Czeslaw Niemen's Niemen Enigmatic

Niemen  Enigmatic is the fourth album in the career of Czeslaw Niemen, arguably  one of the greatest Polish musicians of all time (from pop and rock to  jazz-rock and avant-garde). The book asks how significant was this  album? How enduring is its popularity? Has the popularity and meanings  changed over time? It does this by unpacking its production, which was  unprecedented in the history of the Polish popular music due to its  large number of musicians with varied backgrounds, including progressive  rock, mixing jazz, rock and soul with classical music. It also examines  its appeal to different segments of Polish population, and failure to  reach foreign audiences, despite Niemen himself privileging this album,  especially its centrepiece, Bema pamieci zalobny rapsod (Mournful  Rhapsody in Memoriam of Bem aka A Funeral Rhapsody in Memory of General  Bem aka Mourner's Rhapsody), in his attempt to make a career abroad.