Bitanga i princeza (trans. The Lowlife and the Princess) is the fourth studio album by Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme, released in 1979. Bitanga i princeza was Bijelo Dugme's first album to feature Điđi Jankelić on drums. It was the band's last hard rock-oriented album before their switch to new wave in the following year. In 1998, Bitanga i princeza was polled as the 10th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav rock and pop albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best Albums of Yugoslav Pop and Rock Music). In 2015, the album was pronounced the 15th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav albums published by Croatian edition of Rolling Stone. Background Personnel changes: Ivandić and Ristovski replaced with Jankelić and Pravdić After the joint spring 1978 departure of drummer Ipe Ivandić and keyboardist Laza Ristovski—who ended up leaving together amid acrimony while working on their side project Stižemo—Bijelo Dugme got rejoined by former keyboardist Vlado Pravdić while Ivandić was replaced with Điđi Jankelić. Pravdić had previously left the band in fall 1976 to serve his mandatory Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) stint but ended up not reclaiming his spot even after being discharged from the army as Bregović decided to keep Ristovski permanently. Jankelić, on the other hand, was completely new to Bijelo Dugme, arriving via appearing on the band's vocalist Željko Bebek's solo album side project Skoro da smo isti (We're Almost the Same) that had been released several months earlier to poor reviews and inferior commercial reception. The band started preparing their new studio album during early fall 1978 in Niška Banja‚ while Bijelo Dugme's leader Goran Bregović was still serving the army in Niš, but they definitely reunited in Sarajevo on 1 November. Recording sessions Originally, the band's record label, Jugoton, booked London's AIR Studios on Oxford Street (where the band's previous two studio albums had been recorded) for the end of November 1978 with a view of releasing the record in time for New Years holidays in Yugoslavia. However, as it became clear the band would not be able to record in November—and re-booking of AIR Studios could not be arranged on short notice—the recording sessions were moved to Belgrade. The album was recorded during January 1979 in PGP-RTB Studio in Belgrade followed by the mastering process in London's Abbey Road Studios. Just like the