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''Waste Management'' is the third English language (sixth overall) studio album by Russian recording group t.A.T.u. released in the Russian Federation on 15 December 2009 by their own independent record label T.A. Music. Unlike their previous English studio album, it is the group's first studio album not released by Interscope Records due to their departure from the label in 2006. The album was no longer handled by their primary producers and song writers, which included Martin Kierszenbaum and Trevor Horn. Instead, it was produced by producers including Billy Steinberg, Josh Alexander, Sergio Galoyan and Boris Renski, who served as their executive producer. Unlike their previous studio albums, ''Waste Management'' is exclusively seated in the electronic dance music genres, including musical influences from dance, electronica, techno and eurodance. Upon its release, the album debuted with generally favorable reviews from music critics, who felt the production and musical composition suited the group well and considered it as one of their best release. The album did not do well commercial-wise, only managing to peak in countries including Canada, Mexico, Russia and Taiwan, becoming the group's least successful album to date. The studio album generated three singles : "Snowfalls", "White Robe" and "Sparks", none of which managed to generate much interest nor appear in any music charts around the world. This was the group's last studio album before they split up in March 2011. ''Waste Management Remixes'' was released not long after. ==Background and development== When the group announced the release of the lead single of their studio album, ''Весёлые Улыбки'', they stated that the album would be entitled ''Upravleniye Otbrosami'', which translates to "waste management". However, a press release had officially stated that it would be entitled ''Весёлые Улыбки'' instead, as it reflected sarcastic comments about the state of the Russian music business made by Volkova and Katina in an interview with Moscow's Time Out Magazine.〔("Там же одни проститутки! / It's full of whores! / Time Out Magazine / t. A. T. u. – t. A. T. u. m.e.d.i.a.b.l.o.g". ) Blog.tatu.ru. 2008-09-01. Retrieved 2009-05-02.〕 Because of the name change, the album was postponed, but was eventually released in October 2008. In March 2009, the group began production of the studio album. On their Myspace account, the group stated that t.A.T.u would no longer be a "full-time project" as they wanted to focus on their solo careers. Around April 2009, the group revealed their single "Snowfalls", stating that the studio album was still in production. According to one of the press releases from the group's website, they said that the album's title "Waste Management" was related to "Happy Smiles", explaining ''"this album was all about 'Unhappily Unsmiling' in its very essence. To be more precise, it was (Management )"''.〔(Waste Management Press Release ). PDF File Only.〕 Member Lena Katina said on her part that it was inspired by Pink Floyd, saying "You should listen to this version of our LP non-stop at least once to feel what we tried to create. We call this version “pinkfloydish” among us”. She further explained “Pink Floyd was not the only band who did it this way, but we can say it was them who inspired us. (Management ) has got all songs bound together by short instrumental interludes composed by our author Evgeniy Matveitsev. This version of the LP is one continuous music trip”.〔 The group stated that they decided to do this after they visited the "concept of continuity" in their music videos "220" and "Snowfalls", which where fused together.〔 In the press release, member Julia Volkova revealed :〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Waste Management (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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