''Şehr-i Hüzün'' (English: ''City of Sorrows'') is the second album by Turkish rock band
Manga
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. It was released by
Sony BMG
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in April 2009.
The second video clip of the album was for the track "Leave Me With Me" on 27 July 2009. The third video clip was for "Cevapsız Sorular" on 16 November 2009.
A documentary, which tells the story of the band from its foundation to ''Şehr-i Hüzün'', was included as the second disc in the first pressing of the album. The documentary is 150 minutes long and was directed and produced by
Ferman Akgül. There is another edition of the album that does not include the documentary DVD and consists only of the CD.
The album was released on CD and LP (vinyl) format. Haluk Kuruosman was the music producer.
Track listing
Album information
The album initially placed at No. 36 on the Turkish charts, even though it was released just two days ahead of 2010. As of March 2010, ''Şehr-i Hüzün'' had made it into the top 10 in MTV Turkey, and enjoyed rising success on the MTV European charts.
[Uluçay, Serka]
Eurovision News
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Allmusic
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rated it 3,5 stars out of 5, saying that "this take on two pretty stale genres
u metal and folkis surprisingly fresh, if kitschy in its bombastic sensibility".
References
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2009 albums
Manga (band) albums