Amazonka (Ukrainian: Амазонка; English: Amazon) is the sixth studio album by Ruslana. The album was released in Eastern Europe, Germany, China and other countries.[1]
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| Released | 7 March 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2006–2007 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, dance-pop, electropop | |||
| Length | 40:00 | |||
| Language | Ukrainian, English (CZ and SK editions) | |||
| Label | EMI (Ukraine, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria) | |||
| Producer | Trevor Fletcher, Ruslana, O. Ksenofontov | |||
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| Singles from Amazonka | ||||
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The album is based on the book Wild Energy. Lana. In the book, Lana breaks free from the normal cycle of an energy-efficient-gone-wrong future life. Each track is in order to the chapters of the book, conveying the different emotions in what the character and co-characters feel. Ruslana's music has turned to a new electronic/futuristic feel, in keeping with the setting of the book.
About the album edit
The people who created this album tend to characterize its original style as pop-fantasy. It's based on hurricane music chapters – the ones which conjure up pictures of fights between Tolkien's orcs and confrontation of Elements of Nature in Carpathians. Lightning, thunderstorm, hurricanes and industrial sounds of terrific fantastic plant – they are regular instruments in songs of "Amazon". But despite the above, the dense commercial sound and modern jagged grooves attribute to the album. These features are common in American charts’ top hits. This is particularly due to the fantastic work completed by American producers Trevor Flercher (director of Hit Factory Criteria studio in Miami) and Egoworks Music. A portion of exotics is in ethnical (rather Balkan) motives and samples. Several authentic instruments sound as though they're not as real but owned to tribes from mystical tales. And the central kernel of this all is, of course, Ruslana's distinctive drive and energy.
On the Czech and Slovak editions of the album, a bonus track is included.
Track listing edit
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Time |
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| 1. | "Dyka Enerhija" | Ruslana, Roman Bokarev, Mikhail Mishensky, Oleksandr Ksenofontov | 04:00 |
| 2. | "Vidlunnya mrij" | Ruslana, R. Bokarev, M. Mishensky, O. Ksenofontov, Karina Yasynova | 03:58 |
| 3. | "My budemo pershi" | Ruslana, R. Bokarev, M. Mishensky, O. Ksenofontov, Toma Primak | 03:24 |
| 4. | "Ya idu za toboiu" | Ruslana, O. Ksenofontov | 04:00 |
| 5. | "Ty zhyva (Synthetichna)" | Ruslana, R. Bokarev, M. Mishensky, O. Ksenofontov | 03:37 |
| 6. | "Vohon' chy lid (Vse ne te)" | Ruslana, O. Ksenofontov | 02:55 |
| 7. | "De ty moja ljubov" | Ruslana, O. Ksenofontov | 03:40 |
| 8. | "Dykyy anhel" | R. Bokarev, M. Mishensky, O. Ksenofontov, K. Yasynova | 03:20 |
| 9. | "Ne dlia prodazhu" | R. Bokarev, M. Mishensky, O. Ksenofontov, K. Yasynova | 03:19 |
| 10. | "Yak zmitny maibutie" | Ruslana, O. Ksenofontov, T. Primak, K. Yasynova | 03:35 |
Release history edit
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog # |
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| Ukraine | March 7, 2008 | EMI | Compact disc | — |
| Czech Republic | April 10, 2008 | — | ||
| Slovakia | April 17, 2008 | — | ||
| Bulgaria | — |
Chart performance edit
| Country | Peak |
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| Ukraine (UMKA)[2] | 1 |
| Slovakia (IFPI) | 26 |
| Czech Republic (IFPI)[3] | 29 |
Singles edit
- Dyka Enerhija
- Vidlunnya mrii
- Vohon' chy lid
- Dykj anhel
- Ya jdu za toboju
External links edit
References edit
- ^ Busa, Alexandru (2007-11-05). "Ruslana in Romania". esctoday. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-05.
- ^ "Ua Umka Charts". Ua Umka Charts.
- ^ "Cz Ifpi Charts". Cz Ifpi Charts.
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