11 tracks · 44 min
200 Po Vstrechnoy (Cyrillic: 200 По Встречной; translation: 200 [km/h] Against the Traffic) is the debut album by Russian recording duo t.A.T.u., which was released on May 21, 2001. The album is also known mostly as the Russian alternative album to their debut English-language album 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane (2002). The album only had one important producer, which was Ivan Shapovalov, who also directed and written the album. The album's composition is very different from their English version, which this album produced more eurodance and very strong bubblegum, yet electro music. In February 2002 the album was reissued in Russia, features a new song "Klouny", two new remixes for "30 Minut" and "Mal'chik-Gey", multimedia track and photo gallery. The album was very successful through Russia and Poland, where it achieved platinum status. Due to the sales of this album, t.A.T.u. became the first Eastern European act to receive an IFPI Europe Platinum Award. The English version of this album, 200 km/h in the Wrong Lane, won the award as well, making t.A.T.u. the first group ever to receive an IFPI Europe Platinum Award for the same album in two different languages.
