Noch (album)

Noch
Studio album by
Released1986
GenrePost-punk, new wave, pop rock, indie-rock, punk rock,[1] dance punk
Length43:11
LabelAnTrop
Melodiya (1988 release)
Moroz Records (1994 reissue)
ProducerAndrei Tropillo
Kino chronology
Eto ne lyubov...
(1985)
Noch
(1986)
Gruppa krovi
(1988)
Melodiya release
1988 release

Noch (Russian: Ночь, lit.'Night') is the fifth studio album by Soviet rock band Kino, released in 1986. It is the group's first official album release.

The original release was via cassettes and Andrei Tropillo released the album on magnitizdat. In 1988, the album was issued on vinyl by Melodiya without the group's permission, which angered the group. Viktor Tsoi criticized the release of the album, saying that they release material without the consent of the author, and also do the design as they wished. The disc was released without the knowledge of the musicians themselves; however, it sold over two million copies, making the group popular throughout the Soviet Union. The song "Anarchy" had a subtitle - "A Parody of Western Punk Bands." Later, it was changed to Mother Anarchy with no subtitling. According to the editor of the issue, N. Baranovskaya, this was done in order to be approved by the Ministry Of Culture in Russia.

  1. ^ paul-nidlle. "Музыкальная стилистика и направление группы "Кино"". v-r-tsoy.livejournal.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2017-11-09. Retrieved 2022-05-30.