Ora et labora (album)


Ora et labora is an album by Croatian singer Marko Perković Thompson. It was released on April 10, 2013.
All songs on the album were written by Marko Perković and Tiho Orlić.

Themes

The album featured heavy Christian and Catholic themes, as well as Croatian patriotic elements, like most of Thompson's. The title of the album serves as the core theme that is reiterated in both the first and last song. Many songs are directed at/offer prayers to God, such as "Maranatha", "Uvijek vjerni tebi". Other songs include historical elements about Croatia, such as "Bosna" and "Bog i Hrvati" which are also the two longest songs on the album. Thompson is also critical of so called "pro-Yugoslavian communist sentiments" in modern-day Croatia, even referencing Stjepan Radić's famous speech on November 24, 1918 about the Croatian people being led "into the fog like geese."

Reception

The album received instant commercial success, topping charts in Croatia as well as other countries such as Germany, Sweden and Austria.

Tracks