Editing Đorđe Balašević (section)

==== 2000s ====
[[File:Balasevic Zagreb 5332063229.jpg|thumb|Balašević in Zagreb, 2010]]
In 2001, Balašević released the album ''[[Dnevnik starog momka]]'' (''Diary of an Old Bachelor''). The album comprised 12 songs, each having a female name as its title. The song titles form the [[acrostic]] "Olja je najbolja" (Olja is the Best),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/%C4%90or%C4%91e-Bala%C5%A1evi%C4%87-Dnevnik-Starog-Momka-6-Bonus-Pesama/release/2135306|title=Đorđe Balašević – Dnevnik Starog Momka + 6 Bonus Pesama|website=Discogs|year=2001 }}</ref> Olja being the nickname of Balašević's wife Olivera Balašević. Balašević stated on several occasions that the girls the songs were named after are pure fiction.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://balasevic.in.rs/djordje-balasevic-album-dnevnik-starog-momka-2001/|title=Đorđe Balašević – Dnevnik starog momka (2001.)|date=26 January 2016|publisher=Bistrooki|website=balasevic.in.rs}}</ref> In 2002, the compilation album ''[[Ostaće okrugli trag na mestu šatre]]'' (trans. ''A Round Trace Will Remain at the Place where Tent Used to Be'', named after a verse from the song "Odlazi cirkus") was released. The album featured the choice of songs from Balašević's solo career, with some of the older songs prerecorded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/%C4%90or%C4%91e-Bala%C5%A1evi%C4%87-Osta%C4%87e-Okrugli-Trag-Na-Mestu-%C5%A0atre/release/5419161|title=Đorđe Balašević – Ostaće Okrugli Trag Na Mestu Šatre|website=Discogs|year=2002 }}</ref>

Balašević released the songs that should have been the soundtrack for the film ''[[Goose Feather]]'' on the album ''[[Rani mraz (album)|Rani mraz]]''. The album's [[Subtitle (titling)|subtitle]] was ''Priča o Vasi Ladačkom.../Muzika iz nesnimljenog filma'' (''Story of Vasa Ladački.../Music from the Film that was not Filmed'').<ref name="Rani mraz at Discogs">{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Bala%C5%A1evi%C4%87-Rani-Mraz/release/594061|title=Balašević* – Rani Mraz|website=Discogs|year=2004 }}</ref> The album featured folk rock sound similar to the one on ''Na posletku''. The album featured rerecorded "Priča o Vasi Ladačkom" and the instrumental track based on it, "Pričica o Vasi L." (Short Story about Vasa L.). The album also featured the song "Maliganska", which Balašević wrote at the beginning of his career and unsuccessfully offered to [[Zvonko Bogdan]], and which was previously released by pop rock/folk rock band [[Apsolutno Romantično]] under the title ''Đoletova pesma'' (''Đole's Song'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegram.hr/kultura/kako-je-dobio-prezime-stav-o-milosevicu-i-ostali-detalji-iz-nevjerojatnog-zivota-dorda-balasevica/|title=Kako je dobio prezime, stav o Miloševiću i ostali detalji iz nevjerojatnog života Đorđa Balaševića|date=19 February 2021|publisher=Telegram|website=telegram.hr|language=hr}}</ref> The album, beside old associates, featured Zoran and Pera Alvirović (of Apsolutno Romantično), Andrej Maglovski ([[accordion]]), Stevan Mošo ([[Tamburica#Types of tamburica|prim]]), Beni Ćibri (double bass), Agota Vitkai Kučera ([[soprano]]), St. George Choir, and others.<ref name="Rani mraz at Discogs"/>