Gruppa krovi

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Gruppa krovi
Rerelease cover
Studio album by Kino
Released	5 January 1988
Recorded	1986–1987
Studio	Red Wave (Leningrad)
Genre	Post-punk new wave
Length	47:19
Label	Self-released via magnitizdat
Producer	Aleksei Vishnya
Kino chronology
Noch (1986) Gruppa krovi (1988) Posledniy geroy (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B+[2]

Gruppa krovi (Russian: Группа крови [ˈɡrupːə ˈkrovʲɪ], lit. 'blood type'/'blood group') is the sixth studio album by Soviet post-punk band Kino, first released in 1988. Released at the height of Perestroika and Glasnost, together with a crime thriller titled The Needle released in the same year starring lead vocalist Viktor Tsoi, it would go on to be the band's most popular album both inside and eventually outside the Soviet Union, with songs from the album, including the title track [ru], commonly being listed among top 100 lists of Russian music.^[3]

Work on the creation began in 1987. Most of the recording took place with Georgy Guryanov, the work was completed at the studio of Alexey Vishnya. The sound of the recording is overstated compared to the albums, thanks to the use of a modern reverb in the studio.

The album was highly praised by critics upon release and continues to be considered a notable event in the history of Russian music. In 1999, Nashe Radio published list of "100 Best Songs of Russian Rock in the 20th Century", including several songs from this album and giving the song "Blood Type" the first place. In 2007, the editors of the Rolling Stone included the song "Blood Type" in their list of "40 songs that changed the world."