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The Songs of My Mother (Песни моей мамы) is a Russian album by the singer Vitas. It was released on the 3rd of April 2004.[1][Note 1] Together with the previous album Mama, the two albums were a tribute to his late mother. Songs from these albums featured heavily in the setlist of Vitas' extensive world tour The Songs of My Mother, performed at hundreds of venues in several countries from 2004-2006.[2]
Songs of My Mother | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | April 3, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2001–2003 | |||
Genre | Pop, folk | |||
Length | 43:19 | |||
Label | Iceberg Music | |||
Producer | Eduard Izmestyev | |||
Vitas chronology | ||||
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While Mama included several new songs written by Vitas, Songs of My Mother consists entirely of cover versions of popular older songs, described as "the gold reserves of Russian pop music",[3] including the 1980 song, The Bird of Happiness, composed by Aleksandra Pakhmutova and Nikolai Dobronravov (from Yuri Ozerov's 1981 film O Sport, You - the world!), previously recorded by the vocal – instrumental ensemble Zdravstvuy, Pesnya, among others.[4][5] The song The Bird of Happiness became from 1981 on forward the most successful in both Russia and China,[6] and is still often performed by Vitas on stage. The song Chrysanthemums Have Faded was previously included on Vitas' Smile! album. All the other tracks were newly recorded for Songs of My Mother.
Vitas performed a piano-backed arrangement of Winter on a Russian New Year TV show in 2002.[7]
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Lyrics | Music | English title | Length |
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1. | "Птица счастья" | Nikolai Dobronravov | Aleksandra Pakhmutova | The Bird of Happiness | 3:25 |
2. | "Любите, пока любится" | Mikhail Ryabinin | Aleksandr Morozov | Love While You Can | 3:22 |
3. | "В краю магнолий" | Yuriy Martsinkyevich | Morozov | In the District of Magnolias | 3:56 |
4. | "Всё могут короли" | Leonid Derbenev | Boris Rychkov | Kings Can Do Everything | 3:33 |
5. | "Зима" | Sergey Ostrovoy | Eduard Khanok | Winter | 3:12 |
6. | "Гадалка" | Derbenev | Maksim Dunayevsky | Fortune Teller | 3:40 |
7. | "Букет" | Nikolay Rubtsov | Aleksandr Barykin | Bouquet | 3:04 |
8. | "Морская песенка" | Mikhail Slovodskoy, Vadim Dykhovichniy | Nikita Bogoslovsky | A Sea Song | 2:30 |
9. | "Говорящая кукла" | Grigoriy Gorbovskiy | Morozov | The Speaking Doll | 2:53 |
10. | "Отцвели хризантемы" | Vasiliy Shumskiy | Nikolai Kharito | Chrysanthemums Have Faded | 3:54 |
11. | "Горький мёд" | Vadim Pavlinov | Oleg Ivanov | Bitter Honey | 3:41 |
12. | "А цыган идёт" | Rudyard Kipling, translated by Grigory Kruzhkov | Aleksandr Petrov | And the Gypsy Is Going | 2:59 |
13. | "Одесса" | Arkadiy Ukupnik | Mikhail Tanich | Odessa | 3:07 |
No. | Title | Length |
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14. | "Птица счастья" (Trnceformer remix) | 3:31 |
Personnel
edit- Sergey Pudovkin – production
- Mikhail Dobrotvorskiy – management
- Dmitriy Dobrotvorskiy – direction
- Eduard Izmestyev – production, arrangement
- Mikhail Grishin – engineering
- Ilya Grebenyuk – keyboards
- Aleksandr Gruzdev – guitar, saxophone
- Rashit Kiyamov – bass guitar
- Rushan Kharryasov – drums, percussion
- Oboz Design Studio – sleeve design
Notes
edit- ^ Most sources, including official ones, incorrectly state that it was released in 2003. This confusion stems from the fact that the tour promoting both this album and "Mama", which had the same name, began in 2003. But, according to press releases from the time, the actual album was, in fact, released on the 3rd of April 2004.
References
edit- ^ "КЛАССИКУ СОВЕТСКОЙ ЭСТРАДЫ ВИТАС ПОСВЯТИЛ МАМЕ". Intermedia. 25 March 2004. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023.
- ^ Press release Archived September 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ticketone biographical information
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ Vitas singing Winter live, New Year 2002 on YouTube
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