Lyudi Invalidy
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Люди-Инвалиды (Lyudi Invalidy), Disabled People, is the second Russian album by the duo t.A.T.u., released on October 19, 2005.
Track listing
- Люди Инвалиды (Интро) — Lyudi Invalidy (Intro) (Invalid People) - 0:49
- Новая Модель — Novaya Model' (New Model) – 4:12
- Обезьянка Ноль — Obez'yanka Nol' (Monkey Zero) – 4:25
- Loves Me Not – 3:13
- Космос — Kosmos (Cosmos) - 4:09
- Ты Согласна — Ty Soglasna (You Agree) - 3:10
- Ничья — Nich'ya (No One's) - 3:04
- Вся Моя Любовь — Vsya Moya Lyubov' (All My Love) - 5:49
- All About Us - 3:01
- Что Не Хватает — Chto Ne Khvatayet (What's Not Enough) - 4:25
- Люди Инвалиды — Lyudi Invalidy (Invalid People) - 4:36
Notes about the album
- "Loves Me Not" on this album has different music than the original version found on Dangerous and Moving. It may or may not be considered a remix, but it is simply labeled on the album as "Loves Me Not".
- "All About Us" is the only other English song also found on Dangerous and Moving that is featured on this album.
- The songs "Lyudi Invalidy", "Ty Soglasna", "Nich'ya" and "Chto Ne Khvatayet" were all first produced with the girls during Podnebesnaya, and the music and some lyrics were changed for this album.
Controversy of the album
The title of the album has caused much confusion and controversy. The words "Lyudi Invalidy" can translate into English as "Disabled/Handicapped People," and even in Russian it implies someone who is physically disabled. However, the group on several occasions have stated that they mean morally disabled persons.
t.A.T.u. were sued in November, 2006 by the Komi Republic claiming the album and song made degraded disabled people. Specifically, they were offended by writing in the booklet which read: "Disabled people [Lyudi Invalidy] do not know what it means to be a human being. They are fakes inside the human form. They do not live, but - function." t.A.T.u. expressed that they were not worried about being sued, and Katina added "Of course, we meant moral invalids, people who do not have soul and human feelings." When asked if they had anything against disabled people, she stated that she finds it offensive to refer to people by that term, and added "We take pictures together and make sure they have priority seats [at concerts]." No more news has been given about the lawsuit, and it is assumed to have been dropped.
Booklet
Below is the text found in the booklet (translated from Russian) that had caused controversy.
"....Disabled People are born the ways they'll die. They do not know what it is to be a human, they are a fake, a doll made out of a human-like billet. They have legs, hands, other parts of the body, physically you can not tell them apart from a human, but DISABLED PEOPLE do not live, they function. Their functions are drawn by mechanic laws and four other clues: violence, stupidity, greed, meanness. ZHGZHP (see below). Everything they do is effective, predictable, dim and destructive. All the bad, very bad and awful happenings are the result of DISABLED PEOPLE's activities. We live among them and rarely notice this big human fake....."
- ZHGZHP (or ЖГЖП) stands for ЖЕСТОКОСТЬ (Violence), ГЛУПОСТЬ (Stupidity), ЖАДНОСТЬ (Greed), ПОДЛОСТЬ (Meanness). ЖГЖП is also found on some t.A.T.u. merchandise, and it is also on the inner ring of the actual CD for Lyudi Invalidy.
