Will someone please tell Sameer that stringing together meaningless, made up words won't guarantee a hit. Poor Shaan gets lumbered with one of the most idiotic album openers this year in the form of, "Ore Baba Ola"! Viju Sha's peppy rhythm and melody deserved some decent lyrics, but Sameer has created total nonsense. Listeners may also be disturbed to hear that Shaan's ‘partner in crime' for this duet is Shreya Ghosal who made a promising debut this year with Ismail Darbar's semi-classical compositions for Devdas.

Some redemption is achieved with the funky Qawwali, "Kya Mohabbat Hai" which has some great music and not so bad singing from Alka Yagnik, Vinod Rathod and Javed Ali. The song may not be fantastic but at least the lyrics won't make you cringe.

"Teri Ankhan" is a Punjabi number, similar in design to "Makhna" from Bade Miyan Chhote Miyan. However, the melody isn't as ear-friendly and the singers seem to try too hard. There is also a bit of type-casting going on here: Jaspinder Narula seems to sing only Punjabi numbers these days and Sudesh Bhosle once again reprises his role as Bachchan's voice. Even Sonu Nigam doesn't get to flex his vocal cords beyond his routine crooning. Unfortunately, the song grows tiresome very quickly.

Things don't get any better with the sleep inducing, "Hum Bhoolenge". Sudesh Bhosle ‘yawns' his way through the song (including the sad version) with backing vocals by Keya Dutta. Give it it's due, the song is certainly true to its title: ‘forgettable'. Just when you thought you were safe from Sameer's word games, along comes, "Locha Lapacha". Never has the ‘skip' button on the CD player been so inviting. This duet by Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan is simply horrendous!

So is there anything worth listening to on this album? "O Yaa"! This is one of the sexiest tracks to release in a long time with an incredibly mellifluous tune. The music resembles the genre created by Viju Sha's father and uncle (Kalyanji-Anandji). The sensual singing by Sonu Nigam and Alka Yagnik (particularly when harmonising the "O yaa" refrain) just adds to your listening pleasure. This track has limitless appeal. Zamaanat's music has had a very low key release considering the film stars Amitabh Bachchan and Karisma Kapoor. This could prove to be a bad omen for the film, since music is pretty much the first selling point of a movie nowadays.