''Puspa Indah'' (''Beautiful Flower'') is a 1980 album by Indonesian singer

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, working in collaboration with Guruh Soekarnoputra. It was his fourth

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and the third with

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Recording

After the failure of '' Percik Pesona'' (''Stain of Enchantment''; 1979), Chrisye decided to distance himself from the pure pop sound that had made the earlier albums '' Badai Pasti Berlalu'' (''The Storm Will Surely Pass''; 1977) and ''

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'' (''Nature's Order''; 1978) successful. After a period of introspection and contemplation, he decided to stick with pop, but give it a romantic theme with

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influences. Guruh Soekarnoputra, songwriter son of former president

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, contributed significantly to the project; he wrote the lyrics for all the songs except "To My Friends on Legian Beach" and "Gita Cinta" ("Love Song"), as well as all the melodies except "Interlude - Kenang-Kenangan" ("Interlude - Memories"). For "To My Friends on Legian Beach", Indonesian poet

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wrote the lyrics, while Eddy Iskandar handled the lyrics for "Gita Cinta". The melody for "Interlude - Kenang-Kenangan" was written by long-term collaborator

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. Musically, Yockie played the keyboard and harmonica, while Chrisye played the bass and guitar, both electric and acoustic. Roesma of

served as

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during the recording sessions in Jakarta.

Release and reception

Prior to the album's release, two of its singles, "Galih dan Ratna" ("Galih and Ratna") and "Gita Cinta" ("Love Song") were selected for inclusion in the 1979 film '' Gita Cinta dari SMA'' (''Love Song in High School''). For marketing, Chrisye took a cameo role in the film as the singer of "Galih dan Ratna". ''Puspa Indah'' was released by Musica Studios in mid-1980, with high sales. The success of ''Puspa Indah'' convinced Chrisye that some albums needed to be synergized with other media in order to succeed. ''Puspa Indah'' has been reissued twice, once as a CD in 2004 and once as part of the

Chrisye Masterpiece Trilogy Limited Edition ''Masterpiece Trilogy Limited Edition'' is a series of three box sets from singer Chrisye which is a collection of all of Chrisye's albums issued between 1978–2004. Each box set contains 7 CDs and a booklet. In the 26-year span, Chrisye release ...

in 2007. In December 2007, ''

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'' selected ''Puspa Indah'' as the 57th best Indonesian album of all time.

Track listing

References

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