1) Chiggy Wiggy-Kylie Minogue,Sonu Nigam;additional vocals:SuzzaneThe album starts in a truly pop style with sensous vocals by Kylie. The song has brilliant basslines and a neat beat with various FX effects thrown in..A truly bombastic song. The song however loses steam after Sonu Nigam enters into the track where dholaks comes into prominence and the song lacks the punch. The idea is great but Sonu Nigam's voice lacks that power. Perhaps a Rang De Basanthi title number styled song would have made a difference.
A complete fusion between pop and Bhangra.This song is already a hit.
Rating: 8/10
2)Aaj Dil Gustakh Hai-Sukwinder Singh,Shreya Ghoshal
Wow...This is a true Rahmanish song with the trademark guitar strumming.Sukwinder sounds sensous and melodic and the entire track sounds like a pure jazz/blues styled song with carribean beats. Shreya Ghosal sings her heart out. The first interlude is stunning with great basslines and wind instruments. Watch out for the stunning piano throughout the song and the subtle strings section. Its heartening to see Sukwinder in this avatar. The second interlude is nicely done with all soft synths and pads..Only that "Soya Saa" chorus is distracting. Neat cymbals throughout and pianos make this song a memorable number. Very addictive.
Rating: 10/10
3)Fiqrana-Vijay Prakash,Shreya Ghoshal
Vijay Prakash stuns with his vocals. Its a great party number. Its a surprise how Farhan Akhtar turned down this song. Vijay Prakash' vocoded vocals,basslines and the electric guitar/flamenco guitar riffs throughout enhances the effect. Sometimes it sounds like a Lucky Ali styled song..May be the vocal part sometimes make me think so. Though the song loses steam in between, Vijay rescues it with his high crecendo singing. The song has its own highs and lows. The beat arrangement is not path breaking but it has a nice melody interwoven throughout...Nice but not path breaking.
Rating: 8.5/10
4)Bhoola Tujhe-Rashid Ali
The prelude signals something stunning is going to happen..Wow..The song starts off like a true Broadway styled opera musical..Strings section,harp and percussion sounds out of the world and Rahman fuses Western Classical Music into its interlude. Then the horns follow with guitar strumming and now enters Rashid Ali of JTYJN fame. The neat timpani hits along with strings section is simply stunning.The French Horn in the interlude brings a jingoistic feel to the song. If this song is made as a BGM in any Hollywood movie, he would win another Academy Award.Watch out or the strings variation at the end. A stunner straight from the wizard's heart.
Rating:10/10
5)Blue Theme-Blaaze,Raqeeb Aalam,Sonu Kakkar,Jaspreet Singh,Neha Kakkar,Dilshad
Rahman is a master in composing themes and he has composed an another winner. An bombastic electrifying track with lot of efects thrown in. The beat arrangement brings out the vintage Rahman along with the electric guitar and synth squelch styled bass. Again this track has an underlying Bhangra style. He has fused it again here. A neat track..Should look great with visuals. Suddenly the song picks tempo...But the BLUE chorus turning into "BULUE" is a bit of gamble..Rahman is known for experimentations and this has surely worked out...Finally at the end we hear under water bubble effects bringing the main theme to the fore.
Rating:8/10
6) Rehnuma-Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
Rahman's penchant for jazz continues. Almost all his experiments in Jazz/Blues were hits. Right from "Vennila Vennila","Hello Mr.Ethirkatchi","Sillunu oru kadhal" and "Jaane Tu", he has consistently given amazing numbers in this genre. Rahman loves waltz too.Jazz gives a composer a chance to experiment and our wizard just relishes it. Particularly the point where the singer reaches higher crescendos, its magical..The track seems as if it was composed for a James Bond movie... (Is Rahman experimenting for his much rumoured James Bond movie??)...Only he knows the answers....The percussions and guitars in one of the interludes followed by the strings section is mindblowing...The west must hear this track....Spellbound by the track.
Rating:10/10
7) Yaar Mila Tha-Udit Narayan, Madhushree
Starts off like a Raghav number. Frankly I was reminded of another tamil number "Rosu Rosu Rosu" that had Dhanush and Tamannah in the lead...But the similarity ends there..A pure fun number..Finally Madhushree joins hands with Udit Narayan and the result is amazing..The song has an amazing mischevious bassline throughout.The synthesized shennai/sawlead/AnalagonDarkMoon pad with occassional piano strikes and "tha tha thina chorus" is very addictive.
Rating:9.5/10
A complete fusion between pop and Bhangra.This song is already a hit.
Rating: 8/10
2)Aaj Dil Gustakh Hai-Sukwinder Singh,Shreya Ghoshal
Wow...This is a true Rahmanish song with the trademark guitar strumming.Sukwinder sounds sensous and melodic and the entire track sounds like a pure jazz/blues styled song with carribean beats. Shreya Ghosal sings her heart out. The first interlude is stunning with great basslines and wind instruments. Watch out for the stunning piano throughout the song and the subtle strings section. Its heartening to see Sukwinder in this avatar. The second interlude is nicely done with all soft synths and pads..Only that "Soya Saa" chorus is distracting. Neat cymbals throughout and pianos make this song a memorable number. Very addictive.
Rating: 10/10
3)Fiqrana-Vijay Prakash,Shreya Ghoshal
Vijay Prakash stuns with his vocals. Its a great party number. Its a surprise how Farhan Akhtar turned down this song. Vijay Prakash' vocoded vocals,basslines and the electric guitar/flamenco guitar riffs throughout enhances the effect. Sometimes it sounds like a Lucky Ali styled song..May be the vocal part sometimes make me think so. Though the song loses steam in between, Vijay rescues it with his high crecendo singing. The song has its own highs and lows. The beat arrangement is not path breaking but it has a nice melody interwoven throughout...Nice but not path breaking.
Rating: 8.5/10
4)Bhoola Tujhe-Rashid Ali
The prelude signals something stunning is going to happen..Wow..The song starts off like a true Broadway styled opera musical..Strings section,harp and percussion sounds out of the world and Rahman fuses Western Classical Music into its interlude. Then the horns follow with guitar strumming and now enters Rashid Ali of JTYJN fame. The neat timpani hits along with strings section is simply stunning.The French Horn in the interlude brings a jingoistic feel to the song. If this song is made as a BGM in any Hollywood movie, he would win another Academy Award.Watch out or the strings variation at the end. A stunner straight from the wizard's heart.
Rating:10/10
5)Blue Theme-Blaaze,Raqeeb Aalam,Sonu Kakkar,Jaspreet Singh,Neha Kakkar,Dilshad
Rahman is a master in composing themes and he has composed an another winner. An bombastic electrifying track with lot of efects thrown in. The beat arrangement brings out the vintage Rahman along with the electric guitar and synth squelch styled bass. Again this track has an underlying Bhangra style. He has fused it again here. A neat track..Should look great with visuals. Suddenly the song picks tempo...But the BLUE chorus turning into "BULUE" is a bit of gamble..Rahman is known for experimentations and this has surely worked out...Finally at the end we hear under water bubble effects bringing the main theme to the fore.
Rating:8/10
6) Rehnuma-Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal
Rahman's penchant for jazz continues. Almost all his experiments in Jazz/Blues were hits. Right from "Vennila Vennila","Hello Mr.Ethirkatchi","Sillunu oru kadhal" and "Jaane Tu", he has consistently given amazing numbers in this genre. Rahman loves waltz too.Jazz gives a composer a chance to experiment and our wizard just relishes it. Particularly the point where the singer reaches higher crescendos, its magical..The track seems as if it was composed for a James Bond movie... (Is Rahman experimenting for his much rumoured James Bond movie??)...Only he knows the answers....The percussions and guitars in one of the interludes followed by the strings section is mindblowing...The west must hear this track....Spellbound by the track.
Rating:10/10
7) Yaar Mila Tha-Udit Narayan, Madhushree
Starts off like a Raghav number. Frankly I was reminded of another tamil number "Rosu Rosu Rosu" that had Dhanush and Tamannah in the lead...But the similarity ends there..A pure fun number..Finally Madhushree joins hands with Udit Narayan and the result is amazing..The song has an amazing mischevious bassline throughout.The synthesized shennai/sawlead/AnalagonDarkMoon pad with occassional piano strikes and "tha tha thina chorus" is very addictive.
Rating:9.5/10
BACKING VOCALS: AAJ DIL GUSTAKH HAI:
BENNY DAYAL,HENRY KURUVILLA & SHI MILLHOUSE, RAVEN MILLHOUSE
"BHOOLA TUJHE" YERI VOICE KAVITHA BALIGA
BACKING VOCALS "YAAR MILA THAA"
SHI MILLHOUSE & RAVEN MILLHOUSE
COURTESY OF GREYOLOGY MANAGEMENT
ADDITIONAL VOCAL SUPERVISION BY SRINIVAS
MUSICIANS: "AAJ DIL GUSTAKH HAI" & "BHOOLA TUJHE"
GUITAR: SANJEEV THOMAS
TRUMPET: KISHORE SODHA
SHENNAI:BALESH
DHOLAK: CHINNA PRASAD
MANDOLIN:SEENU
STRINGS: CHENNAI STRINGS ORCHESTRA
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING:T.R.KRISHNA CHETAN, HENRY KURUVILLA, DEEPAK.P.A
STRINGS SECTION CONDUCTED BY V.J.SRINIVASA MURTHY
RECORDED IN:
CHENNAI PANCHATHAN RECORD INN.,A.M.STUDIO
SOUND ENGINEERS: S.SIVA KUMAR,DEEPAK.P.A,KANNAN GANPAT,SURESH PERUMAL,VIVIANE CHAIX,MOHAMMED SAFIULLAH
BLUE FROG SOUND LABS SOUND ENGINEER JOSEPH GEORGE
NIRVANA STUDIO SOUND ENGINEER PUNEET SAMTANI
LONDON(KYLIE MINOGUE) PHIJ ADAMS
MIXED AT PANCHATHAN RECORD INN,AM STUDIO-DEEPAK P.A. AND K,J,SINGH
MIXED BY TAL HERZBERG AT RECORD PLANT(HOLLYWOOD)
MIXING ASSISTANT: GHAZI HOURANI
MUSICIAN FIXER: SAMIDURAI
MUSIC CO-ORDINATED BY NOELL JAMES AND FAIZUDIDN T M
MASTERED BY ADITYA MODI AND SHADAB RAYEEN AT PREMIER DIGITAL MASTERING STUDIOS(MUMBAI)
ALL SONGS PRODUCED BY A R RAHMAN
