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Shohail Ibne Mahbub (XTR)
I'm an avid Bangla music album collector in this hobby since 2012. Having grown up in the "Underground" era of Bangla band music, I took the initiative to archive and upload album artworks. Till now, I've been recognised and acknowledged by various artists, bands, streaming and label companies for my work on Bangla CD Covers. There's a high chance most artwork you see floating around the internet are scanned by me!

The Miracle - 1 by Upol Islam

"The Miracle - 1" is the chronologically 2nd and the first solo album of Upol Islam, who is famously known to work with Fuad Al-Muqtadir since the early days of his stardom, starting with "Kranti". It was released in 2010 from Bengal Music Company (BMC) Ltd. The album is a mix of pop and hip-hop as Upol Islam collaborated with a lot hip-hop artists, especially from Blazin' Annex. All of the 11 tracks are Upol's original compositions. According to the sleeves, Upol mentions he was really thankful and grateful to everyone for this album, especially his family members.

That statement can be traced back to the release of his first album, which was titled "Ke Tumi" and released from CMV (BD) in 2001. In that album, he had collaborated with another famous singer of Bangladesh, Pantho Kanai. "Ke Tumi" featured 5 songs each from both artists. However, Upol was not satisfied with the album because at the time of recording (the whole album was recorded in 5 days), he was really ill. Moreover, it wasn't too long ago, that his father, famous lyricist Mr. Hena Islam, had passed away. Given the early 2000s recording equipments, it really wasn't up to mark, according to Upol. His amazing talent however, was not going to in vain, and Fuad Al-Muqtadir met him in New York (Upol had been living in the USA most of his life then) in 2002 and started collaborated with him, the first of which was his 2003 project, Kranti (which featured Anila Naz Chowdhury as lead vocals), that Upol co-produced. Furthermore, he wrote the song "Ke" from the album.

Later on, Upol released his first collaboration with Fuad with a track named "Jodi Ene Dao", and digitally released it on the then popular music website, Amadergaan.com. He then worked on Fuad's Variation No. 25 (2006) in two tracks called "Ganga" & "Meye". In 2007, he also worked with Fuad on "Bonno" in the title track "Tor Jonno Bonno" and wrote a most of the original songs. Fuad's next release, Kromannoy (2008) featured Upol more extensively with the hit track "Jibon Gelo". Upol also worked on many albums, wrote and tuned for quite a few singers, including co-producing two hit songs of popular pop artist, Mehreen. His songs also get constant radio airtime.

The album can be purchased and streamed from the following links:

Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-miracle-vol-1/1213376821
Amazon Music: https://www.amazon.com/Miracle-Vol-1-Upol-Islam/dp/B06XH37VMZ

Music video of "Pola": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6urdomAeAs

Track List:

01. Prologue
02. Pola
03. Aarbi Ghora
04. Dushtu Chhele
05. Chirol Chirol
06. Shopnogulo
07. Ami Chai Harate Tomate
08. Dewaler Oi
09. Jodi Bhul Kore
10. Nacho Nacho
11. The Miracle

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Artwork
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Lyrics
Inlay [Front]
Inlay [Back]

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  1. Hey, I want to contact with upol islam. Where is he now? can anyone share his email?

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