Karma (Tarkan album)

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Karma
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Studio album by
Released14 July 2001
StudioCutting Room (New York), Erekli Tunç (Istanbul), Etap (Cairo), Imaj (Istanbul), Miraval (Le Val, France), Pacifique (Los Angeles) studios
Genre Pop
Length48:46
Label İstanbul Plak
Producer Tarkan and Ozan Çolakoğlu
Tarkan chronology
Tarkan
(1999)
Karma
(2001)
Dudu
(2003)
Singles from Karma
  1. "Kuzu Kuzu"
    Released: May 2001 (Turkey)
  2. "Hüp"
    Released: December 2001 (Turkey)
  3. "Verme"
    Released: October 2002 (Turkey)

Karma is Tarkan's fourth studio album, released in 2001. His fifth music project and his fourth original release, this album moved away from pop to worldbeat melodies fused with electronica sounds and became the all time third best selling album in Turkey. The album was recorded in Istanbul, Los Angeles, New York City, Egypt and Europe. Album was published in Europe, North America, Asia, Japan, Russia. The tour "Kuzu Kuzu" which began in January 2002 was very successful as well and Tarkan performed in 19 countries and gave 26 concerts.

Contents

As an introduction in the CD booklet, Tarkan explains the Karma philosophy and introduces the concept of using Ebru art on his album cover.

Track listing

#SongComposerLyricistTime
1AşkTarkan, Ozan ÇolakoğluTarkan4:27
2AyTarkanTarkan4:19
3Kuzu KuzuTarkanTarkan3:54
4Gitti GideliTarkanTarkan4:44
5UzakMete Özgencil / Hüsna ArslanMete Özgencil4:58
6YandımMazhar AlansonMazhar Alanson3:13
7O'na SorTarkanMete Özgencil3:22
8HüpNazan ÖncelNazan Öncel3:41
9Sen BaşkasınTarkanTarkan4:15
10 Taş TarkanTarkan4:27
11Her NerdeysenNazan ÖncelNazan Öncel3:27
12VermeMete ÖzgencilMete Özgencil4:58

Album credits

Guest musicians

Music videos

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