Promotion
To promote their debut album, Serebro organised an outdoor concert on April 25, 2009 at Poklonnaya Hill, Moscow where fans were free to attend. Band member Elena Temnikova said of the concert: "We do not want to organize a feast during the plague, to make the grand presentation with champagne and caviar, as it is in our show business. In a difficult economic situation in Russia and in the world to arrange a costly celebration on the occasion of the release is not right. Therefore, we decided to make a presentation in an unusual format - an open, completely free concert. We spoke to people who supported us over the past two years, who were anxious for us, listening to our songs, have been and remain our loyal fans. They were waiting for the release of this album for two years and, as a sign of gratitude, we gave these people our music." Other acts were asked to perform alongside Serebro and the line-up included Band'Eros, Mitya Fomin, Total and two new Maxim Fadeev projects, Voron and China. The group performed all songs featured on the album to a crowd of 70 thousand fans which was deemed an impressive turnout for the group's first solo project.
The album produced four singles, more were planned for release but this was cancelled after Marina Lizorkina's departure from the group in 2009. In March 2010, the album was released through iTunes worldwide by the Finnish record label Symbolic Records.
Before releasing Izbrannoe, the band released a small album called "My Vzletaem". It is mostly related to OpiumRoz, with hidden and unreleased tracks from the sessions. Song #1 was also released with different versions, like Silver, Blue and Green versions. Te album, also being charted at number 224,115 on Amazon.com, didn't beat OpiumRoz much. It also had a favourable review from a customer.
The fourth single to be released from the album, "Скажи, не Молчи", was later re-recorded to include the vocals of new group member Anastasia Karpova, Marina Lizorkina's replacement. The re-recorded single was not released to airplay or the album but has been included on the group's EP, Izbrannoe, as a remixed single.
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