Waste Management (album)

Waste Management is the third and final English language (sixth overall) studio album by Russian recording group t.A.T.u.

The album was no longer handled by their primary producers and songwriters, which included Martin Kierszenbaum and Trevor Horn.

On their Myspace account, the group stated that t.A.T.u would no longer be a "full-time project" as they wanted to focus on their solo careers.

[7] Member Lena Katina said on her part that it was inspired by Pink Floyd, saying "You should listen to this version of our LP non-stop at least once to feel what we tried to create.

[Waste Management] has got all songs bound together by short instrumental interludes composed by our author Evgeniy Matveitsev.

[7] The group stated that they decided to do this after they visited the "concept of continuity" in their music videos "220" and "Snowfalls", which were fused together.

[7] In the press release, member Julia Volkova revealed:[7] "We made our album more than just musically enriched, we have also changed its design – cover, booklet.

[10] Mark Fleming from AllMusic gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, saying "The provocative and controversial pop duo [t.A.T.u.]

[11] On January 29, 2010, Billboard reported that Waste Management had sold an estimated 1,000 copies ever since its release in the United States.

Worldwide, Waste Management charted poorly, leading it to become the group's least successful album to date.