Poganaya molodyozh'

Poganaya molodyozh (Russian: Поганая молодёжь, Nasty Youth) is the first studio album by the Russian band Grazhdanskaya Oborona. The album was released in 1985. It was recorded concurrently with its follow-up Optimizm.

Poganaya molodyozh'
Studio album by Grazhdanskaya Oborona
Released	1985, 1988
Recorded	GrOb Studio, Summer 1985 / 12–22 January 1988
Genre	Punk rock noise rock garage punk
Length	42:19
Label	GrOb
Producer	Egor Letov
Grazhdanskaya Oborona chronology
Poganaya molodyozh' (1985) Optimizm (1985)
Alternative cover
The cover as used on the 2005 CD release by Misteriya Zvuka and the 2011 vinyl release by Stanzmarke

Even though the copyright date on the album states 1985, the album was recorded in 1988. There is a long and involved history as to why. The original versions of Poganaya molodezh and Optimizm were recorded in 1984 with Egor Letov and Konstantin Ryabinov (Kuzya UO, Кузя УО) and intended to be a Posev album. In late 1984, when the KGB found out about Poganaya molodezh, the band was forcibly broken up; Kuzya UO was conscripted into the army and Letov was sent to a mental asylum. Three months later, on 8 December 1984, Letov was released. The KGB ordered him to destroy the masters, but the albums were already circulating.

In 1988, after Letov finished his army service, he decided to reconstruct Poganaya molodezh and Optimizm. On 12 January of that year, Letov started re-recording both albums. He also included recordings from Posev's final album Reggae, Punk and Rock 'n Roll and a few tracks recorded in July 1985 at the House of Culture "Zvezdny". The project was finished on the 22nd of that month. These re-recordings are now the most common versions.

Egor Letov played all instruments on the 1988 album. The 1985 album had Letov on vocals and bass and Kuzya Ryabinov on drums and backing vocals. The album had no cover until the 1999 release on XOP, because it was originally distributed via magnitizdat.

On the 2011 vinyl reissue, it was incorrectly released with the wrong track list on the gatefold (left over from the Misteria reissue). The mistake was realised and two stickers were added to the shrinkwrap: one with the correct track list and another with a note from Natalia Chumakova stating the tracks appearing on the album were recorded in 1988.

Track list

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Поганая молодёжь (Nasty youth)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	2:30
2.	"Снаружи всех измерений (Beyond all dimensions)"	Егор Летов, Андрей Бабенко	2:57
3.	"Двоится в глазах (Seeing double)"	Егор Летов	1:11
4.	"Старость — не радость (Age is not happiness)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	2:46
5.	"Я выдуман напрочь (I am completely devised)"	Егор Летов	2:06
6.	"Ненавижу женщин (таких, как ты) (I hate women (like you))"	Егор Летов	3:06
7.	"Поезд на Малую Землю (Train to the Small Land)"	Егор Летов	2:04
8.	"Не смешно (Not funny)"	Егор Летов	2:01
9.	"Мама бля (Mama yo)"	Константин Рябинов	4:58
10.	"Лирическое настроение (Lirical (sic) mood)"	Константин Рябинов	0:39
11.	"Клалафуда клалафу (Clalafuda clalafu)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	1:48
12.	"Зоопарк (Zoo)"	Егор Летов	3:03
13.	"Мама, мама… (Mama, mama…)"	Егор Летов	3:12
14.	"Хватит! (Enough!)"	Егор Летов	1:19
15.	"Понос - апофеоз (Diarrhea - apotheosis)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	0:32

Bonus tracks on 2005 reissue

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Кто ищет смысл (Who searches for a sense)"	Егор Летов	3:59
17.	"Я видел собаку (I saw a dog)"	Константин Рябинов	3:56
18.	"Я блюю на ваши дела (I spew to your cases)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	2:12
19.	"Малиновая скала (Crimson rock)"	Егор Летов	3:08
20.	"Я бесполезен (I'm useless)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	3:13
21.	"Детский доктор сказал: „Ништяк“ (из ранних песен Посева) (Pediatrician said: „Cool“ (from the early „Posev“'s songs)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	4:17

2011 LP reissue
Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Поганая молодёжь (Nasty youth)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	2:30
2.	"Снаружи всех измерений (Beyond all dimensions)"	Егор Летов, Андрей Бабенко	2:57
3.	"Двоится в глазах (Seeing double)"	Егор Летов	1:11
4.	"Старость — не радость (Age is not happiness)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	2:46
5.	"Я выдуман напрочь (I am fully devised)"	Егор Летов	2:06
6.	"Поезд на Малую Землю (Train to the Small Land)"	Егор Летов	2:04
7.	"Не смешно (Not funny)"	Егор Летов	2:01

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Мама бля (Mama yo)"	Константин Рябинов	4:58
9.	"Блюз (никак не называется) (Blues (isn't named))"		2:01
10.	"Лирическое настроение (Lirical (sic) mood)"	Константин Рябинов	0:39
11.	"Клалафуда клалафу (Clalafuda clalafu)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	1:48
12.	"Зоопарк (Zoo)"	Егор Летов	3:03
13.	"Мама, мама… (Mama, mama…)"	Егор Летов	3:12
14.	"Хватит! (Enough!)"	Егор Летов	1:19
15.	"Понос - апофеоз (Diarrhea - apotheosis)"	Егор Летов, Константин Рябинов	0:32
16.	"В садике (In the kindergarten)"		0:38

For unspecified reasons, "Nenavizhu zhenshchin" was left off the vinyl and replaced with "Blues (nikak ne nazyvaetsya)", which had previously appeared on "Khorosho!!" and the 1999 XOP/Moroz reissue of Poganaya molodezh. "V sadike" later appeared on the 2007 CD reissue of Istoriya: Posev 1982-1985 on Misteria Zvuka.

Original version

1. Ya blyuyu na vashi tela
2. Nenavizhu zhenshchin
3. Detsky mir
4. Matushka
5. Poganaya molodezh
6. Ne smeshno
7. Ya vyduman naproch
8. Ya bespolezen
9. Daite
10. Ey, babishcha blevani
11. Mama blya
12. Na nashikh glazakh
13. Detsky doktor skazal: "Nishtyak"
14. Sumasshedshy
15. Khvatit!
16. Ponos apofeoz

External links

• Poganaya molodyozh' at Discogs (list of versions)