''Vesyolye Ulybki'' (
Cyrillic
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: ''Весёлые Улыбки'';
translation
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: ''Happy Smiles'') is
t.A.T.u.
t.A.T.u. (, ) were a Russian pop duo consisting of Lena Katina and Julia Volkova. The two started out as part of the children's musical group Neposedy before being managed by producer and director Ivan Shapovalov and signing with Russian reco ...
's third and final Russian (fifth overall) studio album, released on 21 October 2008. The album's working title was ''Upravleniye Otbrosami'' (Cyrillic: ''Управление Отбросами''; translation: ''Waste Management''). The album reached sales of more than 250,000 copies in Russia.
The English counterpart, ''
Waste Management
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'', was released in December 2009.
The album has been made available to music streaming platforms in 2020.
Singles
* The first single from the album, "Белый плащик", was released in November 2007. The music video was released on 29 November 2007. The single was released as a maxi-single with the song, remixes and the second single, "220". It also had mobile wallpapers, 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 ''Весёлые Улыбки''
* 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.
* The third single, "You and I", was released exclusively to Love Radio in Russia for three days on 12 September 2008 and then on Europa Plus Radio in
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
on 16 September.
*The fourth single, "Снегопады", was released in April 2009. A trailer for the music video and a premiere date of 17 April were posted on 9 April. 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.
Track listing
Source:
Release history
Notes
* "Intro" is an instrumental version of "Не жалей".
* "Весёлые улыбки" is the same instrumental track as "Waste Management" on the ''Waste Management'' album.
*
Lena Katina
Elena Sergeevna Katina (; born 4 October 1984), better known as Lena Katina, is a Russian singer who gained fame as one half of the pop/electronica duo t.A.T.u. She started her career at the age of eight, joining the Russian children's act Aven ...
has recorded a Spanish version of "Running Blind" and released it on her Spanish EP version of
"This is Who I am"
References
External links
t.A.T.u.'s interview. Time Out Moscow. 1 September 2008
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2008 albums
T.A.T.u. albums
Albums produced by Billy Steinberg