Vesyolye Ulybki
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Vesyolye Ulybki / Happy Smiles (Cyrillic
: Весёлые Улыбки; Translated
: Happy Smiles; Transliteration
: Vesyolye Ulybki) is t.A.T.u's third Russian studio album, released on October 21, 2008. The album's working title was Управление Отбросами (Transliterized: Upravlyeniye Otbrosami) translated as "Waste Management". The album reached sales of more than 200,000 copies in Russia. The English counterpart, Waste Management
, was released in December 2009.
Demo versions of nearly every song on the album can be found online.
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
: Весёлые Улыбки; Translated
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
: Happy Smiles; Transliteration
Transliteration
Transliteration is a subset of the science of hermeneutics. It is a form of translation, and is the practice of converting a text from one script into another...
: Vesyolye Ulybki) is t.A.T.u's third Russian studio album, released on October 21, 2008. The album's working title was Управление Отбросами (Transliterized: Upravlyeniye Otbrosami) translated as "Waste Management". The album reached sales of more than 200,000 copies in Russia. The English counterpart, Waste Management
Waste Management (album)
Waste Management is the third English-language studio album, and the sixth studio album overall, by the Russian duo t.A.T.u.. It is the English version of Vesyolye Ulybki...
, was released in December 2009.
Demo versions of nearly every song on the album can be found online.
Singles
- The first single from the album, "Beliy PlaschikBeliy Plaschik"Beliy Plaschik" is the premiere single from t.A.T.u's third Russian album Vesyolye Ulybki. White Robe, the English version, is also a single from t.A.T.u's third English album Waste Management. Music by Vanya Kilar and lyrics by T.A...
", was released in November 2007. The music video was released on November 29, 2007. The uncensored video can be seen here. The single had a limited maxi-Single with the song, remixes and the following single, "220". It also had mobile wallpapers, , a poster and a coupon for a discount of 50 roubles for the supposed album Upravleniye Otbrosami, which expired in June 2008, but they were still valid for the discount of the album of "Vesyolye Ulybki" - The second single, "220", was released in April 2008. The song was included in the Beliy Plaschik maxi-single and featured 3 mobile wallpapers. A music video was released in June 2008 that featured the group in 'burlesque'-styled costumes dancing and singing to the song.
- The third single, "You and I", was released exclusively to Love Radio in Russia for three days on September 12, 2008 and then on Europa Plus Radio in UkraineUkraineUkraine 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...
on September 16. - The fourth single, "SnegopadySnegopady"Snegopady" is the fourth single from t.A.T.u.'s third Russian album Vesyolye Ulybki. Music by Slowman and lyrics by Katya Salem and T.A. Music.-Song information:...
", was released in April 2009. A trailer for the music video and a premiere date of April 17 were posted on April 9. After the video premiered, two different versions were posted on t. A.T.u's official YouTube: the TV version and the special "Heart Attack Edition", which is the video without the song playing.
Track listing
- "Intro" (V. Kilar) – 3:09
- "Beliy PlaschikBeliy Plaschik"Beliy Plaschik" is the premiere single from t.A.T.u's third Russian album Vesyolye Ulybki. White Robe, the English version, is also a single from t.A.T.u's third English album Waste Management. Music by Vanya Kilar and lyrics by T.A...
(Белый Плащик) (White Robe)" (V. Kilar, M. Maxakova, T.A. Music) – 3:14 - "You and I" (E. Buller, A. Kubiszewski) – 3:16
- "SnegopadySnegopady"Snegopady" is the fourth single from t.A.T.u.'s third Russian album Vesyolye Ulybki. Music by Slowman and lyrics by Katya Salem and T.A. Music.-Song information:...
(Снегопады) (Snowfalls)" (Slowman, K. Salem, T.A. Music) – 3:15 - "220" (V. Polienko) – 3:07
- "Marsianskie Glaza (Марсианские Глаза) (Martian Eyes)" (S. Galoyan, T.A. Music) – 3:10
- "Chelovechki (Человечки) (Little People)" (Slowman, T.A. Music) – 3:27
- "Vesyolye Ulybki (Весёлые Улыбки) (Happy Smiles)" (E. Matveidzev) – 2:04
- "Running Blind" (J. Schramm, L. Reinatz, C. Behrens, Sven Martin, R. Schwenger, L. Dissing) – 3:39
- "Fly on the Wall" (J. Alexander, B. Steinberg) – 3:59
- "Vremya Luny (Время Луны) (Time of the Moon)" (V. Kilar, T.A. Music) – 3:23
- "Ne Zhaley (Не Жалей) (Don't Regret)" (V. Kilar, T.A. Music) – 3:06
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format |
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| 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... |
17 October 2008 | T.A. Music Soyuz Music | Pre-order download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
| 21 October 2008 | CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
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| iTunes World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... (Released with the title of "Happy Smiles", though it's the Russian counterpart) |
Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
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| Amazon World World is a common name for the whole of human civilization, specifically human experience, history, or the human condition in general, worldwide, i.e. anywhere on Earth.... (Released with English title, though it's the Russian counterpart) |
21 November 2008 | Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment... |
External links
- t.A.T.u.'s interview. Time Out Moscow. 1 September 2008