“Contrary” is the sixth studio album of singer Valery Meladze , which was released on October 1, 2008 . The album included 12 songs, 9 of which at the time of release were already rotated by radio stations, and two sounded at solo concerts. The title track of the album “ Contrary ” entered the soundtrack for the film “ Admiral ”.
| Contrary to | ||||
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| Studio album by Valery Meladze | ||||
| Date of issue | 2008 | |||
| Recorded by | 2005 - 2008 | |||
| Genre | pop rock | |||
| Producer | Konstantin Meladze | |||
| A country |  Russia | |||
| Label | Monolith Records Velvet music | |||
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| Timeline of Valery Meladze | ||||
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| CD + DVD Valery Meladze | |
| Directors | Simon Gorov (“Bring back my dyubov”, “Without fuss”, “Foreigner”, “Salute, Faith”) Alan Badoev (“Contrary”, “Recklessly”, “Parallel”, “No Sugar”) |
| Producer | Konstantin Meladze |
| Date of issue | 2008 year |
| Recorded by | 2005 - 2008 |
| Genre | pop rock |
| Label | Monolith Records |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 About the album title
- 3 List of Songs
- 3.1 Gift Edition
- 4 reviews
- 5 Members
- 5.1 Words and music
- 5.2 Musicians
- 5.3 Sound
- 5.4 Design
- 6 notes
- 7 References
History
The album was recorded in Kiev from 2005 to 2008. It was released on the 1st of October 2008 .
About album title
Konstantin Meladze [1] :
Contrary to this, no matter what ...
Despite the fact that circumstances force a person to act in one way, he acts differently, contrary to all circumstances.
Such a person lives contrary to conventional wisdom, contrary to fashion and ideology, contrary to any trends, he remains independent and does what his inner voice tells him.Contrary - this is not a protest, not opposing yourself to something or someone ...
Contrary to this, this direction is not outward, but inward.
In a sense, this is stubbornness, upholding oneself in the world; this declaration of the right to be independent of any external rules and circumstances.Our personal and creative autonomy is what Contrary is.
List of Songs
- Parallel (music by K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Sugar is not necessary (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Never be mine (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Message (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Let's arrange a show (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Salute, Vera (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- A little lower than heaven (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Foreigner (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- No fuss (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Bring back my love (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Unrequited (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Despite (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
Gift Edition
In addition to the CD version of the album, a gift edition was released, where, as a bonus, a DVD collection of the singer’s video clips was added:
- Salute, Vera (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Foreigner (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- No fuss (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Bring back my love (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Sugar is not necessary (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Parallel (music by K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Unrequited (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
- Despite (music. K. Meladze - lyrics by K. Meladze)
Reviews
| Compared to competing colleagues, the Meladze brothers do elementary more work. Where others to win the charts cost one or two melodic lines and one shock line, the duo unfolds a whole panorama. And a separate topic: Konstantin Meladze is a poet. They talk about him much less than about Konstantin Meladze, the composer, but he never claimed to be the poet’s laurels. The top of the Contrary album is the Foreigner song, which can finally be heard without standing in a traffic jam and half in the ear for morning coffee. The Ukrainian Georgian, who was accompanied by the Rustavi choir in the rhythm of Lezgi, “I am everywhere a foreigner, and I seem to be everywhere,” is now especially impressive. If there is an auteur cinema, then specifically for Konstantin Meladze it would be worth introducing the concept of “author pop”. |
- Boris Barabanov writes in the Kommersant magazine [2]
Record Members
Words and Music
- Konstantin Meladze
Musicians
- Guitar:
- Mikhail Bankovsky (1,2,4,8-12)
- Stefan Vasilishin (6.7)
- Vladimir Shabaltas (5)
- Bass: Igor Zakus (7,9,10)
- Backing vocal:
- Natalya Gora (1-10,12,13)
- Anna Carre (10)
- Konstantin Meladze (1-13)
- Trombone and harmonica: Vladimir Pushkar (9)
- Drums: Alexander Garkavy (10)
- String Quartet led by Sergey Mitrofanov (1,3,6,8-10,12,13)
- Big band led by Maxim Gladetsky (2)
- Ethnic-trio "Dyakuyu" (1,2)
- Choir "Bereginya" conducted by Nikolai Burawsky (8)
- Rustavi Choir (8)
Sound
- Arrangements:
- Yuri Shepet and Konstantin Meladze (3,5,7-10,12,13)
- Sergey Grachev and Konstantin Meladze (1,2,4,11)
- Vladimir Bebeshko and Konstantin Meladze (6)
- Sound Engineer: Sergey Rebrik
- Recording and mixing at Meladze Brothers Studio
Design
- Concept and design: Vadim Andrianov
- Photo: Dmitry Peretrutov
Notes
- ↑ About the album on the site of Valery Meladze
- ↑ http://www.kommersant.ru/doc.aspx?DocsID=1055930 b-Weekend - Heroes of a district scale