Z-sides

The album received a mixed review on the MirMages project site. The author of the article writes that Zemfira on the disc appears in her usual image: “we hear the same free Zemu for which there are no barriers and obstacles.” It is noted that the arrangements on the album turned out to be very concise, “not overloaded”. In general, the author noted that the album turned out to be ordinary, “not bad, and not good” ^[3] . Alexey Mazhaev from Intermedia.ru wrote that the collection is “an echo of early albums, a variation on their subject; maybe long uninteresting to Zemfira, but very close to the conservative part of its audience. ” According to the journalist, the songs "Garages", "Firecrackers" and "Interesting" reflect the early stage of the singer's work; the songs “Kisses” and “Do not shoot” are closer in mood to the album Thank you . The author considered the songs “Australia” and “For You” to be the best songs, saying that they “contain the very intonations and poetic moves for which the artist fell in love”. On the whole, the author positively assessed the album: “Instead of the computer sound expected five years ago, the album“ Z-Sides ”showed a laconic electro-rock sound, to my taste, more appropriate to the singer’s organics than the cabaret instrumental revelry Thank you . At least half of the songs could easily become radio hits in today's bezryb if Zemfira showed any interest in their promotion ” ^[4] .

Guru Ken called the album one of the most unusual in the singer’s discography. Firstly, the album seemed too simplified to the author. The journalist writes: "It seems that it was not the current Zemfira who wrote it, but a 16-year-old girl living in Ufa." Secondly, the author considered that the album was an attempt to return to the singer’s earlier musical style: “it was as if they were tasked with returning the music from the current dark, on the verge of psychiatric dissonance of the singer’s mental state in the sunny romantic period of the time of“ Daisies “”. However, according to Guru Ken, this is prevented by Zemfira herself, who performs songs too depressingly. According to the author of the review, in general, the album turns out to be a “gloomy joke of a genius, bread crumbs from a rich table. An attempt by Zemfira to return to youth filled with hopes, and an unsuccessful attempt ” ^[5] . The magazine “Fuzz” also considered that the album is “an attempt to return to a youth filled with hopes and bright thoughts.” At the same time, the reviewer singled out the songs “Australia” and “Do not shoot,” as the best on the album ^[6] .

Boris Barabanov , from the Kommersant publication, named the album among the main Russian releases of 2010, and the song from the Do Not Shoot album was included in the list of main Russian songs ^[7] .

Initially, the album took third place on the Russian album chart ^[8] . Later, in the eighth week of sales, the disc rose to the second line of the chart ^[9] .

Words and music of all songs of Zemfir Ramazanov.

• Zemfira Ramazanova - music and lyrics, voice , acoustic guitar (tracks 5 and 9), piano (track 9), keys (tracks 1 and 9), mixing , producing
• Kozyrev - drums (track 5), rhodes (track 3), keys (tracks 3 and 9), recording, mixing, producing
• Marinkin - drums (all tracks except 5)
• Belyaev - bass
• Tkachenko - electric and acoustic guitars
• Kulikov - pipe , flugelhorn , percussion
• Shurov - Piano (Track 7)
• Kornienko - Electric Guitar, SFX (Track 4)
• Strelnikov - violin (track 6)
• Chepiga - violin (track 6)
• Ovchinnikov - recording (Tone studio Mosfilm), mixing (Tone studio Mosfilm), engineer (except track 2), mastering
• Kulikov - Engineer (2-Vintage Records)
• Lobanov - cover