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{{Infobox album
| name = Isai
| type = studio
| artist = [[S5 (band)|S5]]
| cover = Isai (album).jpg
| released = 2005 <small>([[India]])</small>
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Indian pop]]
| length =
| label =
| producer = [[Sony BMG]]
}}
'''''Isai''''' ({{Translation|Music}}) is the debut studio album of the band [[S5 (band)|S5]] that was released in March 2005. The music for the album was composed by [[Pravin Mani]].

== Production ==
The album comprises eight songs (six original tracks and two bonus tracks)<ref name="NSTS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/28/stories/2005032800290400.htm|title=New spice to song|date=28 March 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Coimbatore|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109060235/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/28/stories/2005032800290400.htm|archive-date=9 November 2012|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="album">{{Cite web|url=https://avdigital.in/products/s5-isai|title=S5 - Isai|work=avdigital|access-date=20 March 2024|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323041640/https://avdigital.in/products/s5-isai|archive-date=23 March 2023}}</ref> composed by [[Pravin Mani]] at the Rajiv Menon Studios in Chennai.<ref name="album"/> Although none of the band members are Tamilians,{{efn|Although Bhargavi Pillai is Tamil, she is not fluent in Tamil since she lived in Hyderabad.<ref name="SMC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/16/stories/2005051601590100.htm|title=S5 's Malayali connection|date=16 May 2005|location=Kochi|work=[[The Hindu]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109060143/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/05/16/stories/2005051601590100.htm|archive-date=9 November 2012|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="NSTS"/>}} the band felt that "Tamil songs would have widest appeal".<ref name="NSTS"/> The first single from the album, "Malarey", was shot in [[Kodaikanal]].<ref name="BS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/26/stories/2005032602280200.htm|title=Beat street|date=26 March 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Hyderabad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512102329/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/03/26/stories/2005032602280200.htm|archive-date=12 May 2006|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref> The song was released by the [[SS Music]] channel on 19 March 2005 at an event in Chennai.<ref name="BS"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.exchange4media.com/news/story.aspx?Section_id=6&News_id=15469|title=SS Music rocks Chennai with pop band S5; to set up production centres across South India|date=22 March 2005|website=exchange4media.com|first=Gokul|last=Krishnamurthy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010001811/http://www.exchange4media.com/news/story.aspx?Section_id=6&News_id=15469|archive-date=10 October 2012}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
All of the songs were composed by [[Pravin Mani]] and performed by [[S5 (band)|S5]].<ref name="album"/>
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Iravum Pagalum
| extra1 = [[S5 (band)|S5]]
| length1 = {{Emdash}}
| title2 = Malarey
| extra2 = S5
| length2 = 3:45
| title3 = Rock Me
| extra3 = S5
| length3 = 3:26
| title4 = If u want it
| extra4 = S5
| length4 = {{Emdash}}
| title5 = Isai yudaney
| extra5 = S5
| length5 = {{Emdash}}
| title6 = Ninaithal
| extra6 = S5
| length6 = 4:37
| total_length = {{Emdash}}
}}

===Bonus Tracks===
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Iravum Pagalum (remix)
| extra1 = S5
| length1 = {{Emdash}}
| title2 = Malarey (unplugged)
| extra2 = S5
| length2 = {{Emdash}}
}}

== Reception and impact ==
Upon release, the album was at the "top of the charts in Tamil Nadu and even in Kerala".<ref name="SMC"/> Two songs {{endash}} "Malarey" and "Rock Me" {{endash}} went on to be reused in the film ''[[By the People (2005 film)|By The People]]'' (2005) as Malayalam songs after [[Pravin Mani]] recommended the band to the film's director [[Jayaraj]].<ref name="SMC"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/0MZWlQ87zu0lVIJHtQWq4K|title=By The People (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|date=1 February 2005|work=[[Spotify]]|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2005/09/09/stories/2005090900230200.htm|title=Scoring a musical high|date=9 September 2005|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Thiruvananthapuram|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125053427/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/09/09/stories/2005090900230200.htm#selection-83.14-83.32|archive-date=25 January 2013|access-date=20 March 2024}}</ref>

== Credits and personnel ==
<small>''As per the official album credits:''</small><ref name="album"/>
{{div col}}
* [[Pravin Mani]]{{spaced ndash}} composer
* M. Venkatakrishnan {{spaced ndash}} sound engineer
* Biju, Sanjay {{spaced ndash}} additional programming
* Kavivarman {{spaced ndash}} lyricist{{efn|''Indiantelevision.com'' credits the lyrics to Venkatesh.}}
* Vijai {{spaced ndash}} guitar
* Naveen {{spaced ndash}} flute
* Prasad {{spaced ndash}} tabla
* Mohan, Unni {{spaced ndash}} studio assistants
{{div col end}}

== Notes ==
{{noteslist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dsmKPyTvjFY "Malarey" official video]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmR_KLGswVo "Rock Me"]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1CuxiFzBb0 "Ninaithal"]

[[Category:2005 debut albums]]
[[Category:Pop albums by Indian artists]]
[[Category:Tamil music]]

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