Smile! (Улыбнись!, Ulybnis!) is a Russian album by Vitas (Витас), released on 11 March 2002. Several songs from this album featured in his Philosophy of Miracle concert programme, whose performance at the Kremlin earned Vitas a record as the youngest artist to perform a solo concert at the State Kremlin Palace;WikiMusicGuide a DVD of this concert was later released.Vitas official discography: Kremlin concert
Release The title track won the Russian Golden Gramophone and People's Hit awards. "Good-bye" was released as a single, which included 5 different mixes of the song, the tracks "Ave Maria" and "Byelorussia", and the music video for "Opera #1" from his previous album Philosophy of Miracle.Vitas official discography: the single Good-bye "Good-bye" is notable for Vitas' extreme bass vocals, in contrast to his more usual high-pitched vocals.Asian cinema webpage "Blessed Guru" (sometimes translated "Blissful Guru") also exercises his seldom-used bass range.Amazon review The song titles "Good-bye" and "Do Svidaniya" (Russian: "До свидания", usually listed in English as "See You Later", as in the track listing here) can cause some confusion because the latter is often translated as "Goodbye".
It also includes Vitas' rendition of "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert with a contrasting hellish operatic ending; a shortened version without this ending was included in Vitas' 2010 compilation album Masterpieces of Three Centuries.
Track listing Track number Russian titleOfficial discography track list: Russian English titleOfficial discography track list: English MusicLyrics home: authors (original languages) Lyrics 01 Улыбнись Smile! Vitas D. Plachkovsky 02 Блаженный Гуру Blessed Guru Vitas Vitas 03 Восковые фигуры Wax Figures Vitas D. Plachkovsky, Vitas, S. Pudovkin 04 Плачет чужая тоска Someone's Melancholy Is Crying Vitas D. Plachovsky 05 Аве Мария Ave Maria Franz Schubert Traditional prayer 06 Холодный мир The Cold World V. Molchanov D. Plachkovsky 07 Остров затонувших кораблей The Island of Sunken Ships O. Gazmanov E. Nebylova 08 Фантастические сны Fantastic Dreams Vitas Vitas, D. Plachkovsky 09 Good-bye Good-bye Vitas Vitas 10 Счастье Happiness Vitas Vitas 11 Отцвели хризантемы Chrysanthemums Have Faded Out N. Harito V. Shumsky 12 Дождь в Тбилиси Rain in Tbilisi Vitas Ratner 13 Слепой художник Blind Painter Vitas D. Plachkovsky, Vitas, S. Pudovkin 14 Милая музыка Lovely Music Vitas Vitas 15 Белоруссия Byelorussia Alexandra Pakhmutova N. Dobronravov 16 До свидания See You Later (Do Svidaniya) Vitas Vitas
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External links Official Site Vitas on Facebook Vitas' producer on Facebook Amazon reviews English translations of lyrics