Independent review

This is the kind of Shklyarsky and Co that I like. I won't say that I'm exactly a fan, but "Picnic" of those years is definitely worth listening to. But one day the musicians "turned into nowhere". The vampire monotonous theme completely beat my desire to listen to the next monotonous opuses of the group. As an example of a good slow song, I will name "Noch" - this is the most correct path for "Picnic" - a pensive, and not tedious composition. It is important to feel the line here, which was soon lost almost irrevocably. And if you take the album as a whole, it can quite be called a classic of Russian rock. This is synth-pop-rock of the 80s with a bright symbol of that era in the form of synthesizers, well and with endless references to The Cure, who were incredibly revered at that time. By the way, speaking of tedium, I will note that, at the same time, the slow tracks work better for Shklyarsky, and dynamic songs, for example, on this album sound a little funny and naive. Of course, except for the song "Picnic" itself - a masterpiece for all time. I basically consider it the best song of the group and one of the best of that era, in which practically all elements of the musical palette of that moment are combined. In essence, the songs of the album are known to everyone. "Ieroglif" - Soviet classic, in "Prazdnik" one can hear variety-stage notes, "Ty vsya iz ognya" — another hit, and "Telefon" — is a whole SuperHit. I will also note "Velikan", written clearly under the influence of Makarevich, quoted in the epigraph. Should one listen to this album now? If you are as far as possible from that time and have not listened to it before, I don't know. Most likely not. After all, this is in many respects a relic. But listen to the track "Picnic" by all means! I promise, for another few days you will be humming it everywhere.

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