Vis-à-vis (album)

Vis-à-vis
Vis-à-vis
Studio album by Karol Mikloš
Released	October 21, 2002 (SK)
Recorded	Mikloš'es home (1999–2002); Sedis Studio (April–October 2001); IMI Studio (February 2001); Exponent Studio (June 2002);
Genre	Alt-rock; indie pop;
Length	49:24
Label	Millenium Records (#834 015–4)
Producer	Andrej Monček; Mikloš; Roman Hlubina;
Karol Mikloš chronology
Singles from Vis-à-vis
	"Všetko, čo smieme chcieť"; "Celý"; "Where You Meet Yourself"; "Uspávanka";

Vis-à-vis is the second studio album by Slovak musician Karol Mikloš, issued via Millenium Records on October 21, 2002. Based on available music reviews, the work met with mixed to positive commentaries.

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
SME	(positive)^[1]
&MusiQ	^[2]
FreeMusic.cz	(mixed)^[3]

Vis-à-vis spawned miscellaneous reactions among music journalists, with moderately prevailing positive. Daniel Baláž of SME commented that "an intelligent pop music established on oddly set up chords to old-fashioned melodic songwriting [it] is simply of his own".^[1] Seeing some resemblance to Miroslav Žbirka and Ladislav Lučenič, the author in general acknowledged Mikloš'es musical direction, including his deliberate and shy performance in public.^[1] Jaroslav Špulák from &MusiQ, formerly Rock & Pop magazine, emphasized the album's mood, and inner drive as well as its good production which "compete with the rest European recordings in the mainstream ranking excellently".^[2]

Other critics such as Pavel Seifert of FreeMusic.cz, were less enthusiastic. He concluded in his review: "Having own sound and style is a potential prerequisite for the success of any performer, but only when they make an effort in cultivating it. Songs [by Mikloš] do have their sound and style. The[ir] stroke of fate is however, that due to an identical pattern you come to the feeling at the end of the CD as if you were listening to the same track ever since.^[3]

Commercial performance

The album release didn't enter record charts, nor did any of the released singles.^[4]

Track listings

All lyrics are written by Mikloš

No.	Title	Music	Featured artist	Length
1.	"Všetko, čo smieme chcieť" (in Slovak)	Andrej Monček • Mikloš		5:31
2.	"Odznova" (in Slovak)	Monček • Mikloš		3:42
3.	"Celý" (in Slovak)	Monček • Mikloš		3:45
4.	"Uspávanka" (in Slovak)	Monček • Mikloš		3:56
5.	"Bez slov" (in Slovak)	Monček • Mikloš		3:54
6.	"Lunchbreak" (Interlude)	Monček • Mikloš	Emília Lokšenincová	2:45
7.	"Can't Have Both"	Monček • Mikloš		3:54
8.	"Where You Meet Yourself"	Monček • Mikloš		3:58
9.	"Precious Wave"	Monček • Mikloš		5:08
10.	"Right Until Now"	Monček • Mikloš		2:49
11.	"End of the Story"	Monček • Mikloš		3:53
12.	"How Long"	Mikloš		6:09
Total length:				49:24

Music videos
No.	Title	Music	Director	Length
13.	"Celý"	Monček • Mikloš	Branislav Špaček	3:33
14.	"Tomorrow"	Mikloš	Branislav Špaček	3:11
Total length:				56:08

Credits and personnel

Management

Recording studio – Mikloš'es home, Trenčín • Sedis Studio, Topoľčany • IMI Studio, Bratislava • Exponent Studio, Hlohovec, Slovakia
Publishing – Millenium Records & Publishing, Bratislava, SK

Production

Writers – Andrej Monček (music) • Mikloš (music and lyrics)
Mastering – Sedis Studio • Mikloš'es home
Production and mixing – Monček • Mikloš • Roman Hlubina
Programming – Monček • Mikloš
Engineering – Ján Došek
Press – GZ Digital Media (now GZ Media), Loděnice, Czech Republic

Personnel

Lead vocals – Mikloš
Backing vocals – Emília Lokšenincová • Second Nature
Musical instruments – Second Nature
Guitars – Mikloš and Hlubina (acoustic, twelve-string, electric) • Monček (acoustic) • Marián Králik (bass)
Drums – František Kraus
Synthesizers – Monček • Mikloš
Photography – Ivana • Ján Čajda • Rado D. • Vrbkin
Cover art – Mikloš
Graphic design – Vladimir Yurkovic

Awards

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
2002	Vis-à-vis	Aurel Awards	Best Male Vocal Performance	Nominated	^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Baláž, Daniel (October 21, 2002). "Recenzia/hudba > Karol Mikloš – Vis-á-Vis". SME (in Slovak). Petit Press. sme.sk. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Špulák, Jaroslav (February 24, 2002). "Recenze > Karol Mikloš: Vis-á-vis". &MusiQ (in Czech). Muzikus, s.r.o. muzikus.cz. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Seifert, Pavel (August 6, 2003). "Millenium Records přestavuje: Karol Mikloš - Vis-á-Vis". Freemusic (in Czech). MMG. freemusic.cz. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
^ Mikloš, Karol. "Chart history". Rádio Top 50 (in Slovak). IFPI Slovakia. ifpi.sk. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
^ "Aurel > Prehľad nominácií Aurel 2002". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Slovakia (in Slovak). IFPI SKOricon. web.archive.org. Archived from the original on April 13, 2003. Retrieved April 30, 2015.

External links

[SME-1] Baláž, Daniel (October 21, 2002). "Recenzia/hudba > Karol Mikloš – Vis-á-Vis". SME (in Slovak). Petit Press. sme.sk. Retrieved April 30, 2015.

[&MusiQ-2] Špulák, Jaroslav (February 24, 2002). "Recenze > Karol Mikloš: Vis-á-vis". &MusiQ (in Czech). Muzikus, s.r.o. muzikus.cz. Retrieved April 30, 2015.

[FreeMusic-3] Seifert, Pavel (August 6, 2003). "Millenium Records přestavuje: Karol Mikloš - Vis-á-Vis". Freemusic (in Czech). MMG. freemusic.cz. Retrieved April 30, 2015.

[4] Mikloš, Karol. "Chart history". Rádio Top 50 (in Slovak). IFPI Slovakia. ifpi.sk. Retrieved April 30, 2015.

[aurel02-5] "Aurel > Prehľad nominácií Aurel 2002". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry Slovakia (in Slovak). IFPI SKOricon. web.archive.org. Archived from the original on April 13, 2003. Retrieved April 30, 2015.

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