Smile! (Vitas album)
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Smile! is a Russian
album by Vitas
(Витас), released in 2002. 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
; a DVD of this concert was later released.
The title track won the Russian Golden Gramophone and People's Hit awards.
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
. Good-bye is notable for Vitas' extreme bass vocals, in contrast to his more usual high-pitched vocals. Blessed Guru (sometimes translated Blissful Guru) also exercises his seldom-used bass range. The song titles Good-bye and Do Svidaniya (Russian: До свидания, usually listed in English as See You Later, as in the tracklisting here) can cause some confusion because the latter is often translated as Goodbye
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...
album by Vitas
Vitas
Vitaliy "Vitalik" Vladasovich Grachyov , better known by his stage name Vitas , is a Russian singer-songwriter.Known for his high falsetto voice, he has been given the nickname "Prince of the Dolphin Voice" in China...
(Витас), released in 2002. 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
State Kremlin Palace
The State Kremlin Palace , formerly and unofficially still better known as the Kremlin Palace of Congresses , is a large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin....
; a DVD of this concert was later released.
The title track won the Russian Golden Gramophone and People's Hit awards.
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
Philosophy of Miracle
Philosophy of Miracle is the debut album by Russian singer Vitas , released in 2001. It is sometimes translated as Philosophy of a Miracle, Philosophy of Wonder or Wonders of Philosophy. It has reportedly sold at least 3.5 million copies in China...
. Good-bye is notable for Vitas' extreme bass vocals, in contrast to his more usual high-pitched vocals. Blessed Guru (sometimes translated Blissful Guru) also exercises his seldom-used bass range. The song titles Good-bye and Do Svidaniya (Russian: До свидания, usually listed in English as See You Later, as in the tracklisting here) can cause some confusion because the latter is often translated as Goodbye
| Track number | Russian title | English title | Music | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |