Vesyolye Ulybki

Vesyolye Ulybki (Cyrillic: Весёлые Улыбки; translation: Happy Smiles) is t.A.T.u's third Russian studio album, released on October 21, 2008. The album's working title was Управление Отбросами (transliteration: Upravlyeniye Otbrosami) translated as "Waste Management". The album reached sales of more than 200,000 copies in Russia.^[3][4] The English counterpart, Waste Management, 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 Plaschik", was released in November 2007. The music video was released on November 29, 2007.^[5] 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"^[3][6]
• 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.^[7]
• The third single, "You and I", was released exclusively to Love Radio in Russia for three days on September 12, 2008^[8] and then on Europa Plus Radio in Ukraine on September 16.^[9]
• The fourth single, "Snegopady", was released in April 2009. A trailer for the music video and a premiere date of April 17 were posted on April 9.^[10] 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.^[11][12]

Track listing

1. "Intro" (V. Kilar) – 3:09
2. "Beliy Plaschik (Белый Плащик) (White Robe)" (V. Kilar, M. Maxakova, T.A. Music) – 3:14
3. "You and I" (E. Buller, A. Kubiszewski) – 3:16
4. "Snegopady (Снегопады) (Snowfalls)" (Slowman, K. Salem, T.A. Music) – 3:15
5. "220" (V. Polienko) – 3:07
6. "Marsianskie Glaza (Марсианские Глаза) (Martian Eyes)" (S. Galoyan, T.A. Music) – 3:10
7. "Chelovechki (Человечки) (Little People)" (Slowman, T.A. Music) – 3:27
8. "Vesyolye Ulybki (Весёлые Улыбки) (Happy Smiles)" (E. Matveidzev) – 2:04
9. "Running Blind" (J. Schramm, L. Reinatz, C. Behrens, Sven Martin, R. Schwenger, L. Dissing) – 3:39
10. "Fly on the Wall" (J. Alexander, B. Steinberg) – 3:59
11. "Vremya Luny (Время Луны) (Time of the Moon)" (V. Kilar, T.A. Music) – 3:23
12. "Ne Zhaley (Не Жалей) (Don't Regret)" (V. Kilar, T.A. Music) – 3:06

Release history

Notes

• The song titled "Intro" is actually the instrumental version of "Не жалей" ("Ne zhaley").
• The title track, "Vesyolye ulybki", is the same instrumental track that is called "Waste Management" on the Waste Management album.

References

External links

• t.A.T.u.'s interview. Time Out Moscow. 1 September 2008