other albums and redistributed to streaming services.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Баја – Мали Книнџа

Side A

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Дилер"	Â	2:40
2.	"Затвор"	Â	4:05
3.	"Тата"	Â	2:30
4.	"Ђедо"	Лазо Пајчин – Жељо	3:10

Side B

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Гаврило"	Â	3:25
2.	"Дражо"	Â	3:30
3.	"Јово"	Лазо Пајчин – Жељо	2:45
4.	"Грешник"	Лазо Пајчин – Жељо	2:55
Total length:			20:00

Personnel

Writing

• Баја – Мали Книнџа - Музика и текстови (Music and Lyrics)
• Лазо Пајчин – Жељо - Текст – Грешник, Ђедо, Јово (Lyrics)
• Горан Радиновић - Аранжмани (Arrangements)

Production

• Цветин Тодоровић - Продуцент (Producer), Директор (Director), Главни и одговорни уредник (Editor in chief)
• Маша и Неђка - Извршни продуценти (Executive producers)
• Феки - Фото (Photography)

Miscellaneous

Морална подршка – Котобања, Монца, Дворац, Делије, Личка Капа, Витловка и Нож.

Да би био оно што сам данас много су заслужили: Зоран Паунковић, Љубиша, Исус, Милорад Јовић, Воја, Трандафировић, Миле Алимпиш и један Жељко

Variants

1993 SuperTon First Release

Notes:

• Generally high audio quality
• Numbered release
• Known numbers: 01204, 01219, 01428, 04458, 09132
• SuperTon stamp
• Late 1993

1994 SuperTon Rerelease

Notes:

• Low audio quality
• Unnumbered Rerelease
• No SuperTon stamp
• Sometime in 1994
• Cassette label has the same design as a 1994 edition of Braća sa Dinare and resembles the early 1995 SuperTon design