Aku Cinta Dia
Aku Cinta Dia Aku Cinta Dia is a 1985 pop album by the Indonesian singer Chrisye. It was his tenth studio album. In 1984, Chrisye had recorded the successful album Sendiri in collaboration with Addie MS. After the album won a BASF Award, sponsored by the BASF cassette production company in Germany, he decided to record a new album as soon as possible. As music with light beats was then popular, Chrisye decided to replace Sendiri's romantic pop sound with a more upbeat one. Recording began in early 1985. Soetomo brought in several musicians, including Candra Darusman, and Herman Gelly, while Noor (guitar) and Addie (keyboard) provided further music. During a jam session, Soetomo played a string of upbeat tones, to which he wrote lyrics immediately. The group played some music for it, but disliked it; Chrisye said that it "sounded like a monkey singing."[a] Aciu Widjaja, the head of Musica Records, who had caught some of the music, insisted that they play it again. When ...