Vesyolye Ulybki

Vesyolye Ulybki / Веселые Улыбки
Studio album by t.A.T.u.
Released	October 21, 2008 (2008-10-21) (See release history)
Recorded	2007-2008
Genre	Synthpop, Electropop, Dance-pop, Electronica, Pop rock
Length	38:48 minutes
Language	Russian English (3 tracks)
Label	T.A. Music
Producer	T.A. Music, Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, Sergio Galoyan, Boris Renski (executive)
Professional reviews
Newsmusic.ru link Sputnikmusic link
t.A.T.u. chronology
The Best (2005) Vesyoliye Ulybki / Happy Smiles (2008) Waste Management (2009)
Alternate Covers
iTunes cover
Singles from Vesyolye Ulybki
"Beliy Plaschik" Released: November 29, 2007 "220" Released: April 15, 2008 "You and I" Released: September 12, 2008 "Snegopady" Released: April 17, 2009

Vesyolye Ulybki / Happy Smiles (Cyrillic: Весёлые улыбки; Translated: Happy Smiles; Romanization: Vesyolye Ulybki) is t.A.T.u's third studio album. The album's working title was Upravleniye Otbrosami / Управление отбросами (in English, Waste Management) and it was released on October 21. The album reached sales of more than 200,000 copies in Russia. ^[1][2]

Singles

• The first single from the album, "Beliy Plaschik", was released in November 2007. The music video was released on November 29, 2007.^[3] The single had a limited Maxi-Single with the song, remixes and the following single, "220". It also had mobile wallpapers, ring tones, 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"^[1][4]

• 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.^[5]

• The third single, "You and I", was released exclusively to Love Radio in Russia for three days on September 12, 2008^[6] and then on Europa Plus Radio in Ukraine on September 16.^[7]

• The fourth single, "Snegopady", was released in April 2009. A trailer for the music video and a premiere date of April 17 were posted on April 9.^[8] 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.^[9][10]

Track listing

1. "Intro" (V. Kilar) – 3:09
2. "Beliy Plaschik (Белый плащик)" (V. Kilar, M. Maxakova, T.A. Music) – 3:14
3. "You and I" (E. Buller, A. Kubiszewski) – 3:14
4. "Snegopady (Снегопады)" (Slowman, K. Salem, T.A. Music) – 3:16
5. "220" (V. Polienko) – 3:09
6. "Marsianskie Glaza (Марсианские глаза)" (S. Galoyan, T.A. Music) – 3:09
7. "Chelovechki (Человечки)" (Slowman, T.A. Music) – 3:28
8. "Veselye Ulybki/ Happy Smiles (Весёлые улыбки)" (E. Matveidzev) – 2:05
9. "Running Blind" (J. Schramm, L. Reinatz, C. Behrens, Sven Martin, R. Schwenger, L. Dissing) – 3:40
10. "Fly on the Wall" (J. Alexander, B. Steinberg) – 3:57
11. "Vremya Luny (Время Луны)" (V. Kilar, T.A. Music) – 3:24
12. "Ne Zhaley (Не жалей)" (V. Kilar, T.A. Music) – 3:06

Release history

Certifications, peaks and sales

References

External links

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