Mama (Vitas album)


Mama is a Russian album by Vitas. It was released in 2003, simultaneously with The Songs of My Mother. Both albums were a tribute to his late mother. Songs from these albums featured heavily in the setlist of Vitas' extensive world tour The Songs of My Mother, performed at hundreds of venues in several countries from 2004-2006.
The opening track, The Star won a Russian People's HIT prize in 2003 and is one of Vitas' most popular songs worldwide. Like Opera No. 2, it is still a staple of Vitas' live performances. Vitas sang the song as a duet with Alexander Kireev for his entry into the Star Factory in 2006.
He performed the song Starry River accompanied by its composer Aleksandra Pakhmutova on piano at a concert in honour of the composer.
He covered the song The Unknown Friend Song composed in 1985 by Aleksandra Pakhmutova and Rasul Gamzatov for the song cycle The Earth Globe. The song is about an unknown friend that realizes that there is an unknown circle of "invisible and unknown" friends and enemies, as well as "lovable planets", in addition to interstellar and general awareness, brotherhood to the next and an existence of an extraplanetary cycle. It is also subsequently re-edited on Vitas' 2006 CD Return Home. There's also the music score of the song to download. In concert, Vitas often dons an alien robot costume while performing this song.

Track listing