''Monologue of Love'' is the studio album by

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singer

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, released in 1987 by

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album was simultaneously released for the Soviet and international market. The album includes songs performed in

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with new rock style arrangements by leading Soviet pop and rock bands:

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, Chervona Ruta. This album is a soundtrack album to the movie Monologue of Love released in 1986.

Track listing

Side A

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, , M. Tanich, , 1988, , 5:10 , - , 02 , , "Night"
russian: Ночь/Nochi , , V. Lashchuk , , V. Lashchuk , , 1988 , , 3:20 , - , 03 , , "Autumn"
russian: Осень/ Oseni , , I. Poklad , , G. Taranenko, , 1988 , , 2:55 , - , 04 , , "Ocean"
russian: Океан/Okean , , V. Lashchuk , , A. Matviichuk, V. Lashchuk , , 1988 , , 5:20 , - , 05 , , "'Retro' Car"
russian: Машина «Ретро»/Mashina "Retro" , , G. Tatrchenko , , Yu. Rybchinsky , , 1988 , , 2:45

Side B

}, , Aleksandr Morozov , , Larisa Rubalskaya, , 1988, , 4:51 , - , 02 , , "Leaves've Fallen"
russian: Улетели Листья, , Aleksandr Morozov , , Nikolai Rubtsov , , 1988 , , 4:12 , - , 03 , , "Incident"
russian: Маленькое Происшествие, , Aleksandr Morozov , , Mijail Riabinin, , 1988 , , 2:55 , - , 04 , , "Theatre"
russian: Театр, , Tatiana Dikareva , , Ihor Lazarevsky , , 1988 , , 5:20

Album design

*Art direction, cover design: M. Afanasiev *Photography: S. Borisov

References

1987 albums Sofia Rotaru albums {{1980s-pop-album-stub