Enigmatic
Studio album by Czesław Niemen
Released	January 19, 1970
Genre	Progressive rock sung poetry
Length	36:17
Label	Polskie Nagrania Muza (LP)
Czesław Niemen chronology
Czy mnie jeszcze pamiętasz? (1969) Enigmatic (1970) Niemen (1971)

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Enigmatic is the fourth album by Czesław Niemen, released in 1970. It has been considered by some to be the best Polish rock album ever. ^[2] Inspired in 1968 by Wojciech Młynarski, Niemen decided to make his new album with Polish poetry as lyrics. Recorded in 1969, the album became very popular and was awarded with a golden record in 1971 (in Poland, Golden Records were awarded for selling 160,000 album copies). As of 2012, the album has sold in excess of 5 million copies around the world and remains very popular.

In 1974 " Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod" was rerecorded by Niemen in New York and issued by CBS Records International as " Mourner's Rhapsody". The supporting musicians included Michał Urbaniak of the original crew, John Abercrombie and some members of the famous Mahavishnu Orchestra. ^[3]

In 1977 the " Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod" intro from the 1970 initial issue was bootlegged by the West German rock band Jane as intro for their elegiac album "Between Heaven and Hell" ^[4] also immediately achieving golden record status.

• All music by Czesław Niemen; lyrics as noted.

1. " Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod" - 16:27 ( Cyprian Kamil Norwid)
2. "Jednego serca" - 7:45 ( Adam Asnyk)
3. "Kwiaty ojczyste" - 7:25 (Tadeusz Kubiak)
4. "Mów do mnie jeszcze" - 4:40 ( Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer)

• Czesław Niemen – vocal, Hammond organ
• Zbigniew Namysłowski – alto saxophone
• Janusz Zieliński – bass
• Tomasz Jaśkiewicz – guitar
• Czesław Bartkowski – drums
• Zbigniew Sztyc – tenor saxophone
• Michał Urbaniak – tenor saxophone, flute
• Alibabki – background vocals