''Rabindranath'' is the fourth album by the

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band

Shironamhin Shironamhin ( bn, শিরোনামহীন ''Śirōnāmahīn'' English: ''Untitled'') is a Bengali rock band formed in Dhaka in 1996. Following as a rock group emerging from Dhaka's underground music in the late 1990s, they were distinguis ...

. ''Laser Vision'' released the album on 2010 in

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. The album's eleven songs are inspired by

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

, a

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who reshaped his region's

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and

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Background

''Shironamhin Rabindranath'' is the fourth studio album of the band, featuring rock interpretations of Tagore's songs, known as ''

Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Li ...

''. The band held that

important for them culturally, especially as Bengalis. Lead vocalist Tanzir Tuhin studied the songs at

Bulbul Lalitakala Academy Bulbul Lalitakala Academy (now known as Bulbul Academy of Fine Arts or BAFA) is an institution of fine arts established in Dhaka on 17 May 1955, founded by Begum Afroza BulBul, wife of Bulbul Chowdhury Bulbul Chowdhury (1 January 1919 – 17 Ma ...

(BAFA). As band member Zia noted, part of the motivation in making this album was the feeling that many of their fans, particularly adolescents, were unfamiliar with ''Rabindra Sangeet'', and hope that it would revitalise interest in Tagore.

Track listing

All songs was written by

. Track listing

Personnel

* Tanzir Tuhin – vocals *

Ziaur Rahman Zia Ziaur Rahman, ( bn, জিয়াউর রহমান''Jiẏā'ura Rahamāna''; 27 June 1975), known as ''Zia'', is a Bangladeshi rock musician, composer, bassist, songwriter, and architect popularly known as the founder and leader of the ...

– bass guitar,

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Kazi Ahmad Shafin – drums * Diat Khan – guitar, banjo * Razib – keyboard * Tushar – guitar

References

{{Authority control Shironamhin albums Laser Vision albums 2010 albums Bengali music