Gülümse Explained
| Gülümse |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Sezen Aksu |
| Cover: | Sezen Aksu - Gülümse.png |
| Recorded: | January–June 1991 |
| Length: | 45:33 |
| Producer: | Kudret Çoşkun, Onno Tunç |
| Prev Title: | Sezen Aksu Söylüyor |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | Deli Kızın Türküsü |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
Gülümse is Sezen Aksu's Turkish release and her most commercially successful album in Turkey. The album sold more than 2 million and is one of the best-selling Turkish album.[1] [2] Sezen Aksu on this album again worked with Onno Tunç and Aysel Gürel.
Personnel
- Kudret Coşkun: Executive-producer
- Onno Tunç: Producer, all instruments and arrangements, except for the following (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10)
- Aykut Gürel - Sound engineer
- Duyal Karagözoğlu - Sound engineer
- Curtis Schwartz - Mixing
- Sertab Erener - Vocal (1,7)
- Levent Yüksel - Vocal (1,7)
- Seden Gurel - Vocal (1,7)
- Arto Tunçboyacıyan - Supervisor, percussion instruments (2,3,4,5,8) Vocal (2,3,4,8)
- Ahmet Kadri Rizeli - kemenche (4)
- Tamer Pınarbaşı - Kanun (4)
- Ara Dinkjian - Ud (6)
- Celal Bağlan: darbuka (7)
- Seyfi Hayta: Def (7)
- Serdar Erbaşı: Hollo, Bendir (7)
- Reyhan Dinletir: Bongo (7)
- İlyas Tetik: Violin (7)
- Ergin Kızılay: Ud (7)
- Atilla Özdemiroğlu - Instruments and arrangements (7)
- Sevingül Bahadır: Vocal (7)
- Ercan Irmak: Ney, Kavala (9)
- Özkan Uğur - Bass Guitar (9)
- Fuat Güner - Acoustic Guitars, Musical Instruments and regulations (9)
- Orhan Topçuoğlu - Percussion instruments (10)
Charts
All-time charts
References
- Web site: 10 yılın tiraj rekortmenleri . 12 April 2000 . Turkish . Milliyet. Milliyet.com.tr.
- Web site: Sezen: Winging her way to stardom. 14 August 1996. Hürriyet Daily News.
- Web site: Türkiye'nin en iyi 100 albümü. Hürriyet. Yenal. Bilgici. 22 April 2017. 31 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218051254/http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/keyif/turkiyenin-en-iyi-100-albumu-40434983. 18 February 2018.
