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Welcome to the Bangla CD Covers blog!

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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!

Rodh Boleche Hobe by Arnob

"Rodh Boleche Hobe" is the 4th studio album by respected Bangladeshi fusion artist, Shayan Chowdhury Arnob . He self-released this album from his own production house, Adhkhana Muzik in October of 2010 in a limited edition long box format with a 16 page booklet that features Artwork, Poems and a story written by him. Arnob mentions in the sleeves, the story behind why he chose to work independently from label companies and form Adhkhana Muzik. He says that he was fed up of losing rights to his intellectual property (songs, artworks, compositions, etc.) because that was the norm when signing up with a label company. He believed it was necessary for artists to be aware of the consequences when they decide to sell their rights off like that to labels. As artists are blessed with the divine gift of expressing their thoughts, singing and playing in a way that is deemed "artistic", it is sad they are unable to pursue their music full time, and must take up another seco...

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 albu...

Rabindranath by Shironamhin

"Rabindranath" is the 4th studio album by Shironamhin dedicated solely to Rabindranath Tagore and Rabindra Sangeet. It was released by Laser Vision in 2010. Although there are influences of Rock music, Shironamhin used various classical instruments to make their own renditions of 9 songs by Tagore. The band's vocalist Tuhin is actually an academically trained Rabindra Sangeet singer. The band believes that Rabindranath Tagore was a cultural institute for them. According to Zia, the band's bassist, this album was an attempt to popularize and familiarize Rabindra Sangeet to its younger fanbase. 39 acoustic instruments were played for the composition which the band had to arrange from all over the globe. For this album they used the rainmaker from Brazil, Darbuka from Egypt, Irish tin whistle and a Bodhran from Scotland. The lineup for "Rabindranath" consisted of the following: Zia: Bass Tuhin: Vocals Tushar: Guitars Shafin: Drums Rajib: Keyboards D...