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S vetrom uz lice
In 1986, EKV's third studio release S vetrom uz lice ('Against the Wind') came
out, proving to be the breakthrough album that turned them into bona fide stars.
Produced by Milan, Magi, and Dragan Cacinovic, its sound is very polished and
keyboard-based with extensive use of E-mu Emulator II 8-bit sampler. The hits
included "Budi sam na ulici" ('Be Alone on the Street'), "Ti si sav moj bol"
('You Are All Of My Anguish'), "Novac u rukama" ('Money in the Hands'), and "Kao
da je bilo nekad" ('As if It Once Was'). In addition to wider main-stream
acceptance, S vetrom u lice also got some lukwarm reviews from critics
complaining it sounds too much like Simple Minds.
The band toured extensively all over SFR Yugoslavia. Live album was recorded at
EKV gig in Zagreb's Kulusić club on November 2, 1986, and consequently released
in early 1987 as EKV 19LIVE!86. The band finally made it home to Belgrade in
January 1987 and triumphed at Dom omladine with six sold-out shows.
During spring of the same year, Ivan Ranković decided to leave EKV in order to
form a new group Ulica od meseca with old mates from Tvrdo srce i velike usi.
Srđan Todorović became the new drummer, playing his first show at the Parisian
club La Locomotive.
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