{{Short description|1979 self-titled debut studio album by Modus}} {{Infobox album | name = Modus | type = studio | artist = Modus | cover = Modusalbum.jpg | alt = | released = 1979 | recorded = February/March 1979 | venue = | studio = | genre = *Big beat *pop | length = 47:20 | label = OPUS (#9116 0856) | producer = Ján Lauko | chronology = Modus | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Balíček snov | next_year = 1980 | misc = {{Singles | name = Modus | type = album | single1 = Malý veľký vlak | single1date = | single2 = Domy na zbúranie"/"Vieš byť zlá | single2date = }} {{Extra album cover | header = The back cover of the release | type = album | cover = Modusalbum2.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }}

'''''Modus''''' is the debut album by Modus, released on OPUS in 1979.<ref>For Modus discography, see {{harvnb|Lehotský|2008b|pp=60–62.}}.</ref><ref>For Marika Gombitová's discography, see {{harvnb|Lehotský|2008a|pp=54–56.}}.</ref>

== Track listing == {{track listing | total_length = 47:20 | extra_column = Featured&nbsp;artist(s) | all_writing = Lehotský and Peteraj, except tracks 4 and 12 (Lehotský and Filan), and 6, 9 and 13 (Žbirka and Peteraj) | title1 = Modus | extra1 = Ján Lehotský, Miroslav Žbirka and Marika Gombitová | length1 = 2:47

| title2 = Vieš byť zlá | extra2 = Žbirka | length2 = 4:17

| title3 = Slávnosť kvetín | extra3 = Gombitová | length3 = 3:39

| title4 = Prázdny rám | extra4 = Lehotský | length4 = 4:59

| title5 = Jedenásť poschodí | extra5 = Gombitová | length5 = 3:15

| title6 = Láska nám dvom všetko odpustí | extra6 = Žbirka | length6 = 3:34

| title7 = Malý veľký vlak | extra7 = Žbirka | length7 = 3:39

| title8 = Pripútaná | extra8 = Gombitová | length8 = 4:58

| title9 = Mám svoj vek | extra9 = Žbirka | length9 = 3:07

| title10 = Pieseň pre skrehnutých | extra10 = Lehotský | length10 = 3:52

| title11 = Domy na zbúranie | extra11 = Gombitová | length11 = 5:27

| title12 = Sladký hlas | extra12 = Lehotský | length12 = 3:46 }} {{track listing | total_length = 60:54 | extra_column = Featured&nbsp;artist(s) | headline = Modus: Komplet 2 (Bonus Tracks)

| title13 = Čím viac máš | extra13 = Žbirka | length13 = 3:39

| title14 = Vyznanie | extra14 = Gombitová | note14 = taken from ''Dievča do dažďa'' | length14 = 4:43

| title15 = Svet stromov | extra15 = Gombitová | note15 = taken from ''Môj malý príbeh'' | length15 = 5:12 }}

==Official releases== * 1979: ''Modus'', LP, MC, OPUS, #9116 0856 * 1995: ''Modus'', CD, re-release, Open Music #0017 2331 * 2000: ''Modus: Komplet 2'', 3 bonus tracks, CD, Bonton Music Slovakia, #9849 1722 * 2008: ''Modus: Slovenské legendárne albumy II'', CD, SME, #91 0023

==Personnel== * Ján Lehotský - lead vocal, chorus, keyboards * Marika Gombitová - lead vocal, chorus * Miroslav Žbirka - lead vocal, chorus, electric and acoustic guitar * Ladislav Lučenič - bass, electric and acoustic guitar, chorus * Viliam Pobjecký - solo guitar * Kamil Peteraj - notes * Tibor Borský - photography * Ján Lauko - producer * Juraj Filo - sound director * Štefan Danko - responsible editor

==Accolades== In 2007, ''Modus'' was ranked 41st on the list of the 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cas.sk/clanok/21866/exkluzivny-rebricek-100-najlepsich-slovenskych-albumov.html|title=Exclusive List: The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums|work=Nový čas|at=cas.sk|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia|accessdate=2011-10-19|language=sk}}</ref>

==Export release== {{Infobox album | name = Modus | type = studio | artist = Modus | cover = Modusexport.jpg | alt = | released = 1980 | recorded = 1979 | venue = | studio = | genre = {{flatlist| *Big beat *pop }} | length = 47:20 | label = OPUS (#9113 0974) | producer = Ján Lauko | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = The Best Girls | next_year = 1985 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Back cover of the export release | type = album | cover = Modusexport2.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = }} }} The export version of the album, also entitled ''Modus'', was issued in 1980.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Modus — Export Release (Liner Notes) |title-link=Modus (Modus album)#Export release|others=Modus |year=1980 |last=Modus |author-link=Modus (band)|type=Vinyl Album |publisher=Bonton Music|location=Czechoslovakia }}</ref>

=== Track listing === {{track listing | total_length = 47:20 | extra_column = Featured&nbsp;artist(s) | all_writing = Lehotský and Peteraj, except for the tracks 4 and 12 (Lehotský and Filan), and 6 and 9 (Žbirka and Peteraj) | title1 = Rock Is Not Dead | extra1 = Ján Lehotský, Miroslav Žbirka and Marika Gombitová | length1 = 2:47

| title2 = In the Morning | extra2 = Žbirka | length2 = 4:17

| title3 = My Train to Eden | extra3 = Gombitová | length3 = 3:39

| title4 = Denny | extra4 = Žbirka | length4 = 4:59

| title5 = Take Me to the Moonlight | extra5 = Gombitová | length5 = 3:15

| title6 = I'm Leading You | extra6 = Žbirka | length6 = 3:34

| title7 = No More Reasons (Coming Home) | extra7 = Žbirka | length7 = 3:39

| title8 = You Went Away | extra8 = Gombitová | length8 = 4:58

| title9 = Roll It Up | extra9 = Žbirka | length9 = 3:07

| title10 = I'm Not Only Dreaming | extra10 = Lehotský | length10 = 3:52

| title11 = Lonely Night | extra11 = Gombitová | length11 = 5:27

| title12 = Memory Band | extra12 = Lehotský | length12 = 3:46 }}

===Official releases=== * 1980: ''Modus'', LP, MC, OPUS, #9113 0974 * 2008: ''Slnečný kalendár: 2CD Collectors Edition'', bonus CD, OPUS, #91 2792

==References== {{refbegin}} ;General *{{Cite book|last1=Graclík|first1=Miroslav|last2=Nekvapil|first2=Václav|title=Marika Gombitová: neautorizovaný životní příběh legendy československé pop music|trans-title=Marika Gombitová: An Unauthorized Life Story of the Legend of Czechoslovak Pop Music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oTLPgAACAAJ&q=marika+gombitova|publisher =XYZ|year=2008|isbn=978-80-7388-115-3|page=446|oclc=294939865|location=Prague, Czech Republic|accessdate=2011-03-21|language=cs}} *{{cite book|url=http://www.koloseumforum.com/gombitova.com2/separation/SvokMG.pdf|title=Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Marika Gombitová|first=Oskar|last=Lehotský|publisher=Comenius University, Faculty of Arts|location=Bratislava, Slovakia|date=April 23, 2008a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714140517/http://www.koloseumforum.com/gombitova.com2/separation/SvokMG.pdf|archive-date=2014-07-14|accessdate=2011-04-07|language=sk}} *{{cite book|url=http://lehotsky-modus.szm.com/modusstudia.pdf|title=Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus|first=Oskar|last=Lehotský|publisher=Comenius University, Faculty of Arts|location=Bratislava, Slovakia|date=April 23, 2008b|accessdate=2011-04-07|language=sk}} ;Specific {{refend}} {{reflist}}

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