While the album is not really great and sounds very Nadeem-Shravanish, the strength of the album is it’s singers. The album boasts of Sunidhi Chauhan, Shaan and even Kavita Krishnamurthy besides Sanu, and these singers have added at least something to the album’s almost outdated music.

The album opens with Rang Dharti ke liye (female version), the best of the album. The lyrics of the song are good, music okay, and Sunidhi’s singing superb. The song doesn’t sound so good even when composer (and singer, of course) Kumar Sanu comes up behind the microphone with the same song in a different version. The song also has a child version and Sanu has chosen a non-sophisticated voice for the version (Susheela) in times when we have so many highly talented and trained children singing in TV shows.

Another thing about the song that needs a mention is the lyrics. You might find the use of word ‘Sunday’ a bit strange with all those Urdu words, but in no time you will get adjusted to it and can focus on the rest of the song. The lyrics saying Rang dharti ke liye, noor aasma ke liye, khwab palkon ke liye, khushi jahan ke liye, apne liye gham laata hai, ye Sunday kyun aata hai tell you about the poverty boot polish children face on that one day when offices are closed. I somehow loved these lyrics. Go for the song and leave the album there if you do not like the first song because going further, the level does not increase for sure.

The second song I liked to some extent was Kavita Krishnamurthy’s Chadhkar Girna, mostly for its lyrics and for Kavita’s beautiful voice even over that repetitive music.

Some times it happens that you have pretty much okay music and well-intended lyrics and still you fail to come up with a good song. This is the case with Jisne Sapna Dekha sung by Kumar Sanu. The song has lyrics trying to tell you how important is it to dream, but lines get so mixed up among themselves that the whole result comes up as a confusing stanza while Sanu sings koi baat nahi. The mixing of the song makes me think if Sanu is still using all his contacts from the days of Nadeem Shravan only. It almost makes me nostalgic at times.

Then there is Saawan na Bheegi sung by Sunidhi, an item song in a movie about children. I wonder why the song has been appended to the album, but in any case, the song is just okay though it is a bit catchy and could work well had it been released a decade back.

And finally, the two songs due to which this review was kept as a draft for more than a week. Dagdu Dada and Main to hoon king are the songs I do not have anything to say about. I still cannot decide what to write about them other than suggesting you to simply leave them.

All and all, Yeh Sunday Kyun Aata Hai is an album that is almost a decade late from its time. If you get your hand on the album, simply go for one song: Rang Dharti ke liye, and choose the female version first.

The second in the album is simply Mahatma Gandhi’s favorite bhajan Vaishnav Jan to Taine Kahiye in a faster than usual mode. The song has not been changed anywhere other than in speed and the traditional feel has been kept. Sounds fine.

The third track of the album is a full fledged Ghazal Lab pe aati hai dua banke tamanna meri sung by Hariharan. The words of the ghazal are positive and have a distinct patriotic feel. Full of Urdu words. And no words for Hariharan.

Next comes the most interesting track of the album. Nine minutes long Qawwali, Hum Subah ke bhoolon ko, boasts of some rebellious lyrics set in a typical Qawwali tone, something that used to be common with Qawwali as much as I have heard the genre. Dramatic singing has been done well where required. See an example of lyrics:

Dharm khatre mein hai, usko bachane nikle hain
Mazhabi log ab mazhab jatane nikle hain
Laal ankhen liye khanjar chalane nikle hain
Nasamajh log apna ghar jalane nikle hain..

The next song, re mere maula is one with a larger element of music. Though the lyrics of the song are fine enough, the song has some good music while the mixing of the song is done in comparatively modern style, unlike the last qawwali. The singer, Shadab Faridi sounds good and the background chorus is well timed. Good, contemporary song.

We had Kailash Kher and Hariharan and now comes Kavita Krishnamurthy with Allah Ishwar naam tero. The song is a typical Bhajan in a tune sounding almost as old as Guddi’s humko man ki shakti dena. The interesting part is that the lyrics of the song sound like a medley of so many old ones, with added words. For example while ek tujhse aas ab to, ho raha vishwas ab to, bhool sabki maaf kar de, bair dil se saaf kar de sound like a  mixture of itni shakti hame dena daata and humko man ki shakti dena, tamas man mein sat jaga de comes straight from the sanskrit shlok asto maa sadgamay, tamso maa jyotirgamay. Allah Ishwar naam tero, patit pavan naam tero, kumati ko sanmati bana de come from Mahatma Gandhi’s own favorite lines, of course. Not bad, but it could be more contemporary I guess.

Lead Kindly Light is, as the name might suggest, a hymn. And in my only two hearings of the track, I could not grab many words with the many voices. Hence no comments on this one.

The next comes Gandhian theme music, which is a good, three and half minute long piece of music composed by Sandesh Shandilya. The piece starts with Ganga Sindhu Sindhu Narmada…. Saraswati Yamuna. And my geography and mythology suggests that they are only names of rivers and nothing else, which make almost the entire lyrics of the piece. Try this one. I liked it.

The penultimate track of the album, again a theme by Sandesh, is more or less rendition of the words Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram, and is called the Theme of Road to Sangam. Not bad, nothing great either.

The album ends on a very Gandhian note as the last track happens to be an instrumental version of Narsi Mehta’s Vaishnav Jan to. The instrumental Vaishnav Jan to is in its original speed, though the end has been added some effects.

Overall, Road to Sangam is a good album which places more emphasis on words rather than their singing. The music of the album, however, is average. You might like the album if you’re more into lyrics, and more of old era. Awal Allah and Hum Subaha ke bhoolon ko are the best of the album as they have the best lyrics.