Dudu (album)
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Dudu is a 2003 studio album by Tarkan. This was his first album to be released through his own record label, HITT Music. It holds five songs and five remixes. The sales of album exceed 2.5 million copies worldwide, from which over 1 million were sold just in Turkey. To support album from November 2003 Tarkan started to gave solo performances in Turkey and other countries. In 2004 as part of Dudu World tour Tarkan visited Austria
, Germany
, France
, USA, Ukraine
, Russia
, Finland
, Holland, Azerbaijan
and Kazakhstan
. All concerts were very successful.
. Technically it could be classed as an EP release with only five edits and five remixes, but it is generally viewed as an album as its track length is over 35 minutes. Dudu was the first hybrid album of its kind in Turkey to sell over 1,000,000 copies. Tarkan once again collaborated with singer-songwriter Nazan Öncel
for this album after a successful collaboration on his Karma
album. - courtesy of Ali Yildirim
"Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (Şatıroğlu Mix)" - '5:47'
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, USA, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, Holland, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
and Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...
. All concerts were very successful.
Track listing
- Dudu, 2003
- Dudu (4:35)
- Bu Şarkılar Da Olmasa (4:26)
- Gülümse Kaderine (3:47)
- Sorma Kalbim (4:35)
- Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (4:57)
- Dudu (Ozan Çolakoğlu Remix) (4:51)
- Gülümse Kaderine (Devrim Remix) (5:18)
- Bu Şarkılar Da Olmasa (Devrim Remix) (5:52)
- Dudu (Özgur Buldum Remix) (3:54)
- Gülümse Kaderine (Murat Matthew Erdem Remix) (4:54)
- Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (Ozan Çolakoğlu Remix) (5:47)
Album credits
- Personnel Crew:
- Production: Hitt Music
- Produced by: Tarkan
- Distributor: Istanbul Plak Ltd.
- Producer: Tarkan & Ozan ÇolakoğluOzan ÇolakogluOzan Çolakoğlu is a Turkish composer, songwriter and music producer; famous for his work with pop idol Tarkan and his various film scores. He co-founded the production company Sarı Ev , but left it in 2010 to work for dB Müzik....
- Mix: Murat Matthew Erdem
- Mastering: Tim Young, Metropolist Studios London
- Recorded at: Sari Ev (Kayit ve Mix), Imaj, ASM (Uzun Ince Bir Yoldayim Mix)
- Executive Producer: Egemen Öncel
- Photos: Hasan Hüseyin
- Hair Design: Mete Türkmen
- Make-up Artist: Neriman Eröz
- Costume Coordinator: Gülümser Gürtunca
Guest musicians
- Instruments:
- Classical GuitarClassical guitarThe classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
- Erdem Sökmen, Ayhan Gunyil - Electric, Bass (GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Nurkan Renda - OudOudThe oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in North African and Middle Eastern music. The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths...
- Ilyas Tetik - Strings - Gündem Yayli Grubu (String Band)
- String Arrangements (Track 2) - Hamit Undas
- Classical Guitar
- For Track 5:
- Background vocals, BaglamaBaglamathumb|180px|Cura and bağlamaThe bağlama is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia....
(Lead, Bass) - Arif Sağ - Baglama (Arpeggio), Selpe - Erdal Erzincan
- Balaban - Ertan Tekin
- Percussion - Mehmet Akatay, Cengiz Ercumer, Arif Sağ
- Background vocals, Baglama
Music videos
- Dudu
- Gülümse Kaderine
- Sorma Kalbim
- Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (The music video was filmed to a remixed version that does not appear on the album.)
Extra information
Tarkan's 2003 musical offering was his first album to be released under his own label HITT Music and the first Tarkan album to be packaged in a DigipakDigipak
Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:...
. Technically it could be classed as an EP release with only five edits and five remixes, but it is generally viewed as an album as its track length is over 35 minutes. Dudu was the first hybrid album of its kind in Turkey to sell over 1,000,000 copies. Tarkan once again collaborated with singer-songwriter Nazan Öncel
Nazan Öncel
Nazan Öncel is one of Turkey's most successful and famous pop music and pop rock singers/songwriters. She writes her own songs, does the arrangements for most of them and has also written songs for many famous singers such as Tarkan and İbrahim Tatlıses.She's mostly known for her unique writing...
for this album after a successful collaboration on his Karma
Karma (Tarkan album)
Karma is Tarkan's 2001 studio album. His fifth music project and his fourth original release, this album moved away from pop to worldbeat melodies fused with electronica sounds and became the all time sixth best selling album in Turkey. Apart from Turkey, album was released in many EU countries,...
album. - courtesy of Ali Yildirim
"Uzun İnce Bir Yoldayım (Şatıroğlu Mix)" - '5:47'
External links
- Dudu Official Album Website in Turkish and English
- Album and Song Lyrics Information in English
- Ozgur Buldum