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Whatever the reason; that cover cracks me up!
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| If that's the real title and cover, I'll print the other one and replace it. |
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| Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:19 pm |
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Guys, we finally have really good news at tatu.ru :D
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
So we have four absolutely new songs! Marsianskiye Glaza, Happy Smiles, Running Blind and Fly on the Wall.
Album cover. But do you see the blue booklet? Maybe another cover? :D
Added to the list there is a text in the PDF file.
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“Veselye Ulybki” / “Happy Smiles” is t.A.T.u.’s third[1]
studio album.
After parting with Universal Music in 2006 and touring
Russia as well as playing a set of gigs abroad, in spring
2007 Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova started to record
new material. They worked in Germany, the US (Los-
Angeles) and in Russia. The release of the new album
should have been in December 2007, but Yulia Volkova
was expecting her second baby, and it was decided to
hold the album until the second half of 2008.
Meanwhile t.A.T.u. released two singles - "White Robe"
and "220". The biggest radio stations refused to play
the songs because they “didn’t fit the rest of the
playlist”, but videos for these tracks became the most
discussed works of Russian musicians not only in their
own country, but also in the world and made t.A.T.u.
the only artists, whose videos in Russian language were
taken in heavy airplay by Eastern Europe music TV
channels (Viva Poland, MTV Poland, MTV Baltic, MAD
TV Bulgaria, MAD TV Greece). Both videos got into The
World Chart Express of MTV Europe in March and in
August 2008 respectively.
In May 2008 t.A.T.u. released the most unique maxisingle
in band's history – hyperion-plate "Beliy
Plaschik". The uncensored version of "Beliy Plaschik"
video became the main bonus of this double-disc
edition. Despite the fact that "Beliy Plaschik" single
was available in shops only from 20 May, it appeared
on 15th line of Billboard Russia magazine May Album
Sales Chart.
“Veselye Ulybki” / “Happy Smiles” is 12 songs, born during 3-year-long silence.
For almost a year a 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.
Among “Happy Smiles” contributors there are beginners,
who were lucky to appear in the right place at the
right time (such as Masha Maksakova, a 16-year-old
school girl from St. Petersburg; she wrote the lyrics
“Beliy Plaschik” is based on). There’re also professionals
(Billy Steinberg, an author of the songs for Madonna
as well as t.A.T.u. smash hit “All About Us” (2005));
Valery Polienko, the author of the lyrics for “Ya Soshla
S Uma”, “Nas Ne Dogonyat” (2001), “Obesyanka Nol”
(2005); Sergei Galoyan, a composer of “Not Gonna
Get Us”, “Ne Ver, Ne Boysya, Ne Prosi” songs).
In 2009 “You and I”, a movie directed by Roland
Joffe, should be released. t.A.T.u. songs from the
“Happy Smiles” album will be featured in its
soundtrack.
Distributor SOYUZ
Available at SHOP.TATU.RU
More information:
www.tatu.ru – Official site
www.youtube.com/tatu - Official YouTube
www.myspace.com/tatu - Official MySpace
blog.tatu.ru/Media - Media blog / All important media coverage
blog.tatu.ru/Finding_TATU_Movie - «You and I» movie blog |
Sources:
http://dl1.tatu.ru/trailers/press-release-en.pdf
http://www.tatu.ru/en/news.html?id=668
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.Kotenok., thanks for posting! :thumbsup:
Here's the official news item about the name change:
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September, 09
“Veselye Ulybki” / “Happy Smiles” is t.A.T.u.’s third studio album.
It is comprized of 12 tracks, born during 3-year-long silence.
For almost a year a 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.
Album press-release (in pdf format)
Source: http://www.tatu.ru/en/news.html?id=668 |
"The essence, however, remained." This is what counts, in my opinion. |
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:38 am |
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There is no official release date yet? Well, at least now we know something...
By the way, I'm totally replacing the cover as soon as I have it...
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:06 pm |
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month before the release - for the sake of ironic smile
of those, who understand –the title changed. |
Did anyone else notice that? It says a month before the release...meaning the name change happened this month so that would lead me to believe the album is being released next month!!
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:28 pm |
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Good news! allthough im very disappointed that "Ne Zhaley" seems to be the closing song.
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But do you see the blue booklet? Maybe another cover?
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Hopefully yes, im counting on it.
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:56 pm |
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YAY :DDDDD
I can't wait. The songs Running Blind and Fly on the Wall should prove very interesting. BTW, what does Marsianskiye Glaza mean? Something about an eye.... |
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YAY :DDDDD
I can't wait. The songs Running Blind and Fly on the Wall should prove very interesting. BTW, what does Marsianskiye Glaza mean? Something about an eye.... |
I believe Marsianskiye means martian eyes. It would make sense that the cover is an astronaut, wouldn't it?
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:08 pm |
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Excellent news!!! And that part
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is very interesting!!!
Thanks guys!!!
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:45 pm |
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Wait wait wait. An awful thought just struck me. What if this is the only release we get?! Half the album is Russian and half is English! There won't ultimately be two cds?! 
I hope I'm just having a braincramp and that it's been confirmed we get two releases.... |
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| AshIdiot wrote: |
| Wait wait wait. An awful thought just struck me. What if this is the only release we get?! Half the album is Russian and half is English! There won't ultimately be two cds?! I hope I'm just having a braincramp and that it's been confirmed we get two releases.... |
I reckon the English songs not included in Veselye Ulybki (the ones we know of: Little People, White Robe and the English versions of Snegopady, Vremya Luny and Ne Zhaley) could be included, along with other non-t.A.T.u songs, on a You & I (Finding t.A.T.u) Official Soundtrack next year.
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| In 2009 “You and I”, a movie directed by Roland Joffe, should be released. t.A.T.u. songs from the “Happy Smiles” album will be featured in its soundtrack. |
And I think the release of Veselye Ulybki could be as soon as next week! http://www.music-for-you.ru/product_499001.html
But if not I'll be content with hearing You & I until it is released.[/i] |
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FINALLY, some news! So, so thrilled about the new songs. The title alone is enough to convince me that this album is gonna be amazing. I do wish there was an exact release date but this is still great news.
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:21 pm |
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...I'm speechless and disappointed.
I'm guessing they had legal troubles with their "Waste Management" album with a record company they were trying to get signed with to release that album. Because they're now releasing it online, they have to use a different name.
This name and art work is terrible, one of the worse I've ever seen. They couldn't put a picture of them on the cover? They had to google "Smiliing Astronaut?"
Great to have news on the album though.
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:58 pm |
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| This name and art work is terrible, one of the worse I've ever seen. They couldn't put a picture of them on the cover? They had to google "Smiliing Astronaut?" |
:rofl:
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:14 pm |
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Finally, some official news from the deep abyss!
As for the new title/album cover - it makes sense in light of the most recent interviews with Yulia and Lena. I see the changing of the title to "Happy Smiles" as being the group's way of saying: "F&%$ you! You want happy smiles, well there you go!" to the Russian music industry.
From all the delays of the release of this cd, it has been obvious that they've had trouble "selling" themselves to music labels, and the industry in general, who have wanted them to follow a certain format.
Is their reaction childish or immature? I suppose it depends on who you ask, but for me, this whole change goes a lot deeper than smiling astronauts and "Happy Smiles".
The irony of it all is most definitely "tatuish" and Insider's latest posting on his blog expands a bit on the theme behind the new title/cover:
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Laughing: I am indeed of those
Condemned for ever without repose
To laugh - but who can smile no more.
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I wouldn't be surprised to see the old "Waste Management" photo behind the "Happy Smiles" CD cover. |
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:29 pm |
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| YAY! finally some news! |
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:36 pm |
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I wouldn't be surprised to see the old "Waste Management" photo behind the "Happy Smiles" CD cover. |
4 obvious reasons, i hope so. Wwhyy this photo, ahhhh 
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This name and art work is terrible, one of the worse I've ever seen. They couldn't put a picture of them on the cover? They had to google "Smiliing Astronaut?" |
Im still asking the same
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:22 pm |
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| Im still asking the same |
The "smiling" bit of the photo is ironic. Now I'm not privy to any insider information, so all I say is mere speculation on my part, but this whole title/album cover is t.A.T.u. at its best - doing what they do best: confusing the hell out of everyone.
Yes, it does get frustrating, but this inexplicable nature of the band is what makes them so endearing. That is why many of their fans, myself included, love and have followed them for all these years. It's never simple or easy with t.A.T.u., and given all they have done in the past, you can be sure that they didn't just google the wierdest/silliest photo out there and decide on it with no back thought at all. There is more than meets the eye with this photo/new title - look beyond it. |
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:59 pm |
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yes~ finally something about the new album.. for now, i dont really care what the cover will look like. as long as the album is coming out, i am happy. is mostly about the music, not the cover. 
no release date. i am guessing they dont want to further disappoint fans. 
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| Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:17 pm |
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I think the Waste Management photo with their faces scratched out sent a far better message than this and was disturbing & very interesting; It was VERY t.A.T.u. This cover is just a complete joke. Who cares what point they're trying to accomplish when the cover looks like something a 2 year old makes for their mommy? They may have been pushed for time but even the most amateur photoshopper could have took one of their photos and put text on it.
Sorry. I don't mean to be a complete debbie downer but this is just very disappointing...They have the Marc Jacobs international campaign and a movie coming out and they're supposed to be taken seriously with this album cover?
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| Wed Sep 10, 2008 12:51 am |
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Hmm it definitely looks like the Asian chick is just on the cover of a sleeve of some sort; the actual case looks to be inside of it.
That's what I'm hoping anyway XD
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| Hmm it definitely looks like the Asian chick... |
The "Asian chick" is Yi So-yeon, a South Korean scientist, "the first Korean and the second Asian woman to fly in space" (in April 2008).
Please see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon
I like the cover, it took me a little while to get used to it, but I understand why they changed it. I liked "Waste Management" better, but I think the new cover is more of an eye-catcher - and the subtle (or not so subtle) irony - which may be lost on most, but not on the "insiders" - is clever and very Tatu-ish. They remained true to themselves. |
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| This cover is just a complete joke. Who cares what point they're trying to accomplish when the cover looks like something a 2 year old makes for their mommy? |
I liked the cover the moment I saw it, even though I didn’t believe it was for real. It makes me smile happily. I think it is intended to look like something a child would produce. I’m glad they’ve gone with this cover and I’m absolutely delighted they’ve dropped the name Waste Management.
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| Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:55 am |
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Hey, what about this?
Do you guys think that's what is in the blue booklet?
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Just my opinion but I know they always had a huge fan base in Japan. Maybe the cover is to grab the attention in Japan.
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| Hmm it definitely looks like the Asian chick... |
The "Asian chick" is Yi So-yeon, a South Korean scientist, "the first Korean and the second Asian woman to fly in space" (in April 2008).
Please see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_So-yeon
I like the cover, it took me a little while to get used to it, but I understand why they changed it. I liked "Waste Management" better, but I think the new cover is more of an eye-catcher - and the subtle (or not so subtle) irony - which may be lost on most, but not on the "insiders" - is clever and very Tatu-ish. They remained true to themselves. |
I was about to say the same thing but Xena said it for me But yeah, I do like this cover as well.
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Do you guys think that's what is in the blue booklet? |
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| Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:32 pm |
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Hrm... It's kinda weired.. but livable... I just want the album!
Notice the track list... Waste Management is no longer on there... Are we never gonna hear that song anymore?
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I can't wait until we are able to buy it! :] i wanna buy it nowww  |
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YAY!!! NEWS!!!! Cant wait!
But a major problem hit me. What about english versions of snegopady, beliy plashick, ne zhaley, and 220 and Vremya Luni? Any english versions?
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| Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:25 pm |
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y does tatu have intros?
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I'm VERY excited about this, but then again I never wasn't! The tracklist looks amazing --- all my favorite demo songs are there, and who doesn't love some surprise new tracks?
Also, I can't wait until "You and I" premieres on Love Radio on Friday. I'm listening to the station right now, actually, and it comes in loud and clear (unlike some other streaming radio stations I've tried over the years).
Lastly, I actually like the cover design. It's ironic and rather pop art-ish, and we know there has to be some darker design underneath it. I can't help but think that people that are hung up on the title/cover change are only proving the girls' thesis that everyone is too obsessed with image nowadays. Maybe it's just my dark sense of humor, but I think what they're doing is very funny. I imagine it will make even more sense when we finally get to hear the whole album.
I wonder if they'll be making an announcement about the ~concrete~ release date either on the upcoming radio show or after the Moscow concert. I personally believe the hints add up to an early October street date, but it might be sooner.
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| Notice the track list... Waste Management is no longer on there... Are we never gonna hear that song anymore? |
Who says there ever was a song called Waste Management? It's never been officially announced as a song title as far as I know, only been leaked on unofficial fan-sites as an instrumental demo (along with countless others that proved to be fake). Besides, we haven't got time listings yet - there could be a hidden track!
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| This name and art work is terrible, one of the worse I've ever seen. They couldn't put a picture of them on the cover? They had to google "Smiliing Astronaut?" |
That's not the picture I got when I googled smiling astronaut... I did get two pictures of Lance Bass though.  Be thankful that wasn't cover! |
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| That's not the picture I got when I googled smiling astronaut... I did get two pictures of Lance Bass though. Be thankful that wasn't cover! |
That's just weird...
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WOW! All these changes just make me want the album RIGHT NOW! I think that all of these changes are great and really tells the World why t.A.T.u likes to run their own show.
But the album cover??? C'mon really?!....... Well, it just goes to show ya how t.A.T.u is never willing to hide their eccentric sense of humor! ...along with their ecclectic taste in ablum art (whatever it makes no difference to me; it's not like the art work affects the music)
P.S: Who else agrees that the old Upravleniye Otbrosami emblem would make a sweet Subwoofer grill?
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