Green Roses

Green Roses is the third studio album by the Serbian Irish folk/Celtic rock band Orthodox Celts released in 1999.

Green Roses
Studio album by Orthodox Celts
Released	1999
Recorded	June–November 1999
Studio	Academia Studios, Belgrade
Genre	Irish folk Celtic rock
Label	Metropolis Records
Producer	Aleksandar Radosavljević
Orthodox Celts chronology
The Celts Strike Again (1997) Green Roses (1999) A Moment Like the Longest Day (2002)

Green Roses features sixteen songs, half of which were covers of traditional songs, and the other half the band's original songs.^[1] The album was produced by Aleksandar Radosavljević, and as guests appeared Dragoljub Marković (keyboards), Aleksandar Eraković (keyboards) and Goran Stojković (backing vocals).^[1]

In 2021, the album was polled 57th on the list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).^[2]

Track list

Green Roses track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"St. Patrick Was a Gentleman"	Traditional	Traditional	02:19
2.	"Sindidun"	Aleksandar Petrović	Ana Đokić	03:42
3.	"Green Roses"	Aleksandar Petrović	Ana Đokić	03:15
4.	"Marie's Wedding"	Traditional	Traditional	04:28
5.	"Rare Old Mountain Dew"	Traditional	Traditional	03:20
6.	"Gravel Walk"		Traditional	03:29
7.	"Stand Up to Your Devils"	Colette Ioannidou	Ana Đokić	03:44
8.	"Leads Me On"	Aleksandar Petrović	Ana Đokić	04:02
9.	"Rocky Road to Dublin / Down the River"	Aleksandar Petrović	Ana Đokić	04:24
10.	"Merry Sisters"		Traditional	02:10
11.	"Bean Na Shi"	Colette Ioannidou	Ana Đokić	03:00
12.	"Me, Myself and Sky"	Aleksandar Petrović	Ana Đokić Dejan Lalić	03:25
13.	"Whisky You're The Devil"	Traditional	Traditional	01:59
14.	"Far Away"	Aleksandar Petrović	Ana Đokić	02:58
15.	"Wind That Shakes the Barley / Sailor on the Rock"	Traditional	Traditional	02:29
16.	"The Beggarman"	Traditional	Traditional	03:33

Personnel

• Aleksandar Petrović – vocals
• Ana Đokić – violin, backing vocals, arrangements
• Dušan Živanović – accordion, drums, percussion, bodhrán, backing vocals
• Dejan Lalić – mandolin, guitar, bagpipes, banjo, mandolin, backing vocals
• Vladan Jovković – guitar, backing vocals
• Dejan Jevtović – bass, backing vocals
• Dejan Popin – tin whistle, whistle, backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Goran Stojković – backing vocals
• Aleksandar Eraković – keyboards
• Dragoljub Marković – keyboards
• Aleksandar Radosavljević - producer
• Velja Mijanović - mastering
• Dušan Đokić - artwork
• Anamarija Vartabedijan - design
• Nebojša Stanković - design

Legacy

In 2021 the album was polled 57th on the list of 100 Best Serbian Albums Since the Breakup of SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).^[2]