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Dangerous and Moving
Studio album by
t.A.T.u.
Released5 October 2005
Recorded2004–2005
Genre
Length46:55
Language
LabelInterscope
Producer
t.A.T.u. chronology
t.A.T.u. Remixes
(2003) 		Dangerous and Moving
(2005) 		Lyudi Invalidy
(2005)
Alternative cover
Japanese release cover
Alternative cover
LP release cover
Singles from Dangerous and Moving
  1. "All About Us"
    Released: 1 September 2005[1]
  2. "Friend or Foe"
    Released: 22 December 2005[2]
  3. "Gomenasai"
    Released: 17 April 2006[3]

Dangerous and Moving is the second English-language (third overall) studio album by Russian musical group t.A.T.u. and the English-language equivalent of the album Lyudi Invalidy. The album was first released on 5 October 2005 in Japan then on 10 October in the UK, 11 October in North America, and in Europe and Latin America, on 14 October. As of January 2010 the album sold 93,000 copies in the United States and had peaked at number 131 on Billboard 200.[4][5][6]

Production

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Production on Dangerous and Moving spanned from Los Angeles to London and Moscow. There were two notable recording sessions with the record's producer, Sergio Galoyan. The first took place in Moscow between 4 and 20 August 2004 with just Lena, producing songs like "Cosmos", "Sacrifice" (one demo featuring Claire Guy) and demos "All My Love" (an English counterpart to "Вся моя любовь"), "I Know", "One Love" and "You". The second recording session took place from 17 January to 18 April 2005 in Los Angeles with "Sacrifice", "Perfect Enemy" and the demo of "We Shout" (titled "Reach Out") also sung by Lena. Yulia was not present during the recording sessions due to her pregnancy.[7]

Other demo versions of the songs are available online, such as "All About Us" (performed by the Veronicas), "Sacrifice" (with both Yulia and Lena), "Perfect Enemy" (recorded by Claire Guy and sometimes referred to as "Wrap It Up"), and "Обезьянка ноль".

Although Sting, Dave Stewart, Richard Carpenter, the Veronicas and Claire Guy did work on the album, they did not actually meet the girls for production. Sergio Galoyan became a liaison for the production. However, Richard Carpenter did meet the girls after the recording of the album at their video shoot for the single Friend or Foe. The video was shot on location at Bronson Cave in Hollywood, directed by James Cox, while the executive producer was Grant Cihlar for 1171 Production Group. According to the booklet, the album was recorded at eight different recording studios. The album cover photography and design was made by their own music group, TA Music.

Differences from Lyudi Invalidy

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Lyudi Invalidy and Dangerous and Moving effectively have eight tracks in common, either in the form of being the same track or being English/Russian-counterparts:

  • "Люди инвалиды" / "Dangerous and Moving" (49-second intro)
  • "All About Us"
  • "Loves Me Not"
  • "Обезьянка ноль" (an English version, "Null and Void", exists[8] but was not included; it was later released in "The Best")
  • "Космос" / "Cosmos (Outer Space)"
  • "Ничья" / "We Shout"
  • "Новая модель" / "Perfect Enemy"
  • "Люди инвалиды" / "Dangerous and Moving" (full version)

Three tracks from Lyudi Invalidy do not have counterparts on Dangerous and Moving:

  • "Ты согласна"
  • "Вся моя любовь" (An English version, "All My Love", exists[9] in demo form with only Lena singing but was not recorded with both girls)
  • "Что не хватает"

Four tracks from Dangerous and Moving do not have counterparts on Lyudi Invalidy:

  • "Friend or Foe"
  • "Gomenasai"
  • "Craving"
  • "Sacrifice"

The tracks that the two albums have in common were all reordered, with only tracks 1 and 4 being the same between the two; however, the full versions of "Люди инвалиды" / "Dangerous and Moving" are the final tracks of both albums (track 11 on Lyudi Invalidy and track 12 on Dangerous and Moving)

On this album, "Loves Me Not" has different music than the version on the Russian album counterpart Люди-инвалиды. Among other differences, the Lyudi Invalidy version features 29 seconds of instrumentals before the lyrics start, while the Dangerous and Moving version skips straight to the lyrics; and the Dangerous and Moving version features roaring guitars during the chorus, which are absent from the Lyudi Invalidy version.

The girls sing an extra verse in "Cosmos" after the second chorus; in "Космос", this is an instrumental break with no lyrics.

Singles

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Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic53/100[10]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
BBC(Positive)[12]
The Boston Phoenix[13]
The Guardian[14]
IndieLondon(Positive)[15]
Popmatters[16]
Rolling Stone[17]
SputnikMusic[18]
Stylus MagazineB+[19]

Dangerous and Moving was met with "mixed or average" reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 53 based on 10 reviews.[10]

In a review for AllMusic, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "Since the beats are monotonous, since the songs are insipid and forgettable, since the girls not only can't sing but have no on-record charisma, since there's no sense of style and, most importantly, sense of fun to this whole enterprise, Dangerous and Moving is the worst kind of pop music: the kind that is better to theorize about than to listen to"[11] At Rolling Stone, Barry Walters said: "Although spunky cuties Julia Volkova and Lena Katina have improved their English-pronunciation skills, the hooks they're handed this second time around are decidedly duller, and the limitations of their vocal abilities are exaggerated, not concealed, by the bluntly simplistic tunes."[17]

Commercial performance

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The album was initially released on 5 October 2005 in Japan, where it peaked at number ten, a worse result than the first album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane, which debuted at number one on the Japanese chart in 2003.[20] In fact, the latter had sold over 500,000 copies in Japan in its first week of release alone, while Dangerous and Moving only managed to sell 23,000 copies in its first week.[20] In Taiwan, Dangerous and Moving reached number four on the albums chart, but after only three weeks it dropped out of the top twenty. As of December 2005, the album has sold 15,000 copies there, and was certified gold by Recording Industry Foundation in Taiwan.[21]

On 10 October 2005, the album was released in the UK, on 11 October in North America and on 14 October in Europe and Latin America. In Germany, the album reached number twelve in the album chart and remained there for six weeks. In Italy, the album spent three weeks in the top twenty, entering at number eighteen and peaking at number fifteen.[22] In France, the album stayed in the chart for twenty-three weeks, selling around 70,000 copies in 2005.[23] In most of the remaining European countries, the album reached at least the top forty.

In the United States, the album placed at number 131 on the Billboard 200, with a total of 93,000 certified units in the country.[4] In the UK the album spent only one week in the Official Albums Chart, peaking at number seventy-eight on 22 October 2005.[24]

In Latin America, the album achieved more success: in Mexico, it reached number five on the Mexican albums chart, and was certified gold for shipments of 50,000 copies.[25] In Russia the album sold 100,000 copies and was certified gold in 2005, while the Russian version, Lyudi Invalidy, was certified platinum, selling over 300,000 units.[26]

Track listing

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No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Dangerous and Moving" (Intro) Ivan Shapovalov
0:50
2."All About Us"
  • Alexander
  • Steinberg
  • J. Origliasso
  • L. Origliasso
3:00
3."Cosmos (Outer Space)"
Sergio Galoyan
  • Galoyan
  • Kierszenbaum
4:12
4."Loves Me Not"
  • Buller
  • Kubiszewski
 2:56
5."Friend or Foe"
  • Kierszenbaum
  • Stewart
  • Kierszenbaum
  • Orton
3:08
6."Gomenasai"KierszenbaumKierszenbaum
  • Kierszenbaum
  • Orton
3:43
7."Craving (I Only Want What I Can't Have)"Lisa Lindley JonesLindley JonesTrevor Horn3:50
8."Sacrifice"Kierszenbaum
  • Galoyan
  • Kierszenbaum
  • Galoyan
  • Denis Ingoldsby
  • Kierszenbaum
3:10
9."We Shout"
  • Aleksandrovsky
  • Kierszenbaum
  • Pasha Nekkermann
  • Polienko
Nekkermann
  • Galoyan
  • Ingoldsby
  • Kierszenbaum
3:02
10."Perfect Enemy"
  • Kierszenbaum
  • T.A. Music
  • Polienko
Galoyan
  • Galoyan
  • Denis Ingoldsby
  • Kierszenbaum
4:12
11."Обезьянка ноль" (Obezyanka nol)Polienko
  • Andrey Pokutniy
  • Vladimir Adarichev
  • Galoyan
  • Oliver Smallman
  • T.A. Music
4:25
12."Dangerous and Moving"
  • Aleksandrovsky
  • Kierszenbaum
  • T.A. Music
  • Polienko
Shapovalov
  • Kierszenbaum
  • T.A. Music
4:36
Total length:41:01
Australia, Brazil, Europe, Japan, Latin America and Russia bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
13."Вся моя любовь" (Vsya moya lyubov)
  • Kierszenbaum
  • Polienko
Galoyan
  • Galoyan
  • Denis Ingoldsby
  • T.A. Music
5:50
Total length:46:51
Europe and Japan bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicProducer(s)Length
14."Люди-инвалиды" (Lyudi invalidy)PolienkoShapovalov
  • Kierszenbaum
  • T.A. Music
4:35
Japan bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
15."Divine"
  • Alias
  • Kierszenbaum
3:17
Deluxe limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."All About Us" (The Making Of) 
Japan limited edition bonus DVD
No.TitleLength
1."All About Us" (Uncensored version music video) 
2."Dangerous and Moving" (music video) 
3."t.A.T.u. Makes a Video" 
4."The EPK" 
  • The Deluxe limited edition comes with a fold-out guitar/piano music poster for "Gomenasai" and a bonus DVD containing "The Making of All About Us" video shoot (including the finished, edited video at the end of the program) and a t.A.T.u. Remix Package that has isolated stems for guitar, bass, drums, synths and vocals for the international version of the track "Loves Me Not".

Lyudi Invalidy (Russian version)

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Source:[27]

No.TitleLyricsMusicTransliteration (Translation)Length
1."Люди-инвалиды" (Intro, English version: Dangerous and Moving (Intro)) Ivan ShapovalovLyudi invalidy (Disabled People)0:49
2."Новая модель" (English version: Perfect Enemy)Valery PolienkoSergio GaloyanNovaya model' (New Model)4:12
3."Обезьянка ноль" (English version: Null and Void)Polienko
  • Vladimir Adarichev
  • Andrey Pokutniy
Obez'yanka nol' (Monkey Zero)4:26
4."Loves Me Not"
  • Ed Buller
  • Andy Kubiszewski
  • Buller
  • Kubiszewski
 3:14
5."Космос" (English version: Cosmos (Outer Space))PolienkoGaloyanKosmos (Cosmos)4:10
6."Ты согласна"Polienko
  • Adarichev
  • Pokutniy
Ty soglasna (You Agree)3:11
7."Ничья" (English version: We shout)
  • Pasha Nekkermann
  • Polienko
NekkermannNich'ya (No One's)3:05
8."Вся моя любовь" (English version: All My Love)
  • Polienko
  • Martin Kierszenbaum
GaloyanVsya moya lyubov' (All My Love)5:48
9."All About Us"
  • Josh Alexander
  • Billy Steinberg
  • Jessica Origliasso
  • Lisa Origliasso
  • Alexander
  • Steinberg
  • Jessica Origliasso
  • Lisa Origliasso
 3:02
10."Что не хватает"Ivan DemyanDemyanChto ne khvataet (What Isn't Enough?)4:26
11."Lyudi Invalidy" (English version: Dangerous and Moving)PolienkoShapovalovLyudi invalidy (Disabled People)4:37
Total length:40:54

Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
France — 69,100[23]
Japan — 38,057[32]
Mexico (AMPROFON)[40] Gold 50,000^
Russia⁠[41] Gold 100,000[41]
Taiwan⁠[21] Gold  
United States — 93,000[4]

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Personnel / credits

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  • t.A.T.u. — Vocals
  • Tom Baker — Mastering
  • Ed Buller — Producer
  • Cindy Cooper — Production Coordination
  • Sergio Galoyan — Producer, Composer
  • Denis Ingolds — Executive Producer
  • Trevor Horn — Producer
  • Tomoko Itoki — Product Manager
  • David Junk — Executive Director
  • Martin Kierszenbaum — Producer, A&R
  • Andy Kubiszewski — Producer
  • Robert Orton — Producer, Engineer, Mixing
  • Boris Renski — Executive Producer
  • Andrea Ruffalo — A&R
  • Ami Spishock — Product Manager
  • Phil Mucci — Photography
  • T.A. Music — Design, Concept
  • Tony Ugval — Engineer
  • Xudoznik — Producer

Dangerous and Moving Tour (2005–2006)

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Setlist

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  1. "Intro"
  2. "Dangerous and Moving"/"Lyudi Invalidy"
  3. "All About Us"
  4. "Loves Me Not"
  5. "Sacrifice"
  6. "Chto Ne Khvatayet"
  7. "We Shout"/"Nichya"
  8. "Friend or Foe"
  9. "Obezyanka Nol"
  10. "Gomenasai"
  11. "Perfect Enemy"/"Novaya Model"
  12. "Cosmos (Outer Space)"/"Kosmos"
  13. "Show Me Love"
  14. "How Soon Is Now?"
  15. "30 Minutes"/ "30 Minut"
  16. "Not Gonna Get Us"/"Nas Ne Dagoniat"
  17. "Ne ver, ne boysya"
  18. "All The Things She Said"/"Ya Soshla S Uma"

See also

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References

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  3. ^ "Gomenasai - t.A.T.u." iTunes. January 2006.
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  7. ^ "t.A.T.u: Dangerous and Moving". PopMatters. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Null and Void". YouTube.
  9. ^ "Tatu All My Love (Audio + Lyrics)". YouTube.
  10. ^ a b "Metacritic review". Metacritic. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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  22. ^ "Classifiche artisti - archivio". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (in Italian). October 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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  30. ^ "Czech Albums – Top 100". ČNS IFPI. Note: On the chart page, select 01.Týden 2006 on the field besides the words "CZ – ALBUMS – TOP 100" to retrieve the correct chart. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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  33. ^ a b Top 100 Album; De Enero a Diciembre de 2005 (PDF) (in Spanish). AMPROFON. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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