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Russia: t.A.T.u release new album
t.A.T.u.'s third studio album "Happy Smiles" was released October 21. Previous to that, in May 2008 t.A.T.u. released the most unique maxisingle in band's history – Beliy Plaschik which appeared on 15th line of Billboard Russia magazine May Album Sales Chart.
Veselye Ulybki (Happy Smiles) contains 12 tracks. For almost a yearthe working title of the album was Upravleniye Otbrosami (Waste Management). - "But a month before the release - for the sake of ironic smile of those, who understand –the title changed. The essence, however, remained", states the band.
Songs for Happy Smiles have contributed: Masha Maksakova, a 16-year-old school girl from St. Petersburg who also wrote the lyrics Beliy Plaschik is based on, Billy Steinberg, who has written for Madonna as well as t.A.T.u. smash hit All about us in 2005, Valery Polienko and Sergei Galoyan, the composer of Not gonna get us. Songs from the album will be part of the soundtrack of You and I, a film by Roland Joffe, expected to be released in 2009.
Happy smiles track list
1. Intro
2. Beliy Plaschik
3. You and I
4. Snegopady
5. 220
6. Marsianskiye Glaza
7. Chelovechki
8. Happy Smiles
9. Running Blind
10. Fly on the Wall
11. Vremya Luny
12. Ne Zhaley
Tatu 220
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i did not like the album at all
t.A.T.u.!! wow what a great album!! such strong tracks!with own sound..i love snegopady!! fly on the wall..super! 220 great!
vremya luny wow! everythin is great about this! amazing soundtrack aswell..
''Is it fair to be burned away?
Is it fair that we live this way?
Victimized for a life we didn't ask for'''
You And I
Jonny
lol. Yeah, they do look like Jonathan and Philip 
Sorry Stockholm, although Mina does make a very good point lol 
Btw our semi final commentator, Paddy O Connell, said that Elnur & Samir looked alot like Jonathan Ross and Philip Scofield in their ESC performance 
(ina jokey way )
Jonathan Ross - http://www.nyt.co.uk/Jonathan-Ross.jpg (Samir)
Philip Scofield - http://blogs.orange.(...)_30jan08_rex_250.jpg (Elnur)
What d'you think?!
i love tatu, although i dont find this album as good as the first two
Chris p, this article is about current album, if you wanna discuss them on Eurovision than go on the 4um and discuss it there other than the theme of this article is off topic it's simple as that. Their lame performance in 2003 and their great new album have nothing in common.
220 is lame, so is their performance at eurovision 2003 (bad vocals)
Stockholm is right. With 'day after day' my hearing was only affected for 3 months whereas with Tatu it was a whole year..LOOOOOOOOOL
Jonny
How dare you compare "Ne ver ne boisia" to "Day after day" 
Thanks Chris and Mina
Jonny, at a guess, i'd say about 1/2 the world observes daylight savings/summer time zone shifts [url= http://en.wikipedia.(...)aving_time_around_th e_world
About Tatu...well, they came and went pretty quickly in my part of the world, and aren't really my cup of tea. The reason we still talk about their Eurovision performance is because this site is about Eurovision...although, during the "off-season" they have to fill the pages with something, so we end up with articles that aren't really about Eurovision. It gives people a chance to see how some acts are doing etc. and gives us fans a chance to share memories of Eurovision. If they did a brilliant job and everyone was praising them, would people be so quick to call for us to "stop living in the past"?
Disappointed by the album! I mean...it's pleasant to listen to, but no song makes me go wow :/
Jonny,
yes, we do exactly the same. It's 13:04 here right now.
Dogu Ken, absolutely agree with you.
each song is special. They became mature. Not even in my wildest dreams I expected such songs like Marsianskie Glaza and Fly on the Wall.
Ne Zhaley is a schedevral song. MUCH better than anything what they've done before, better than 30 Minutes for sure. I'd like them to come back with such song, with their new team and the new band. Unlike some people I'm not stuck in the past on 1 shitty performance, I adore their new sound and I'd like to hear them on ESC again.
usually t.A.T.u. sing much better live than on ESC '03. Yulya had problems with throat + they didn't rehearse properly (their fault) so obviously it was a huge mess. I have a lot of DVDs with their concerts, they sing great live. That 2003 performance was a true shock for Russian fans as well but we heard much more than 1 performance and we know how they can sing. Their recent promo gigs just prove my words.
Btw can someoene help me out here! I know this is totally off topic but its really bugging me.
In the UK we turn our clocks back an hour on the last Sunday of October, and turne them forward and hour on the last Sunday of March. So at the moment we're 1 hour behind GMT because we turned our clocks back an hour today.
Do any other countries do this?
"it took me a whole year to repair my hearing after listening to their screams in 2003"
Lolllll Mina! 
I'd rather listen to "day after day" than "ne ver ne bojsia", and that says ALOT!
w s
I normally really don't like their songs, but one song I do like by them is "Gomenasai"
Perfect album!Each song has its own mood and gets you in unbelievably fast.I was in love with the songs before finishing the first listen.Fly On The Wall is definately going to be a huge hit for those who try extremely hard not to listen a song from them.As for Eurovision,how can you remain in the past like this?After morethan 5 years you can still critisize them for the same reasons.Ever bothered to check what was new for them?Let me tell some,they began to sing live with a rock-based band behind them and have their own label.They achieved to produce and release this "Veselye Ulybki/Happy Smiles" without any support of a label.Even this is a reason to congratulate them.Thanks t.A.T.u. for rocking my world!!
i loved their entry in 2003, even though they didnt sing very well at all (maybe if they hadve sung properly theydve won )
I agree with Jonny. Tatu's entry was one of the worst songs of Eurovision in my opinion and their voices..brrrrrrrrrr....it took me a whole year to repair my hearing after listening to their screams in 2003. Unfortunately I was with company and they didn't let me turn the sound off...LOL
You are right Jonny. I like a lot of t.A.T.u,s songs, but "Ne ver ne boisja" is not one of them. Too messy in my opinion. I think a song like for example "30 minutes" would be great in eurovision.
I don't know why everybody likes them so much! I think their ESC performance was awful, the song was awful, they really didn't deserve such a high place over other countries like Netherlands, Estonia, Portugal etc. People say Jemini's vocals were bad in Riga, and yes they were for the first verse but for the rest of the song they improved, T.a.t.u's vocals were awful for the whole song!
Good luck to them but I really am not a fan!
is anybody going to post the new about the new video of Elitsa and Stoyan?WHy you never post the nws for Bulgaria?
t.A.T.u should have won the ESC...
TATU are the best, but absolutely perfect was their first russian album 200 po vstrechnoy, hits like Nas ne dogonyat, Ya soshla s uma, Robot, Zachem Ya etc. are the best!!! From this new album are good songs for example Beliy plaschik and Chelovechki, 220 is not good song, and lyrics are... emmm, strange... Zaychiki na stene, posle zakata umirayut, ok but refrain: 220 na sebya, 220 na neyo... They have better songs with better lyrics...
Also check all their songs by their new album, here http://www.youtube.c(...)/watch?v=6hO_h8WwSBk !
AWESOME album, imho the best album, even better than 200 Po Vstrechnoy.
There are songs that remind past, there are totally new songs which are quite surprising... I like ballads. esp Ne Zhaley.
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