Gülümse

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Gülümse
Studio album by
Released16 July 1991 (1991-07-16)
RecordedJanuary–June 1991
Studio
  • FT Studio
  • Gelişim Studio
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Genre
Length45:33
Label
  • Coşkun
  • Sahibinin Sesi
ProducerKudret Çoşkun, Onno Tunç
Sezen Aksu chronology
Sezen Aksu Söylüyor
(1989)
Gülümse
(1991)
Deli Kızın Türküsü
(1993)

Gülümse is Sezen Aksu's Turkish release and her most commercially successful album in Turkey. The album sold more than 2 million and is one of the best-selling Turkish album.[1][2] Sezen Aksu on this album again worked with Onno Tunç and Aysel Gürel.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Composer(s)Length
1."Hadi Bakalım"Aysel GürelOnno Tunç4:56
2."Tutsak"
Onno Tunç6:28
3."Ne Kavgam Bitti Ne Sevdam"Aysel GürelOnno Tunç3:28
4."Gülümse"Kemal BurkayArto Tunçboyacıyan5:03
5."Güllerim Soldu"Sezen AksuSezen Aksu4:31
6."Vazgeçtim"Sezen AksuAra Dinkjian5:09
7."Her Şeyi Yak"Sezen AksuThanos Mikroutsikos5:14
8."Namus"Ümit Yaşar OğuzcanArto Tunçboyacıyan3:56
9."Seni Kimler Aldı?"Sezen AksuSezen Aksu3:28
10."Değer mi?"Aysel GürelOnno Tunç3:25
Total length:45:33

Personnel[edit]

  • Kudret Coşkun: Executive-producer
  • Onno Tunç: Producer, all instruments and arrangements, except for the following (1,2,3,4,5,6,8,10)
  • Aykut Gürel - Sound engineer
  • Duyal Karagözoğlu - Sound engineer
  • Curtis Schwartz - Mixing
  • Sertab Erener - Vocal (1,7)
  • Levent Yüksel - Vocal (1,7)
  • Seden Gurel - Vocal (1,7)
  • Arto Tunçboyacıyan - Supervisor, percussion instruments (2,3,4,5,8) Vocal (2,3,4,8)
  • Ahmet Kadri Rizeli - kemenche (4)
  • Tamer Pınarbaşı - Kanun (4)
  • Ara Dinkjian - Ud (6)
  • Celal Bağlan: darbuka (7)
  • Seyfi Hayta: Def (7)
  • Serdar Erbaşı: Hollo, Bendir (7)
  • Reyhan Dinletir: Bongo (7)
  • İlyas Tetik: Violin (7)
  • Ergin Kızılay: Ud (7)
  • Atilla Özdemiroğlu - Instruments and arrangements (7)
  • Sevingül Bahadır: Vocal (7)
  • Ercan Irmak: Ney, Kavala (9)
  • Özkan Uğur - Bass Guitar (9)
  • Fuat Güner - Acoustic Guitars, Musical Instruments and regulations (9)
  • Orhan Topçuoğlu - Percussion instruments (10)

Charts[edit]

All-time charts[edit]

Chart Position
Hürriyet Turkey's Best 100 Albums[3] 5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "10 yılın tiraj rekortmenleri". Milliyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Milliyet. 12 April 2000.
  2. ^ "Sezen: Winging her way to stardom". Hürriyet Daily News. 14 August 1996.
  3. ^ Bilgici, Yenal (22 April 2017). "Türkiye'nin en iyi 100 albümü". Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 18 February 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

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