# Karel Kryl

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Karel Kryl in HitMasters: 251 songs as collectible cards. Most popular: “Anděl”. 9 releases in the catalog. Free to collect as cards in HitMasters.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tracks | 251 |
| YouTube Music subscribers | 14,600 |
| YouTube Music | [https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCGQYJ8wN5LHVu5ZjnZTJj9w](https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCGQYJ8wN5LHVu5ZjnZTJj9w) |

## About

Karel Kryl was a Czechoslovak poet, singer-songwriter and author of many hit protest songs in which he explicitly criticized the Communist regimes in his home country for their hypocrisy and inhumanity. The lyrics of Kryl's songs are highly poetic and sophisticated, with perfect rhyming and a frequent use of metaphors and historical allusions. The sparse sounds of his guitar served to underscore the natural flow of the lyrics themselves. Kryl has been compared with the young Bob Dylan, because of the complexity of his lyrics, his accompaniment by a single acoustic guitar, and his great popularity. Having lived for twenty years in forced exile, he was initially keen on the collapse of communism in his country, but very quickly he became bitterly and uncompromisingly critical of the new regime and its protagonists as well, including Václav Havel, and especially of those who were responsible for the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992.

Text: Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel\_Kryl), CC BY-SA license.

## Most popular songs

- [Anděl – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-andel-jIPwzMgPVqE)
- [Anděl – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-andel-0An6Pglqg1g)
- [Karavana mraků – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-karavana-mraku-K-wVTb8ukbY)
- [Veličenstvo Kat – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-velicenstvo-kat-3r0OPo4ITGU)
- [Veličenstvo Kat – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-velicenstvo-kat-FBGF7VJRhss)
- [Morituri te salutant – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-morituri-te-salutant-nrM_tMSctlg)
- [Morituri te salutant – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-morituri-te-salutant-j-nOcsaCrc4)
- [Bratříčku, zavírej vrátka – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-bratricku-zavirej-vratka-PTjttFge_rI)
- [Píseň Neznámého vojína – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-pisen-neznameho-vojina-EyMGq6tIBew)
- [Děkuji – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-dekuji-KKN0BcGCi8I)
- [Píseň Neznámého vojína – Karel Kryl (B-Side)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-pisen-neznameho-vojina-B3_UrCOJgqk)
- [Lásko – Karel Kryl (Demo)](https://hit-masters.com/en/tracks/karel-kryl-lasko-vS8rMJsmjJU)

## Releases

- [Kryl: Zas padá listí…/ Básně 1962–1991 Audiokniha (2025)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-kryl-zas-pada-listi-basne-1962-1991-audiokniha-MPREb_kxdPUbU1lb9)
- [Solidarita. Mnichov 1982 (2014)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-solidarita-mnichov-1982-MPREb_HDtriyXia82)
- [Kdo jsem...? (2012)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-kdo-jsem-MPREb_FMBt2HVSRpv)
- [Koncert 1989 (2012)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-koncert-1989-MPREb_vhGKGBG9XYc)
- [Ostrava 1967-1969 (2009)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-ostrava-1967-1969-MPREb_IFMQXcDN16i)
- [To nejlepší (2009)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-to-nejlepsi-MPREb_Zim6t9wRGN5)
- [Živě v Československu 1969 (2009)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-zive-v-ceskoslovensku-1969-MPREb_eteudGkb3fU)
- [Live\! (2006)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-live-MPREb_eDfRf0AquXz)
- [Bratříčku, zavírej vrátka (1969)](https://hit-masters.com/en/albums/karel-kryl-bratricku-zavirej-vratka-MPREb_D5mwwIAR6ob)

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