ROCK CIRKUS

Given the circumstances in the beginning of 1980s in ex-Yugoslavia when new wave was the word of the day, SMAK's album would have been surely ignored even had they recorded much better record than this one. So they not only missed the moment but also traded their signature fusion sound with more or less mediocre hard rock with stupid lyrics and weak vocals. Even Dado Topic's solid production and return of the original keyboardist Lazo Ristovski did not help save this album from disaster. I mean there are few good moments like "Profesor" and "Instrumental Baby", but this is better avoided if you are not a devout collector.