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]

Smile!
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 11, 2002 (2002-03-11)
Recorded2001–02
LabelIceberg,
Moon
Vitas chronology
Philosophy of Miracle (Philosophiya chuda) Smile!
(2002)
Mama
(2003)

Release

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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

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Track number Russian title [7] English title [8] Music [9] Lyrics [9]
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

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  1. ^ "БЕЛЫЙ АЛЬБОМ ВИТАСА «С УЛЫБКОЙ»". InterMedia. 10 March 2002. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b WikiMusicGuide Archived 2009-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Vitas official discography: Kremlin concert Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Vitas official discography: the single Good-bye Archived 2009-04-18 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Asian cinema webpage
  6. ^ Amazon review
  7. ^ Official discography track list: Russian Archived April 13, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Official discography track list: English Archived April 18, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ a b Lyrics home: authors (original languages)
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