| Tender Melody | ||||
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| Released | 1985 (USSR) available worldwide | |||
| Recorded | 1985, Melodiya, USSR | |||
| Genre | Pop, Dance | |||
| Label | Melodiya, USSR | |||
| Producer | Sofia Rotaru | |||
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Tender Melody is a studio album of Sofia Rotaru, recorded at Melodiya in the USSR. The album was widely acclaimed in the countries of the former USSR and the total sales amounted to more than 2 million copies.
| # | English title | Original language title | Time |
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| 1. | "Flowers Shop" Lyrics: Music: | Russian : Magazin Tsvety/Магазин «Цветы» | : |
| 2. | "Song about my life" Lyrics: Music: | Russian : Pesnya o moei zhizni/Песня о моей жизни Romanian : Orele/Viaţa Mea | : |
| 3. | "And the Music Plays" Lyrics: Music: | Russian : A muzyka zvuchit/А музыка звучит | : |
| 4. | "Tender Melody" Lyrics: Music: | Russian : Nezhnaya melodiya/Нежная мелодия | |
| 5. | "Sad Song" Lyrics: Music: | Russian : Grustnaya pesnya/Грустная песня | |
| 6. | "Lives" Lyrics: Music: | Russian : Zhizni/Жизнь | |
| 7. | "Slides" Lyrics: Music: | Russian : Slaydy/Слайды | : |
| 8. | "Romantic" Lyrics: Music: | Romanian : Romantica | : |
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