003 (album)

003 is the third studio album released by Serbian and former Yugoslav singer-songwriter Đorđe Balašević.

003
Studio album by Đorđe Balašević
Released	26 April 1985[1]
Genre	Rock Folk rock Acoustic rock
Length	34:01
Label	PGP-RTB
Producer	Josip Boček
Đorđe Balašević chronology
Celovečernji the Kid (1983) 003 (1985) Bezdan (1986)

While 003 featured the same poetics as Balašević's earlier albums, a marked change was its political stance, most prominently showcased by the album's cover. On the background collage of newspaper clippings about financial crime, loans and price hikes, an illustration of three wise monkeys provided Balašević's comment on the ongoing political and social turmoil in the country.[1]

A year later, Balašević commented on the album:[1]

Initially, the songs I didn't care about, "Al' se nekad dobro jelo" and "Baby Blue", received airplay, and "Slovenska" was discovered only later. Today, this record is remembered only for "Slovenska", because that's a real song.

He remarked that "Slovenska" was the first song on the album that came across his mind, but was the last to be finished. It was written and recorded in one day, which was also the last day in the recording studio.[1]