''Şaka (10+1)'' (commonly known simply as ''Şaka'' and ''10+1''), is the fourth studio album by Turkish girl group

Hepsi Hepsi was a Turkish girlband. They consisted of Eren Bakıcı, Cemre Kemer and Yasemin Yürük, and formerly of Gülçin Ergül, who left in 2009. Cemre Kemer's mother is a famous manager, Şebnem Özberk. When they were nine years old, they were ...

, expected to be released in May

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. The album is the group's third album so far, and is the follow-up from their 2006 album ''

Hepsi 2 ''Hepsi 2'' is the second album of the Turkish girl band Hepsi Hepsi was a Turkish girlband. They consisted of Eren Bakıcı, Cemre Kemer and Yasemin Yürük, and formerly of Gülçin Ergül, who left in 2009. Cemre Kemer's mother is a famous m ...

'', which spawned the hit singles " Kalpsizsin" and " Aşk Sakızı".

Album title

The album's title ''Şaka (10+1)'' in English means "Joke (10+1)". The "(10+1)" section of the title refers to the fact that the album consists of 11 tracks, 10 of which are famous covers, with an addition of 1 new track. The group entitled the album ''Joke'', as all the cover songs were written by the previous artist with deep meaningful reason; however, the group stated that the tracks were songs that they grew up listening to as a child, so the same meaning of the song isn't intended and isn't to be taken so seriously. The group's debut album was entitled '' Bir'', translating to "One", and their previous album was named ''

'', which made fans speculate that the new album would be entitled ''Hepsi 3'' or ''Üç''. In binary, "10+1" can be interpreted as 3.

History

The album was initially supposed to be released in the summer of

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, however the album was not released and no information regarding the album was given. In November 2007 Hepsi confirmed in an interview with the press that they were in the process of picking songs to record, and were going to begin recording the tracks at the end of December

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Style

''Şaka (10+1)'' is noticeably different from other albums released from the group; this is due to it mostly consisting of cover songs. The group's first album ''Bir'' was mostly praised for the up-tempo songs which featured on the album whereas their second album was praised for the lyrics. However, with most of the songs on ''Şaka (10+1)'' being covers, the album is noticeably more vocally challenged than the other releases. The vocals are more diverse and vocal roles are shared more equally than the previous releases. The album, however, isn't dull and an imitation of the previous artists efforts, but is revived not only by vocals, but with added new up-tempo beats. This adds a sense of edge to the album, especially as the album features rap vocals from group member Eren, which fits right into the songs. In an interview with the Turkish music magazine ''Blue Jean'', band leader Gülçin said their style went more

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with the addition of

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and

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elements, unlike their first two albums ''Bir'' and ''

'', since they are more influenced from R&B and

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Promotion

On May 24, 2008 at 20:30 (GMT+2), Group Hepsi will hold a concert at "Turkcell kuruçeşme arena", to perform the new album to fans for the first time. On May 16, 2008, the group feature on Tatlises Radyo to promote their new album. The show was the first time the public heard previews of the new songs. They also stated that they were going to hold concerts at several cities. One of which was

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where they will perform on June 8. On May 26, 2008 Hepsi appeared on "Duru Muhabbetler" talkshow were they performed several songs from the album including "Hep Bana", "Tavla" and "Aşk Herşeyi Affeder Mi?" At the talk show, Hepsi announced that they will be releasing "Hepsi" stationary, "Hepsi" bags and "Hepsi" T-shirts.

Tracks

The album consists of 11 tracks, 10 cover songs and 1 new song. This confirms that the two tracks

recorded for the Winx Club movie soundtrack, "

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" and "Sadece Bir Kiz", won't feature on the album as the only original song to feature on the album has been confirmed to be "

4 Peynirli Pizza "4 Peynirli Pizza" is a pop song by group Hepsi. It is the lead single released from the album '' Şaka (10+1)''. It is the only original song in the album. Meaning "4 Peynirli Pizza" means "4 Cheesed Pizza" in English. "Four" refers to the "Heps ...

". The album originally wasn't going to contain any new material, however whilst recording the cover songs

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had written a new song and offered it to the group. The group accepted the offer and as of May 12, 2008 the music video for "

" has been recorded.

Track listing

(4 cheesed pizza's) # İyisin (Your fine) # Yanlızlığım (My loneliness) # Hep Bana (All for me) # Aşk Herşeyi Affeder mi? (Does love forgive everything?) # Yaz Yaz Yaz (ft.

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) (Write Write Write) # Beni Kategorize Etme (Don't categorize me) # Tavla (attemper) # Sakın Gelme (Don't you dare come) # Onu Alma Beni Al (Don't have her, have me) # Sımsıkı (firmly )

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