Smile! (Улыбнись!, Ulybnis!) is a Russian album by Vitas (Витас), released on 11 March 2002.[1] Several songs from this album featured in his Philosophy of Miracle concert programme, whose performance at the Kremlin earned Vitas a record as the youngest artist to perform a solo concert at the State Kremlin Palace;[2] a DVD of this concert was later released.[3]
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| Released | March 11, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001-02 | |||
| Label | Iceberg, Moon | |||
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Release edit
The title track won the Russian Golden Gramophone and People's Hit awards.[2] "Good-bye" was released as a single, which included 5 different mixes of the song, the tracks "Ave Maria" and "Byelorussia", and the music video for "Opera #1" from his previous album Philosophy of Miracle.[4] "Good-bye" is notable for Vitas' extreme bass vocals, in contrast to his more usual high-pitched vocals.[5] "Blessed Guru" (sometimes translated "Blissful Guru") also exercises his seldom-used bass range.[6] The song titles "Good-bye" and "Do Svidaniya" (Russian: "До свидания", usually listed in English as "See You Later", as in the track listing here) can cause some confusion because the latter is often translated as "Goodbye".
It also includes Vitas' rendition of "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert with a contrasting hellish operatic ending; a shortened version without this ending was included in Vitas' 2010 compilation album Masterpieces of Three Centuries.
Track listing edit
| Track number | Russian title [7] | English title [8] | Music [9] | Lyrics [9] |
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| 01 | Улыбнись | Smile! | Vitas | D. Plachkovsky |
| 02 | Блаженный Гуру | Blessed Guru | Vitas | Vitas |
| 03 | Восковые фигуры | Wax Figures | Vitas | D. Plachkovsky, Vitas, S. Pudovkin |
| 04 | Плачет чужая тоска | Someone's Melancholy Is Crying | Vitas | D. Plachovsky |
| 05 | Аве Мария | Ave Maria | Franz Schubert | Traditional prayer |
| 06 | Холодный мир | The Cold World | V. Molchanov | D. Plachkovsky |
| 07 | Остров затонувших кораблей | The Island Of Sunken Ships | O. Gazmanov | E. Nebylova |
| 08 | Фантастические сны | Fantastic Dreams | Vitas | Vitas, D. Plachkovsky |
| 09 | Good-bye | Good-bye | Vitas | Vitas |
| 10 | Счастье | Happiness | Vitas | Vitas |
| 11 | Отцвели хризантемы | Chrysanthemums Have Faded Out | N. Harito | V. Shumsky |
| 12 | Дождь в Тбилиси | Rain in Tbilisi | Vitas | Ratner |
| 13 | Слепой художник | Blind Painter | Vitas | D. Plachkovsky, Vitas, S. Pudovkin |
| 14 | Милая музыка | Lovely Music | Vitas | Vitas |
| 15 | Белоруссия | Byelorussia | Alexandra Pakhmutova | N. Dobronravov |
| 16 | До свидания | See You Later (Do Svidaniya) | Vitas | Vitas |
References edit
- ^ "БЕЛЫЙ АЛЬБОМ ВИТАСА «С УЛЫБКОЙ»". InterMedia. 10 March 2002. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023.
- ^ a b WikiMusicGuide Archived 2009-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vitas official discography: Kremlin concert Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Vitas official discography: the single Good-bye Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Asian cinema webpage
- ^ Amazon review
- ^ Official discography track list: Russian Archived April 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Official discography track list: English Archived April 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Lyrics home: authors (original languages)
External links edit
- Official Site
- Vitas on Facebook
- Vitas' producer on Facebook
- Amazon reviews
- English translations of lyrics
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