''Mama'' (''Мама'', sometimes translated ''Mother'' or ''Mom'') is a

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

album by

Vitas Vitaliy Vladasovich Grachev (russian: Виталий Владасович Грачёв; uk, Віталій Владасович Грачов, Vitaliy Vladasovych Hrachov; born 19 February 1979), known professionally as Vitas ( rus, Вит� ...

. It was released in

October 3 Events Pre-1600 * 2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. * 52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Juliu ...

rd,

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. Songs from this album featured heavily in the setlist of Vitas' extensive world tour ''Songs of My Mother'' (Песни моей мамы), premiered at the State Central Concert Hall "Rossiya" in

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st and

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, 2003, and performed at hundreds of venues in several countries from 2004 to 2006.Press release
The opening track, ''The Star'' (''Звезда'') won a Russian People's HIT prize in 2003 and is one of Vitas' most popular songs worldwide. Like ''Opera No. 2'' (''Опера №2''), it is still a staple of Vitas' live performances. Vitas sang the song as a duet with Alexander Kireev for his entry into the ''

Star Factory A star is an astronomical object comprising a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night, but their immense distances from Earth ma ...

'' in 2006. He performed the song ''Starry River'' (''Звёздная река'') accompanied by its composer

Aleksandra Pakhmutova Aleksandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (russian: Александра Николаевна Пахмутова ; born 9 November 1929) is a Soviet and Russian composer. She has remained one of the best-known figures in Soviet and later Russian popular ...

on piano at a concert in honour of the composer. He covered the song ''The Unknown Friend Song'' (Песня о неизвестном друге, also known as ''Extraterrestrial Friend'') composed in 1985 by

and

Rasul Gamzatov Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov ( av, ХӀамзатазул Расул ХӀамзатил вас, Ħamzatil Rasul Ħamzatil vas, ; russian: Расу́л Гамза́тович Гамза́тов, p=rɐˈsul ɡɐmˈzatəvʲɪtɕ ɡɐmˈzatəf, a=Rasu ...

(the poem is translated by

Yunna Morits Yunna Petrovna Morits (Moritz) (russian: Ю́нна Петро́вна Мо́риц; born June 2, 1937), is a Soviet and Russian poet, poetry translator and activist.

) for the song cycle ''The Earth Globe'' (Шар земной, 1985–1987). The song is about an unknown friend that realizes that there is an unknown circle of "invisible and unknown" friends and enemies, as well as "lovable

planet A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a you ...

s" (as per the lyrics), in addition to interstellar and general awareness, brotherhood to the next and an existence of an extraplanetary cycle. (The song addresses the topic of

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

: brotherhood for humanity in the 3rd millennium and

beyond Beyond may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Beyond'' (1921 film), an American silent film * ''Beyond'' (2000 film), a Danish film directed by Åke Sandgren, OT: ''Dykkerne'' * ''Beyond'' (2010 film), a Swedish film directed b ...

.) It is also subsequently re-edited on Vitas' 2006 CD ''

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''. There's also the music score of the song (available on the composer's website) to download.Download the score of the song Extraterrestrial Friend (Песня о неизвестном друге)
/ref> In concert, Vitas often donned an alien robot costume while performing this song.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits adapted from the original CD's liner notes. *

Sergey Pudovkin Sergey may refer to: * Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name) * Sergey, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland * ''Sergey'' (wasp), a genus in subfamily Doryctinae The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps are ...

– executive producer * Mikhail Dobrotvorskiy – management * Dmitriy Dobrotvorskiy – direction * Eduard Izmestyev – production, arrangement * Mikhail Grishin – engineering * Ilya Grebenyuk – keyboards * Aleksandr Gruzdev – guitar, saxophone *

Rashit Kiyamov Rashit is a Turkish punk rock band founded in Istanbul in 1993 by Tolga Özbey (guitar), Adem Kurt (vocals), Murat Yeşil (bass) and Gökhan Tunçişler (drums). They are considered to be the first major local representative of punk rock and ins ...

– bass guitar * Rushan Kharryasov – drums, percussion * Oboz Design Studio – sleeve design

References

External links

Official site

Vitas on Facebook

Vitas' producer on Facebook

Amazon reviews

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