Released at the height of Perestroika and Glasnost, together with a crime thriller titled The Needle released in the same year starring lead vocalist Viktor Tsoi, it would go on to be the band's most popular album both inside and eventually outside the Soviet Union, with songs from the album, including the title track [ru], commonly being listed among top 100 lists of Russian music.

According to Kino drummer Georgy Guryanov, Titov did not fit into their team and always considered himself a member of the Aquarium, working with Tsoi's band only as a guest musician.

[4] To prevent his departure from affecting the group's performance at the planned Leningrad Rock-Club festival, Titov offered Igor Tikhomirov, a former member of the art-rock band "Jungle [ru]" as a replacement.

[5] Thanks to a broader range of instruments acquired via Joanna Stingray, the wife of guitarist Yuri Kasparyan, the band was able to experiment with various styles and genres, including Reggae, Funk, and Hard Rock.

[5] Gruppa krovi’s album cover is reminiscent of the post-war Russian avant-garde and pre-war suprematist movements, and the art of artists such as El Lissitzky.