Tuman (album) explained

Tuman
Type:Album
Artist:Sofia Rotaru
Cover:Sorotarufog2007.jpg
Released:January 1, 2007 (Ukraine)
available worldwide
Recorded:2007, Artur Music, Ukraine
Genre:Pop, Dance
Length:???
Label:Artur Music, Ukraine
Producer:Sofia Rotaru
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Tuman is a studio album of Sofia Rotaru released in the very beginning of 2007. The CD includes mostly unreleased, but already aired songs, although only a selection of them. It is a multilingual album, hence traditional edition for Sofia Rotaru. It includes popular duet with Nikolay Baskov "Raspberries Blossom"[1] and dance remix of "White Dance", which marked in 2001 a new wave in the repertoire of Sofia Rotaru. The last song of the album "One Guelder Rose (or One Snowball Tree)[2] was one of the most popular songs of Sofia Rotaru in Ukrainian for the last three years.

Track listing

English title Original language title Time
1. “Fog”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Ukrainian: Tuman/Туман
2. “I Loved Him”
Writer(s): Valery Meladze
Producer(s): Sofia Rotaru
Russian: Ya zhe Ego Lyubila/Я же его любила
3. “White Dance”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Belyi Tanets/Белый танец
4. “You Will Fly Away”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Ty Uletishi/Ты улетишь
5. Moscow
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Moskva/Москва
6. “Cherry Orchard”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Vishnyovyi Sad/Вишнёвый сад
7. “Autumn Flowers”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Osennie Tsvety/Осенние цветы
8. “Raspberries Blossom”
in duet with Nikolay Baskov
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Tsvetyot Malina/Цветёт малина
9. “You Won't Buy Love”
together with Valery Meladze, Verka Serduchka and VIA Gra
Writer(s): Valery Meladze
Producer(s):
Russian: Lyubovi Ne Kupishi/Любовь не купишь
10. Sky - It's Me
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Nebo) Eto Ya/Небо - это Я
11. “You Call Me”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Ty Pozovi Menya/Позови меня
12. “White Winter”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Belaya Zima/Белая зима
13. “Find Me”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Naydi Menya/Найди меня
14. “Light Rain”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Dozhdik/Дождик
15. “White Dance) dance remix”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Belyi Tanets/Белый танец
16. “Five Minutes”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: Pyati Minut/Пять минут
17. “One Year For Ten”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Russian: God Za Desyati/Год за десять
18. “Wait”
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Ukrainian: Chekay/Чекай
19. One Viburnum
Writer(s):
Producer(s):
Ukrainian: Odna Kalyna/Одна Калина

Languages of performance

Songs 1, 18 and 19 are performed in Ukrainian language, all the other songs are performed in Russian language.

Notes and References

  1. Raspberry, Russian: Malina/Малина is a popular expression in Russian language meaning "love is everywhere".
  2. One Guelder Rose / One Snowball Tree or scientifically Viburnum opulus is a metaphor meaning one family, one country, just as these multiple berries grow on one grape.