Vesyolye Ulybki

Vesyolye Ulybki
Studio album by t.A.T.u.
Released	21 October 2008 (2008-10-21) (See release history)
Genre	Eurodance, electronica, electronic rock, pop rock
Length	38:54
Language	Russian English (3 tracks)
Label	Studia Soyuz
Producer	T.A. Music, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, Sergio Galoyan, Boris Renski (executive)
t.A.T.u. chronology
The Best (2006) Vesyolye Ulybki (2008) Waste Management (2009)
Alternative covers
iTunes cover
Singles from Vesyolye Ulybki
"Beliy Plaschik" Released: 29 November 2007 "220" Released: 15 April 2008 "You and I" Released: 12 September 2008 "Snegopady" Released: 17 April 2009

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Newsmusic.ru	[1]
Sputnikmusic	[2]

Vesyolye Ulybki (Cyrillic: Веселые Улыбки; translation: Happy Smiles) is t.A.T.u.'s third Russian studio album, released on 21 October 2008. The album's working title was Upravlyeniye Otbrosami (Cyrillic: Управление Отбросами; translation: 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 have leaked online.

Singles

• The first single from the album, "Beliy Plaschik", was released in November 2007. The music video was released on 29 November 2007.^[5] The single was released as a maxi-single with the song, remixes and the second 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 12 September 2008^[8] and then on Europa Plus Radio in Ukraine on 16 September.^[9]
• The fourth single, "Snegopady", was released in April 2009. A trailer for the music video and a premiere date of 17 April were posted on 9 April.^[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

Release history

Notes

• "Intro" is an instrumental version of "Не Жалей" ("Ne Zhaley").
• "Веселые Улыбки" ("Vesyolye Ulybki"), is the same instrumental track as "Waste Management" on the Waste Management album.

References

External links

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