Sofia Rotaru (album)

Sofia Rotaru
Sofia Rotaru
Studio album by Sofia Rotaru
Released	July 1972 (USSR); August 1974 (USSR); (Re-released)
Recorded	1972, Melodiya, Moscow
Genre	Pop, Dance, Pop folk
Label	Melodiya mochlova/zomba/Sony (German & Romanian release)
Producer	Sofia Rotaru
Sofia Rotaru chronology

Sofia Rotaru is the debut album by Soviet singer-songwriter Sofia Rotaru, released in July 1972 by Melodiya. The first long play album was re-released in 1974 for the Soviet and Eastern European market and re-packaged as Sofia Rotaru - 1974. The album includes songs performed in Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian and Romanian languages.

Track listing[]

Side A[]

The songs recorded on the side A are all performed in foreign languages, with the musical background played by band Chervona Ruta, directed by Anatoliy Evdokimenko. Songs 1, 3, 4 are performed in Ukrainian language, 2 - in Bulgarian, and 5 - in Romanian languages.

#	Title	Music	Lyrics	Production credits	Time
01	"" Ukrainian: Балада про скрипки/Balada pro skripki	Volodymyr Ivasyuk		1972, 1974, 1992	5:37
02	"Fairy Tale" Bulgarian: Сказка/Skazka	T. Rusev	D. Demyanov
03	"" Ukrainian: Два перстенi/Dva persteni	Volodymyr Ivasyuk	Volodymyr Ivasyuk	1974, 1977, 1992, 2001 was also performed by Nazariy Yaremchuk with band
04	"" Ukrainian: Пiсня буде помiж нас/Pisnya bude pomizh nas	Volodymyr Ivasyuk	Volodymyr Ivasyuk	1974, 1977, 1997 was also performed by Nazariy Yaremchuk, Vasily Zinkevich, Taras Chubay and Vatra band
05	"Only You" Romanian: Numai tu				5:37

Side B[]

The songs recorded on side B are all in Russian language. Ensemble Melodiya, under direction of provided the musical background.

#	Title	Music	Lyrics	Production credits	Time
01	"Remember Me" Russian: Вспоминай меня/Vspominay Menya	Vyacheslav Dobrynin	Veronika Tushnova	1974, 1992 was later performed by Irina Allegrova, Alla Pugacheva
02	"Your Fault" Russian: Твоя вина/Tvoya vina		Andrei Dementyev,	was later performed by Aida Vedishcheva, Nina Brodskaya, Irina Ponarovskaya, Leonid Serebrennikov
03	"" Russian: Я жду весну/Ya zhdu vesnu		Andrei Dementyev	1974 was also later performed by , , Valentina Tolkunova, Heidi Tamme, Natali, , Leonid Serebrennikov. The initial text for the same music was called "My Love" (Russian: Моя любовь/Moya lyubovi)
04	"" Russian: Расскажи мне сказку/Rasskazhi mne skazku			1974 was also performed by Nina Brodskaya
05	"" Russian: Алёшенька (Баллада о матери)/Alyoshenika (Balada o matere)		Andrei Dementyev	1974 was also later performed by , Lev Leshchenko, Leonid Serebrennikov	5:37

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