Pergilah Kasih

Pergilah Kasih
Studio album by Chrisye
Released	March 1991
Genre	Pop
Length	37:31
Label	Musica Studios
Producer	Younky Suwarno
Chrisye chronology
Jumpa Pertama (1988) Pergilah Kasih (1991) Cintamu Telah Berlalu (1992)

Pergilah Kasih (Go Away Dear) is a fourteenth studio album by Indonesian singer, Chrisye, released in 1991 by Musica Studios. Recorded with much input from Younky Suwarno, the album, which have a similar romantic and melancholic beats as his previous albums, was well received and certified silver. Two singles were released from the album.

Recording

Following the success of Jumpa Pertama (1988), Chrisye continued his collaboration with Younky Suwarno and began working on the material for Pergilah Kasih, with Suwarno serves as the producer and handles the arrangement. ^{[1] [2]} Chrisye composed four songs in the album, while Tito Sumarsono composed another two and each one composed by Rina R.D. and Doty & Dame respectively. ^[1] In his biography, he recalled that the album, had a "beautiful touch". ^{[a] [3]}

Release and reception

The album was released in 1989. ^[4] Two songs in the album, "Pergilah Kasih" and "Maafkanlah" were released as singles. The album's title track and first single, "Pergilah Kasih", was to be made as Chrisye's first music video. ^{[3] [5]} Directed by Jay Subyakto, the video was the first Indonesian song to be shown on MTV Southeast Asia, which was based in Hong Kong at that time. ^[6] Its second single, "Maafkanlah" were also received music videos. Both videos have been aired between 1991 and 1992 on RCTI's musical programme Rocket. ^{[3] [7]}

Pergilah Kasih has been reissued twice, once as a CD in 2004 ^[8] and once as part of the Chrisye Masterpiece Trilogy Limited Edition in 2007. ^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pergilah Kasih" ("Go Away Dear")	Tito Sumarsono	4:01
2.	"Nostalgia Cinta" ("Love Nostalgia")	Chrisye, Rina R.D.	4:41
3.	"Putri" ("Princess")	Chrisye, B.J. Rianto	4:50
4.	"Hari-Hariku" ("My Days")	Chrisye, Pamungkas N.M.	4:58
5.	"Problema" ("Problems")	Rina R.D.	4:52
6.	"Cinta Kita" ("Our Love")	Doty, Dame	3:23
7.	"Swara Hati" ("Voices of the Heart")	Chrisye, Tommy, Marie	4:42
8.	"Maafkanlah" ("Forgive Me")	Tito Sumarsono, Yuke N.S.	5:35
Total length:			37:31

Notes

1. Original: "... sentuhan rasa yang indah."

References

Footnotes

1. Liner notes for Pergilah Kasih.
2. Liner notes for Masterpiece Trilogi, p. 20.
3. Endah 2007, p. 257.
4. Sartono 2007, Chrisye: Dari Lilin Kecil.
5. Liner notes for Chrisye: In Memoriam.
6. Endah 2007, pp. 262–263.
7. Kompas 1992, Chrisye: Sakit Setiap.
8. KotaBNI.com 2004, Chrisye Rilis Ulang.
9. IndonesiaSelebriti.com 2007, Chrisye Rilis Album.

Bibliography

• "Chrisye Rilis Album Trilogi" [Chrisye Releases a Trilogy Album]. IndonesiaSelebriti.com (in Indonesian). Media Entertainment Online. 9 October 2007. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
• "Chrisye Rilis Ulang 22 Album Lawas" [Chrisye Rereleases 22 Old Albums]. KotaBNI News (in Indonesian). 28 October 2004. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
• Endah, Alberthiene (2007). Chrisye: Sebuah Memoar Musikal [Chrisye: A Musical Memoir] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Gramedia. ISBN   978-979-22-2606-5.
• Pergilah Kasih (Media notes). Chrisye. Musica Studios. 1989.
• Sakri, Denny (2007). Chrisye Masterpiece Trilogi 02 (Media notes). Chrisye. Musica Studios.
• Chrisye: In Memoriam (VCD). Chrisye. Musica Studios. 2007.
• Sartono, Frans (1 April 2007). "Chrisye: Dari Lilin Kecil ke Badai" [Chrisye: From a Small Candle to a Storm]. Kompas (in Indonesian). p. 1.
• "Chrisye: Sakit Setiap Berkarya" [Chrisye: Ill Every Time He Records]. Kompas (in Indonesian). 16 August 1992. p. 7.